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    John Patrick Haley Haley 1 Mrs. Hoover Intro to Speech and Theatre Section 3 11/5/13 Final Draft How many of you know what Mount Everest is? How many of you know who is in charge of Mt. Everest? The truth is no one nation or group has complete control over the mountain and that has led to serious consequences. If you listen throughout this speech you will understand how to save Mt. Everest and why you should save it. In 1953 when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first

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    Mount Olympus 1. The twelve Olympian gods lived on Olympus. 2. Mount Olympus is the mountain on which the 12 gods built their home and were summoned by Zeus. 3. Mount Olympus is on the Greeks tallest mountain named mount Olympus for the gods home. 4. Poseidon- Greek god of the sea who was one of the most powerful of all of the gods in Greek mythology. He was one of the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses who held court on Mount Olympus. 5. Hephaestus- huh-fes’-tuhs Aphrodite- af-roh-dy’-tee Psyche-

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    It did eventually become an article but not for its intended reason. It was supposed to be a group of moderate to expert climbers summiting Mount Everest.Which took a fatal turn when poor decisions were made‚ signs‚ and suggestion were not taken. Krakauer then questions himself on what he could have done differently and how that would have affected everyone else. Rhetorical Devices Exigence/Relevance

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    18th poorest country. Despite being one of the world’s poorest countries‚ Nepal is rich in geography‚ cultural heritage and bio-diversity. The mountainous north has eight of the world’s ten tallest mountains‚ including the highest point on Earth‚ Mount Everest‚ called Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains more than 240 peaks over 20‚000 ft (6‚096 m) above sea level. In addition‚ Nepal is popular all over the world as an adventure tourist destination offering activities like mountaineering‚ trekking‚

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    Would you risk dying for a sense of accomplishment? Apparently‚ countless people would‚ since hundreds of people climb Mount Everest every year‚ even with the 1:60 death ratio. People have been debating whether or not to close Mount Everest for a while‚ but in my opinion‚ Mt. Everest should be closed down‚ at least for a few years. Why do I believe that‚ you might ask? Well‚ first of all‚ there are several death risks‚ such as low body temperatures‚ running out of food‚ and natural causes-you can

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    CALGARY - Sudarshan Gautam has a long road ahead of him before next year’s historic attempt to summit Mount Everest. The Nepalese-born Mount Royal University student‚ who has no arms‚ will be cruising from one Canadian coast to the other to raise cash‚ awareness and‚ perhaps‚ the pulses of other drivers as he makes the journey behind the wheel using just his feet. The inspiring amputee‚ who is licensed to drive and has done so on asphalt in 29 countries‚ is planning to pull off the feat as early

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    suddenly erupted for the first time in more than a century has covered parts of Pompeii in thick grey ash over several miles. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius.‚ burst into life just when people were busy in their regular businesses. Police said a witness described flashes and explosions followed by a cloud of ash more than 4 miles high (7km) coming from the mount Vesuvius. A great cloud was leaving the top of the mountain; Vesuvius was erupting. The people of Pompeii started to run out of the town‚ but

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    “ 16 Sherpas were killed during an avalanche after a 113-foot-tall piece of ice broke off “ (Mandelbaum 2). A Sherpa can be very helpful when it comes to climbing Mount Everest.The Sherpas are usually in the environment of the mountainous Solukhumbu region of eastern Nepal‚ which is also home to the Sagarmatha National Park and to Mount Everest. Not only are Sherpa’s helpful ‚ but they are very hard working‚ experienced‚ highly skilled climbers. Their jobs consist of preparing the routes for the

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    temporal changes‚ chemical changes and seismic activity. This option open to the Italians is not an option for LEDC who don’t have the wealth or public education to set up these stations. An example of an LEDC with no planning and prevention plans is Mount Pinatubo- Philippines‚ Its last eruption in 1991 was completely unplanned for. Mt Etna has a history of fairly frequent eruptions‚ all of which came with impacts on the surrounding area. Socially the town of Zafferana Etnea was threatened by the largest

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    Santosh Yadav From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than a year[1] and the first woman to successfully climb Mt Everest from Kangshung Face.[2] She first climbed the peak in May 1992 and then did it again in May 1993. Early life and education[edit] She was born in 10 October‚ 1967 in Joniyawas Village Rewari District of Haryana state in India‚ as the sixth child in a family with five

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