Into Thin Air Questions Pages 7-27 1. Why didn’t Krakauer climb down the fixed rope? People were already climbing up the rope‚ he couldn’t descend. 2.Why did Krakauer run out of oxygen so fast? Harris had accidentally fully opened his oxygen tank valve‚ which drained his oxygen tank. 3. What discovered the highest mountain in the world? A Bengali computer named Radhanath Sikhdar. 4. Who was the first person to reach the top of Everest? Hillary and Tenzing were the first climbers ever to reach the
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frostbite‚ falling into a crevasse‚ or High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE). Krakauer describes how Ngawang Topche‚ a Sherpa who assisted Scott Fischer’s Everest expedition‚ developed HAPE while climbing the mountain and the effect it had on him. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema is “typically brought on by climbing too high‚ too fast” where “the lungs fill with fluid” from the pulmonary arteries‚ which are exposed to high pressure because of the altitude (Krakauer 113). Though Ngawang likely could have
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one person finds stressful may not bother someone else . A. B. For example‚ one person may become tense when driving; another person may find driving a source of relaxation and joy. Something that causes fear in some people‚ such as rock climbing‚ may be fun for others. There’s no way to say that one thing is bad or stressful because everyone’s different. Not all stress is bad‚ either.
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broken down‚ dark‚ missing steps‚ and steps with tacks in them but she states she has never stopped climbing “But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on‚” and she used repetition by repeating a line to drive home the fact that her life hasn’t been easy. “And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” Using these two methods the mother clearly states that even though life isn’t easy but you must keep climbing and
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I believe that the author has control of his life up until he takes a job offered to him by Outside Magazine. When he accepts the job he has to go on a guided ascent of Mount Everest and rite about the event and the experience of climbing to the summit of the world. In this paragraph I will tell you why I believe the author has control over his own life up to a certain point. In the context of this passage the author is telling that time he got sent to Nepal to write about a guided ascent of
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benefits of female athletes entering a non-traditional sport for their gender. The utility and limitations of concepts such as the female apologetic and subversive acts are discussed. Through consideration of how femininities are embodied and lived in climbing it is concluded that whilst there is much to be gained from current theoretical approaches. Introduction I come from a background‚ that is society oriented and where education is given more preference than sports. Sports were considered only
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mountain‚ moving completely on instinct. This is interesting because before‚ Grendel let the ram go in peace‚ grumbling and complaining about its stupidity without hurting it or taking any action. But now‚ he couldn’t stop from keeping the goat from climbing. Grendel even showed certainty that the goat would never make it to the mere above (reserved for him and the firesnakes). Even so‚ Grendel couldn’t stop himself from knocking the goat
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and young people in your care. The environment where your activity is being held should meet these needs and requirements‚ such as in an outdoor activity‚ with the use of a climbing frame‚ then you should make sure the climbing frame is dry to prevent small children from falling over‚ also that if a child does fall off the climbing frame‚ they have something to cushion their fall on the ground. Also in an outdoor area‚ the use of gates and fences to enclose the area where activities are taking place
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lunch. And immediately after lunch‚ one of the staff of Falcon Crest orient us on how to use the gadgets for wall climbing‚ rappelling and even in zip line. They were very strict about safety and they did explain to us the importance of using proper attire and gadgets when climbing the wall and rappelling. And after the orientation‚ we were divided in many groups. We did the wall climbing‚ rappelling‚ zip line and cargonet. After trying those slight risky activities (for me)‚ we started our team building
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Hughes assures her son that her life wasn’t crystal stair‚ she also had to face several struggles in her life. Hence‚ she commands her son not to look back and keep climbing higher in life even if he thinks climbing is hard. He should try not to fall and climb the stairway of success without any fear because his mother is still climbing with power‚ faith and strength. In the poem‚ Langston Hughes urges her son to stay strong and never give up‚ what so ever the situation is. The poem‚ mother to son
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