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    Scout Streit Mrs. Winslow Advanced Reading May 10‚ 2013 My Everest Project For my project I decided to do a comic book. On page one I have pictures of the late Scott Fischer and other climbers who have passed away. Sherpa’s and climbers leave the bodies on the mountain in respect for the climbers and what they loved so dearly. It is interesting though‚ that when Sherpa’s die‚ little attention is given‚ but when a climber who is a paying client dies it is a catastrophe. Many of the bodies on Everest

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    Sherry B. Ortner wrote “ Life and Death on Mt. Everest” and it was published by Princeton University Press in 1999. Ortner‚ is a Postmodernist Anthropologist and she wrote this ethnography from this point of view. This book tries to go into depth about the Sherpas of Nepal and their life struggles on and off of Mount Everest. It also tries to describe the Sahibs‚ also known as mountaineers‚ and what motivates them to take on such a demanding sport. This book is mostly trying to get the reader

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    Abstract: One is to determine the gap energy of cadmium sulfide semiconductor thin film using the equation: Eg = h.c/ is the signal of the long wavelength limit of the absorption peaks (measured in the lab). The reaction between cadmium sulfide and NH3‚ in the presents of thiourea yield a  of 579(nm). The % error of the reaction is 1.24%. Introduction: There are 3 types of metals for electricity conducting: metallic conductor‚ semiconductor‚ and superconductor. Metallic conductors

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    Do people have the right to put themselves at risk and others to? If a climber goes hiking up Mount Everest‚ they have to be experienced. Some of the climbers do not care about the oxygen‚ ¨the death zone‚¨ and the heavy winds. When a climber is going to go to Mount Everest‚ they have to prepared for whatever may happen. Some people have died trying to save others. It is always dangerous up on Mount Everest. The first reason people do not have the right to rescue services when they put themselves

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    Climbing Mount Everest is a bad idea because it can cause deaths. For example‚ according to the textbook on page 422 states that climbers don’t acclimatize so they get a mountain sickness that leads to death. This shows that anything can go wrong while climbing Mount Everest‚ especially this deadly disease that includes how your brain functions and it ranges from slight confusion to total disorientation and increased sleepiness to coma Another example is on page 56 from the book Peak ‚"Unfortunately

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    Sherpas Ethical Issues

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    To begin with‚ climbers on Mount Everest pay 10‚000 dollars each without the guarantee of summiting . These climbers are all following a sherpa who is their leader. Sherpas undergo a large amount of pressure‚ because without the sherpas the people who paid to climb the mountain will not be able to climb the mountain safely . For example‚ in the article‚”Everest’s Sherpas Issue List Of Demands” Mark Jenkins states‚” Sherpas today make the majority of the decisions on the mountain”(Jenkins). As a result

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    The book starts when Krakauer reaches the summit of Everest. Krakauer is at the top of the world‚ but very exhausted from the journey. He noticed the typical clouds that were there but once he got to the top he noticed it was a storm. He didn’t fear much of the storm‚ but that his oxygen was depleting. So he raced down as fast as he could down the dangerous Hillary step. As he reaches the bottom‚ he notices the storm became worst. Krakauer needed a guide for going up Mount Everest. A professional

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    Parth Patel 04/27/11 Introduction to Medical School Hot Lights‚ Cold Steel Michael J. Collins‚ M.D. Hot Lights‚ Cold Steel is an exciting medical memoire‚ written by Dr. Michael J. Collins regarding his life as a resident at the famed Mayo Clinic. This narrative of Collins’ four-year surgical residency recounts his progress from an enthusiastic but inexperienced first-year resident to an expert Chief Resident. In detailing the rigorous path to a successful medical career‚ Collins conveys

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    Human Relations http://hum.sagepub.com The 1996 Mount Everest climbing disaster: The breakdown of learning in teams D. Christopher Kayes Human Relations 2004; 57; 1263 DOI: 10.1177/0018726704048355 The online version of this article can be found at: http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/57/10/1263 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: The Tavistock Institute Additional services and information for Human Relations can be found at: Email Alerts: http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts

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    Chapter one and two summary : 7-16 On September 2‚ 1993‚ in Pakistan’s Karakoram Range. While the protagonist Mortenson was making his way through rough terrain. He failed in an attempt to climb K2‚where the world’s second highest mountain. he was following Scott Darsney‚ but Mortenson cannot see him any more . The two couldn’t reach the summit of K2 ‚they rescue of fellow climber Etienne Mortenson spent three days. They had already used a great deal of energy carrying the supplies. As he

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