Oxygen Canisters In F. Scott Fitcher's Team

One of the many reasons that people want to make their way up the gigantic and intimidating mountain is because of the beauty that has been reported as one of the top places to see the most magnificent sights. This is why a lot of the population who have climbed the mountain have done just that. They wanted to have the experience of standing on top of Mount Everest looking over what they just climbed and staring at pure beauty. Although several have been said to find the scenery one hundred percent worth the vigorous climb, many also say they were disappointed on what they come across once reaching the top. Several have been said to reach the top of this mountain and

The entire journey up the mountain is full of danger. You constantly have to worry about the oxygen you are getting and people around you are dying. The air is thin and if there is any air, it’s contaminated. You have to worry about getting the disease H.A.P.E. You have to worry about your health 24/7. You have to get past impossible obstacles. You just have to be strong. Climbing the mountain is an endless, painful battle. No matter what is happening outside of the mountain, on Mount Everest all that matters is Survival.

Do you know what it’s like to climb to the top of the world – 29000 feet up, in negative 27 degrees Celsius? Few people do, and two very special individuals in particular had the privilege of being the first to do so; these were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. These two men were the first to every climb Mt. Everest and they did it together. However, despite the hardships, adventure, and success they shared together, these two men have slightly different accounts on how the trip went. No doubt, of course, they both worked very hard and were more than deserving of fame and the world’s admiration in the aftermath – they simply had different views and thoughts as to how all of this ended up happening. Some of the differences in perspective

In examining the information from the book called Into Thin Air I found it useful to collect some of my own historical information about the mysterious and magnificent Mount Everest. Named after a retired British Survey General, George Mallory Everest. Despite the mountain already being called Chomolungma by the Tibetans and Sagarmatha by the Nepalese. In 1856 the British decided to name the mountain after Colonel George Everest, head of the survey (Davis, 69-73). Discovered back in 1852 to be the highest mountain in the world, it draws its victims in with its beauty, magnetism and power. Hundreds have lost their lives on this incredible mountain, Mount Everest continues to make history with the greatest one day death tolls increasing year after year with more and more mountaineers ready to conquer

After finishing the novel Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, detailing the first-hand experience of the catastrophe that took place on Mount Everest in 1996 and ultimately killed fifteen people, it has come to my attention the importance using of supplemental oxygen while climbing at high altitudes. Although many people have accomplished to summit Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen, those attempting to summit Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen will potentially have disastrous repercussions on not only themselves but the climbers surrounding them causing serious injuries or in some cases death.

In the year 1953, late May, two climbers finally reached the summit of their expeditions. Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay gazed down from the tallest summit on earth at the valleys surrounding them and sighed a breath of relief, as they were the first people to ever ascend the beast known as Everest. 46 years later Jon Krakauer’s book “Into Thin Air” tells of the harrowing and demanding road to the peak of Everest. I bet you are probably thinking what would prompt these smart men and women to put themselves into such a hard and narrowly survivable situation. In this paper we will go over a couple of the reasons that causes people to climb Everest. First personal achievement, Secondly glory and fame, and Third Adrenaline rush or The pull

In Into Thin Air, there are four camps that all the climbers have to pass and stay at in order to advance and get accustomed to the altitude. To me, those 4 camps represent the four years of high school that I have to get to and pass in order to move on. Throughout the expedition Krakauer and others used supplementary oxygen to help them through unsafe altitudes, my own oxygen mask has been the love and support from my family and friends when particularly hard times surfaced. Another thing that connected to my Everest and Krakauer’s was when Rob Hall said, “With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill, the trick is to get back down alive,” (Krakauer 153). Even though the expedition there was tremendously grueling, the climb down was even worse for the climbers, and I think that relates to my life. High school is difficult and balancing a lot of aspects of my life is challenging, but what will come after school for me is going to be a whole lot tougher. These four years are only going to be half the climb to the end of my goal, because I have another four years of college where it will be more demanding and much more difficult to have to be more independent from my

First of all, over 4,000 people attempted to reach Mount Everest’s summit, leaving behind great amounts of trash. The text states, “With that number of people comes an even greater amount of food containers, tents, empty oxygen canisters, and even human waste.

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain peak in the world. Many people of reached its peak while others perished along the way. It is a extremely difficult challenge to reach the top but the challenge is what makes reaching the top so gratifying. It’s climb can also be a symbol for life and the changes in life that everyone goes through to ultimately better themselves. The challenges in life can also be related to this quote,” A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.” The clay pot being life and the white heat of the furnace being the difficult challenges you go through in life.

Everest gave me a lot of information of different things happening on Mt. Everest. There are a lot of storms on the mountain, and the mountain makes it’s own weather. Climbing Mt. Everest I would never know when a storm would hit. I would just have to make a guess by what the weather looks like at the time. I would need lots of oxygen. Oxygen is one of the most important tools to have on the climb of Mt. Everest. Especially when you get to the death zone, because my body would be dying at that point of the mountain, and I would die if I didn't have any oxygen. The movie also showed me no matter how much of an experienced climber I could be, you can always get lost easily. The same goes with death. I could be the world's best mountain climber, but when it comes to Mt. Everest I could die any moment on that mountain if I’m not careful. Death is an important issue if I am climbing Mt. Everest. Lots of people die climbing the mountain. It would be hard to climb the mountain with my family. It would be a very traumatic vacation to do with my family. If I was to climb Mt. Everest it would have to be with people that are not in my family circle. It would be very sad to see my family suffer through all the hard and painful things to experience to get to the top of the mountain. Getting to the top is harder than it looks. I watched the movie Mt. Everest, and people lost their hands, nose, and even their lives. It would take a lot of heart and dedication to

In Source #1, the third paragraph explains how “The human spirit is a questing force, determined to conquer heights, depths, and remote unknowns.” This quote shows how climbing Everest is a part of the human drive to rise

To begin, people love to complete missions, but their drive to do so can result in death. The text authenticates, “On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people known to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. In doing so, the men set a precedent that many climbers spend their lives trying to reproduce...Before Hillary and Norgay’s historic accomplishment, many climbers had tried to reach Mount Everest’s summit but failed. In some cases, climbers even died trying,” (Source #1, paragraphs 1 and 3). This justifies that many people are attempting to overtake the record of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Accordingly, the climbers are very competitive, and this causes many injuries towards others or themselves while trying. The antagonistic behavior can also cause many deaths. The text also displays, “ Hillary’s climbing partner, Tenzing Norgay, had climbed Mount Everest many times, though never to the summit. Norgay was a Sherpa, one of the mountain

Everest seemed to be a story backed by themes of heroism and horror. Throughout the film, the producers took commonly occurring moments of fear and turned them into high tension, drama filled scenes. In one particular scene, a climber is shown stumbling while walking across a ladder. This would be considered a

Consequently, though Peak’s dad (Josh) lied to his ex - wife. Which he told her that he was only going to Nepal to a mountain lodge but, was actually climbing the tallest mountain in the world! Particular, when he started this curious journey was when Peak decided that he should climb a skyscraper 4 times, finally get caught and go to court. Which led to one thing to another and finally

A reason for that is their have been over 230 deaths on the mountain and still counting. Because not everyone can complete the climb because it can be to hard on their body or they can’t handle the cold winds and the freezing temperatures. Over 230 deaths is a a lot knowing that the climbing season is only two months of the year. The youngest person to complete the climb was a 13 year old. So obviously everyone can do it is just a matter of will you say “I am going to do it”. And the oldest person to climb everest was a 73 year old women. So that is also another great reason why anyone can climb Everest. So those are a few reason why people need to call the rescue team and why the rescue team needs to be their faster, because there are lives on the