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Mount Everest

Mount Everest. How can people both experience & protect the world’s special places? Geographic setting: 29, 035 ft. straddles Nepal & Tibet 2,000 reached top 180 died. Sir Edmund Hillary. First to ascend—May 29, 1953 w/ Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay had to acclimate risked exposure.

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Mount Everest

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  1. Mount Everest How can people both experience & protect the world’s special places? Geographic setting: • 29, 035 ft. • straddles Nepal & Tibet • 2,000 reached top • 180 died

  2. Sir Edmund Hillary First to ascend—May 29, 1953 • w/ Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay • had to acclimate • risked exposure

  3. problems • trash & overcrowding • now protected by UNESCO • Sagarmatha National Park • UNESCO Heritage site

  4. Trash on Everest

  5. From Lukla to Base Camp • Stopping at base camps allows climbers to acclimatize. • tourism helps economy • very expensive -- $60,000/person • Sherpas are excellent guides. • has environmental impact

  6. From Camp I to Camp IV • After Camp I: Valley of Silence • After Camp II: Lhotse Face

  7. Camp IV to Summit Death Zone • Above 26,000 ft. • Extremely dangerous • loose snow • avalanches • wrong footing • thin air • exhaustion • no possibility of rescue Why go???

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