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    7 natural wonders of the world? What makes the wonders wonders? The 7 wonders are beautiful things in the world that need to be protected. When Sir George Everest discovered mount Everest in 1856 the mountain stood at 29,002 feet tall and today now stands 29,029 feet tall but is still growing 25 inches every year. While mount Everest is beautiful it is also cold and dangerous. The lowest the temperature can get is -80 degrees fahrenheit. About some two hundred dead bodies cover the mountain

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    Mount Everest: the largest mountain above the sea. Mount Everest is known throughout the world. Two of the most iconic names of explorers are Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. They were the first people to climb the mountain that people thought was impossible to climb. Mount Everest’s geography, explorers and history have led to what it is today. Mount Everest is located in Nepal. Nepal is in Asia, and by India. There are also many other mountains in the Himalayan Mountain Range, not just Mount

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    The rewards of keeping Mount Everest are risks and death. My decision is to keep Mount Everest because it’s a extreme sport you have to have faith, courage, and you have to be wise. The reason why you have these characteristics is because so you could be safe. First you need to have faith and courage because you can’t go in nervous and scared because you can end up getting hurt. Lastly is wise. You need to be wise because you need to plan your moves and you need to be smart about what you do.

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    Climbing Mount Everest, though a great accomplishment few can say to have done, is a life-threatening ordeal. In the book, Into Thin Air, the audience is guided through the entire tragic event through the author, Jon Krakauer’s eyes. Whilst conquering Mount Everest, eight lives were taken from them on May 10-11, both clients and guides. But the big question still remains unsettled; “Who is responsible for the deaths that occurred on Mount Everest?” Jon Krakauer holds greed accountable for the all

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    Mount Everest is 8,848 m height, which considered one of the top highest mountain in the world, it is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Thousands of climbers successfully have made it to the top. Unfortunately, some people were unable to reach the peak of the mountain and lost their life. Many researchers have found in their studies about obstacles that the climbers faced before reaching the summit. One of them is pollution. What are the causes of pollution of Mount Everest, and

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    top of Mount Everest. Ever since that event occurred, climbers have also attempted to reach the top as well. The mountain became polluted and has been collecting more piles of debris because of this. After Hillary and Norgay’s accomplishment, Hillary used his money to help the environment and encouraged mountain climbers to clean up their garbage. For instance, the first source states “He also demanded that mountain climbers clean up the garbage that often got left behind on Mount Everest - materials

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    Are the negative impacts climbers have on Mt. Everest worth it, for just a few pictures? Many people feel as if the amount of waste left on Mt. Everest is not worth the climbers who make it to the top for bragging rights. Although people think they can climb it to promote a cause or to prove something, it would be better if they left Mt. Everest alone. This challenge of climbing Mt. Everest often is done to prove a point, raise awareness for a cause, or to capture a photo. However, all the trash

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    To Climb Mount Everest People all over the world come to one place to climb one special mountain and it is Mount Everest, Mount Everest is the largest mountains in the world and hundreds of people climb it every year, and there is also many people who die on the most famous mountain ever. Most people say the most deaths are in the death zone.    There are tens of people dieing on Mount Everest every year and people keep climbing it. And people shouldn’t be allowed to climb Mount Everest. In 2016

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    Tragedies While Climbing Mount Everest Are Caused by Human Error Especially in terrible weather, every second counts while nearing the top of Mount Everest on an expedition. A step in the wrong place or a rope hooked to the wrong crag may send a climber falling thousands of feet into a deep crevasse. Turning an oxygen level the wrong way may leave the air non-breathable to a climber after a few short minutes. These errors happen every season on Everest, no matter what the conditions are. Whether

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    situations. Arguing or ignoring requests from the leader results in bad expedition behavior, whereas trusting or conferring anxieties appropriately with the leader usually develops into good expedition behavior. In the case of the climbers on Mount Everest, both examples were present in the varying climbers. Each member struggled with trials and tribulations and the end result paralleled the expedition behavior expressed throughout the tremendously burdensome and laborious journey. The first climber

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