Reading response november #2

                                                                      Into Thin Air--12/10/13(50)

This week I have been reading “Into thin Air”  I read more about the expedition to Mount Everest, during this expedition, Krakauer studied what made people take so much risk to climb to the summit. He also saw how much money people were willing to spend and how much hardships people like him were willing to endure to make it to the summit. Mount Everest has a harsh environment. It is mostly covered with ice and snow. At high altitudes there are strong winds and very little oxygen to breathe. It is extremely cold; at the summit; and can drop to-76°. The Climbing conditions are very dangerous, slippery ice, cliffs, and crevasses can make the trail deadly.  As if climbing a tall, snowy and icy mountain wasn’t dangerous enough, people got sick. Krakauer developed a cough that became a constant source of pain. Later, he also developed a migraine headache that had to be treated with medication.  I also read that Mount Everest is part of the Himalaya mountain range between the Asian continent and the Indian subcontinent. Mount Everest has the highest elevation on earth at 29,035 feet above sea level. Mount Everest is a part of two nations: China and Nepal. This region is home to the Sherpa people; they speak Sherpa and Nepali. Sherpa people of Nepal help mountain climbers get to the summit of Mount Everest, and many have died doing this. With the improvement in climbing technology many more people are joining expeditions to get to the summit. But still, because of unpredictable weather, people die and they are left in the mountain because it’s very expensive to bring bodies down of the mountains in helicopters.