Climbing Of Everest Research Paper

The climbing of everest is one of the most deadly sports and tasks available to the public today. The chance of dying on everest is 1 in 61.46 people this is a large amount due to the fact that over 200 people climb mount everest, each climbing season. Just last year over 16 people were killed in an avalanche caused by a large earthquake. Although things like avalanches and ice separating kill many people, the most dangerous part of the adventure is climbing down the mountain after reaching the summit. From slipping and falling to many of the possible illnesses that are possible to be obtained from climbing this giant of a mountain.
Getting down the mountain involves many important factors. The effects of elevation sickness usually appear in the process of going down everest. It is much more difficult to descend ice than struggling to use an ice pick to ascend the mountain, this brings the risk of slipping and falling to a sheer sudden death. There is also the chance that someone slips from above and it takes the whole group to their death. Out of the 212 deaths that have occurred on everest, 192 of them are from descending down the mountain. The main cause of death is from the brain leaking fluid from the blood vessels due to the tremendously high altitudes, this is known as cerebral edema. The rest of the deaths are due to fluid in the lungs,
avalanches, or falling ice. The chance of surviving from extreme cases are very slim and you are given little time to descend lower in elevation or seek medical attention.
According to R.
Douglas Fields it is much more common for death to occur going down than it is going up. About a quarter way down the mountain is when most climbers reach their highest point of exhaustion, this mixed in with the freezing temperatures ends in the result of freezing to death. A death on everest is one of the worst possible ways to die just do to the horrific things that occur before death. Things like confusion, weakness, and the sheer pain of freezing to death. The idea of knowing that you will die once you get to a certain point is one of the worst feelings and you cannot do anything about it in the
end.
The possibilities of dying on everest are quite high but the reward in the end is more than likely one of the greatest feelings, just knowing that you were above every single person in the world. Too many people the risk is definitely worth the reward, and all people willing to climb the mountain are willing to risk their lives to say that they accomplished this amazing feat. This is one of the greatest accomplishment for man around the world. The fact that you can freeze to death, lose a limb, or even have your brain and lungs swell till you die means nothing to most of these people.