Summary Of Beck Weathers

Pikes Peak Everyone has achievements in their life, no matter how small or big, they always happen. One achievement I can recall on is when I hiked the Pikes Peak trail in Colorado. This wasn’t a contest or a competition but it was a personal achievement that I value highly. This may sound like something not worth doing but it is the highest peak in Colorado that you could hike and many people cannot do it.

The nonfiction book, Into Thin Air, is about a personal account on Mount Everest, the highest mountain on our earth, by Jon Krakauer. Krakauer wrote an article about the commercialization of the mountain and as well as its manpower. Commercialization had impacted the way people look at climbing mountains, matching Mount Everest and a few are positive and negative to people. Mount Everest’s respect has turned into a joke by the rapid change of commercialization. Mount Everest deserves respect, however, people lack the knowledge behind the climb.

Nobody suspected that by the end of that long day, every minute would matter” (Krakauer 9). The reason that is a cliffhanger is because after finishing chapter one on the top of Everest, chapter two is written about 1852, when the first expeditions of Everest are occurring. Another cliffhanger that Krakauer puts in Into Thin Air is that after he finally describes the emotional events that occurred on May 10th and 11th, he writes a whole chapter about what is happening on the other side of the mountain. Krakauer chose to write that chapter to calm the readers down from the emotional rollercoaster he just put them onto. In addition to cliffhangers, Krakauer uses foreshadowing.

Jon Krakeuer never thought he’d climb to the top of Mount Everest. He gave up mountain climbing several years before but this was an opportunity of a lifetime and that had changed his life ever since. Although he was only supposed to stay at base camp to write for “Outside Magazine”, the thought of actually climbing to the top would be one of the greatest achievements he’s ever achieved and he wanted to challenge himself against this almighty mountain. He never envisioned himself making that final step to the top and being recognized as one of the greats who has conquered this 29,028 ft mountain, would just be mind-blowing. Jon Krakeur’s purpose of telling the story of his Mt. Everest climb, was to educate readers the obstacles/challenges

I would choose Sean Gobin a combat veteran. Sean Gobin endured many harrowing experiences: the invasion of Iraq, counterinsurgency missions in Fallujah and the training of Afghan army recruits. He never got a chance to process any of it and it took a huge toll on his mental health. He is the owner of a nonprofit group Warrior Hike. He realized how the hiking has helped him process all the experiences he’s put away.

So… how exactly did he make it up Everest? He started out as just a man without an arm, making a living as a motivational speaker. Till one day, he asked himself, am I really going to consider myself disabled when I know I can conquer anything if I don’t give up. He had already lost his mother, father, step-father and his aunt to cancer and that motivated him very much. Everybody doubted his ability to climb Everest, but that didn’t stop him.

Definition: The feeling or attitude the author gives to the reader. Mainly moods. This usually helps convey the theme of the story. Example: Into Thin Air by Jon Kraukauer, "...attempting to climb Everest is an intrinsically irrational act-a triumph of desire over sensibility... The plain truth is that I knew better but went to Everest anyway.

Therefore Erik would be described as a pessimist, he saw the state of mind in which one anticipates undesirable outcomes as he climbed Mount Everest. His trait was encouraging because he wanted to be useful through his journey. The story states, "No way was he going to do this climb without being a fully integrated and useful member of the team." Erick felt that he wanted to be apart of the team with no help. He asserts, "I wasn 't going to be carried to the top and spiked like a football."

Particularly speaking, in the groups first game experience, they climbed the mesa. Lisse who wasn’t the best at climbing kept slipping and even cut her finger. After the help of Karen and Brad, however, Lisse made it to the top. Another way the group worked as a team was they tried to use everyone 's skill to overcome the troubles they faced. For example, after Alden turns down Charlie, his thugs try to beat the group up.

Environment and Technology on the Appalachian Trail The individuals Bryson met on the Appalachian Trail and the revelations he experienced magnified his respect for the wilderness and his disdain for technology. At the beginning of his memoir, he knows little about the wilderness. He decides to embark on the adventure of hiking the Appalachian Trail in order to get in shape, and prove to himself that he could do it. He also felt compelled to go because the trail could potentially be destroyed in the next fifty years.

A choice is an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. But choices aren’t just a definition, they are life’s biggest challenges. Choices can be as big as life or death, but as small as what to eat for supper. They are just a part of everyday life. Everybody has to make choices, even characters in stories have to make choices, like Marilyn from Cold Equations, Jean from The Nothing, and Miss Geiss from This Year’s Class Picture.

improved the community. They improved multiple things including better energy sources, schools, and medical fields. The Sherpas changed their lives to help others but it also ended up helping them too. Mt. Everest measures to be 29,029 feet high. With this type of altitude comes extreme dangers.

Conflicts and Characters Essay Conflicts, in literature there are three types. Person vs. self, person vs person, and person vs nature. I believe that all these conflicts are very interesting to read and learn about. Today i will be writing an essay about them and two characters in basic grade 9 literature who experience these types of conflict.