Persuasive Essay On Mount Everest

In doing so he lost the lives of some of his friends, and has to live with the decision that he made. Jon starts out in the beginning of the book describing how he wants to climb Mount Everest. Many people have climbed simply,” Because it is there” (Mallory, 15). George Leigh Mallory made that comment after being asked by a newspaper reporter, why he wanted to climb. Jon describes climbing as a culture characterized by intense competition.

When reading, Why Everest?, by Guy Moreau, it says, “...may have faced bad weather,...struggled up the icy slopes of the ‘death zone.’‘A person cannot survive in this zone for more than two days because of the lack of oxygen and the extreme temperatures.’” Guy tells the reader that severe weather issues can happen at any time, and we have to be prepared for when it does get alarming, and we have to take precautions. Also, in the passage, Why Everest?, by Guy Moreau, it states, “... this problem has been made by the large number of climbers who want to conquer Everest….Climbers are delayed and can suffer exposure and use their precious supplies of oxygen.” This tells us that people are scared when they know that the weather can change dramatically at anytime, and loads of people who rather go on these adventures knowing rescue workers are there to help, if you anything were to happen. Moreover, we know that the weather can shift from sunshine to blizzard, just like that. But what people aren't sure about is, are rescue workers going to save them when they get stuck in a situation where weather plays a huge role in that. They don't get the certainty some people want and need, to feel

“There is nothing on this Earth more prized than friendship”- Thomas Aquinas. In the book, Peak, by Roland Smith readers are introduced to a boy named Peak who is a climber. Peak creates many new relationships with people while on Everest, but is still hanging on to a very important relationship. Peak becomes friends with this boy named Sun-jo, creates a stronger relationship with his father, and while he is on the mountain he misses his twin sisters more than anything else. Sun-jo is a Nepalese boy who is a descendant of a Sherpa.

By the end of this expedition to the top of Everest, many climbers lost their lives due to the brutal weather. In Jon Krakauer’s novel Into Thin Air, he takes readers through the story of the expedition, and he talks about the climbers who died. Among the list of the dead was a man named Doug Hansen. Doug worked two different jobs to afford to go on the trip to Everest, and was making his second attempt to reach the summit of Everest. Doug came back to Everest to try and reach the summit for the first time.

Have you ever been the first to do something? If so, you fall into the category of these two incredibly courageous gentlemen named Erik Weihenmayer and John Krakauer. Both of them attempted to do something most people would have never thought to do which is climbing. In “The Devils Thumb” by John Krakauer, he attempts to be the first person to climb the Devils Thumb, which is located in Canada. On the other hand, in “Everest” by Erik Weihenmayer, Erik attempts to climb Mt.

I had been backpacking before, but when I had heard of Philmont, a scout camp out in New Mexico, I was exceptionally excited. My crew and I had picked a trek we were going on, and then we trained. I trained for four to five months before the hike. My dad and I 5 other scouts were doing the trek which would go to Baldy Mt. and The Tooth of Time.

Concussions are a big fear in any sport from ice hockey to cheerleading. That is why sports players should get a regular check-up for concussions. One of the main problems are that deaths are occurring from unaware parents or trainers. A young man that played in maryland died at the prime of his life because of head trauma. The investigation states that the man had a four hour practice that included multiple helmet to helmet collisions.

Dj from “Between Heaven and Earth,” found out a lot more about who he was from his journey. Before traveling and climbing kilimanjaro, he did not know his grandfather and he was not confident in himself. The death of his grandfather made him stronger. First, right after his death, he brought his family together. After he climbed the mountain, he was stronger physically and mentally.

Benjamin Disraeli once said, “Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.” That being said, we as human beings face circumstances constantly in our daily lives, externally and internally. Jon Krakauer is the author of Into Thin Air, a nonfiction book that focuses on the grueling account that him and his fellow climbers endured while trying to climb Mount Everest. The story begins with him being assigned to write a brief piece about the mountain for Outside magazine. He was supposed to stay at a base camp and report from there, but somehow manages to convince his bosses to allow him and his fellow climbers to embark on a expedition to the summit of the mountain. Unfortunately, that is when things didn’t go accordingly to plan.

Many things could go wrong climbing the highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 29,029 ft. 12 people died climbing Mount Everest. No is responsible for those death. The climbers had chosen to climb the mountain. In the novel it states, “Hall was charging $65,000 a head to guide clients to the top of the world” (Krakauer 35). This shows that a person is willing to pay to go through so much pain, risk and sickness to summit the top of the world.