Faced with a difficult choice: abandon a dying teammate on the mountain and descend alone or stay with a dying teammate and face almost certain death. The words of philosopher Martha Craven Nussbaum seems an appropriate preamble. She writes: “Both alternatives make a serious claim on your practical attention. You might sense that no matter how you choose‚ you will be left with some regret that you did not do the other thing. Sometimes you may be clear about which is the better choice‚ and yet feel
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Analysis: The Shining Mountain Summary: Pangma-la’s father has named her after a mountain‚ that’s also called The Shining Mountain. She’s teased about her name in school‚ and her schoolmates are more interested in her father‚ who’s a famous mountaineer. He has big expectation to Pangma-la‚ and she feels like she’s failing. She decides that she will make him proud‚ and begins to practice in climbing mountains. Pangma-la and her father‚ goes to The Shining Mountain with the goal to reach the
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The Rock Star Catherine Destivelle is a rock star. She loves rock‚ but she can’t sing or play the guitar! She is a rock climber and a big star in France and Italy. She is the most famous woman climber in the world because she often climbs without ropes. She climbs in many countries but most often in the French Alps near Chamonix‚ where she lives. She started climbing near her home in Paris when she was five. Then‚ at fourteen‚ she joined the French Alpine Club to learn more‚ but immediately she
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A Fall before Rising: The Story of Jai Jaikumar: A Review of the Literature Brief Summary the Story Ramchandran (Jai) Jaikumar had a passion for climbing mountains; he would head to his native India on a regular basis to pursue the love of climbing mountains. He would also spend four months per year as a climber and the reminder months as an engineer. Jaikumar was consider as an expert for climbing mountain because he was trained by expert mountaineers‚ so he knew what to do if he were happened
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122 Days 122 days‚ in 122 days at Whitefish Mountain Resort he set a record of strength and endurance bell to bell without a rest. A man from Kansas left us all in his dust; he set a record that left everyone in shock. Many before him had tried to break the record by skiing sunrise to sunset everyday they could‚ but they grew tired and weary so they could not go on. Ken Jones had the strength and integrity to destroy the colossal record. After 24 years without skiing he skied an insane 8‚058
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" On average 4 to 5 helicopters respond to calls each day"( helicopter rescues increasing on Everest 21) ‚ "each helicopter is 2 million dollars each" ( helicopters rescues increasing on Everest 21). In my opinion people shouldn’t receive rescuer services because it does put rescuers at risk for getting serious injury or even death. I also think people that put themselves at risk do not have the right to receive to rescue services. Even so Rescuers are at high risk for injury or even
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1. Why climb Mt. Everest? a. Why do people choose to climb Mt. Everest? • Different people have different reasons. • The leaders‚ the guides and the Sherpa assistants discovered the business opportunity in guiding clients to the summit. • Since Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world and is a symbol of overcoming difficulties to fulfill the dream‚ most of the clients wanted to conquer it‚ especially when some of them (mountain climbers) failed to push to the summit
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The Shining Mountain The story is about a girl called Pangma-la‚ who is named after a Shining Mountain. She lives with her mom and dad in Scotland. The other kids often tease Pangma-la‚ because of her name. . But her father tells her to be brave and never be ordinary. Pangma-la’s father‚ who is a famous mountaineer‚ trains her to climb the mountain she was named after. Her father puts her through a lot of stuff to get ready‚ and Pangma is afraid of the pressure he puts on her. But Pangma-la promised
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f Erik Weihenmayer Introduction Did you know that Erik Weihenmayer can climb the tallest mountains in the world while he’s completely blind? Erik Weihenmayer was born September 23‚ 1968‚ born with a rare eye disease called “retinoschisis(ret·i·nos·chi·sis)” although he was blind‚ he still wouldn’t accept the fact that he would be swept off his feet‚ and be miserable for the rest of his life. When he was a teen he got his motivation to go rock climbing. Years later‚ he started climbing many
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I was nine years old when I endured my first climb‚ a 9‚000-foot volcano in the Cascade Range. For years after‚ I aspired to become a severe and committed climber. One who lives off the rush of energy fixed inside from the risk of the climb. One who takes in every step‚ hears every icicle fall‚ sees every inch as being closer to the summit. I wished to one day to reach the apex of Mount Everest‚ one of the world’s toughest climbs. Unfortunately‚ as I grew older‚ it lost much of its climbing status
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