Monday, February 12, 2007
Would You "Make the Cut" on Everest? -Teddy Murphy
How do you think you would have fared (let’s say you were in the middle of the group for you climbing ability) if you were part of Jon’s team. Do you think you would have it in you to function in the harsh conditions? Would you desperately want to reach the summit and fight through the cold and dangerous conditions? Or, would you be conservative and turn around or stay at camp if your life felt threatened?
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I think that I would be able to make to the top only becasue once I make up my mind to do something, I usually do it. The challenges seem very hard to overcome but if you really want to reach the top, whick I would, I believe you can make it. I think that I would reach the top and live to tell the tale.
I don’t think I would have fared that good. I mean I am a good climber but I don’t think that I could climb Mount, Everest just because I don’t think I have the will power to go out and do something like that. On the other hand I think that I maybe could just because if I did reach the top I would be so happy with myself, to say that I completed a huge goal, a goal that hardly anybody completes. So in the end I think I would might have to go to the Summit of Everest and endure the cold and harsh weathers to complete my goal and finish what I started.
Despite while reading this book and realizing how great it would be to top Everest, I do not think I would fare very well against the harsh environment. Jon said it himself in the first chapter that you would be climbing as high as many passenger planes fly. Also, the never ending pain and lack of oxygen would be too much for me and I would have to stop. I am not an exceptional climber, but that doesn’t mean that I am incapable, but on Everest when there is no oxygen, it would be too much. Also, if I was on Jon’s team and I was up there during the storm, I will admit that I would be panicking. Frostbite and the potential of getting severe altitude sickness would also be a never ending worry in my mind, and I would be “Paranoid”. Oxygen is also another factor, and considering that there is so little oxygen up near the top, I don’t think I could survive, and if I did I would have someone else to help thank for it. The only problem is that once I started something I wouldn’t want to stop, and as such I would probably continue to try and get to the summit (which could lead to my death). This is why I think that I would in almost no way be able to get up the Mountain Everest.
If I tried to make the cut, which I probably would never do, I do not think I make the cut. I also do not think I would function well because I live in St. Louis and St. Louis is almost never below zero so I would not be used to the weather. I think I would climb through the bad conditions for the pride so I could say that I climbed Mount Everest, not many people get to say that. But if there was a group before me that experienced bad fortune I would probably stay at camp. Overall i would be a little afraid, the fact that only 5% of people who have climbed Everest have died would cushion me. So I hope I am not in that 5%; or else I would regret my choice to continue for the rest of my life.
I don’t think that I would fare well because I don’t see reaching the summit as a worthy goal. It is certainly not one worth risking my life for. If I were to reach the summit and make it back down safely it wouldn’t have a lasting effect on anyone or the world for that matter except for me. Although I would be proud that I did it, I would be much prouder if I did something that saved someone’s life or affected the world in a positive way. In summary, this is not a fulfilling goal in my eyes.
I don't think that I would be able to climb Mount Everest. First because the will power it takes to put one foot in front of the other through all the obstacles. Secondly I wouldn't be able to adapt to the altitude very well because I haven't had any previous experience. Lastly the miles and miles you walk sometimes almost vertically with little amount of oxygen it would be nearly impossible.
I believe that I would not have fared very well at all if I was part of Jon's team. In these harsh conditions I would have probably come down with HACE or HAPE because I do not do well when I don't have enough oxygen to satisfy myself. I don't have the will power or the passion to do such a thing. Also, I am a person who doesn't like cold weather at all, so I wouldn't have been able to make it to the summit of the mountain. The pain and hardships that I would have to endure just to make it to the summit of Mt. Everest would be overwhelming for me. I can't imagine the things that happened to everybody Jon was climbing with, actually happening to me. Just hearing about what happened to these people makes me not want to climb this mountain. Overall, I believe that I don't have the will power or the passion to summit Mt. Everest.
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