For our writing curriculum we have been writing reports to inform someone on something. I chose Mount Everest and the dangers of it because it's included in exploring the unexplained our main focus this term.
Report Writing to Inform
Brainstorm:
- The Northern Lights
- Grand Canyon
- Mount Everest
- The Great Barrier Reef
- Victoria Falls
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Lighthouse of Alexandria
- Colosseum
- Great Wall of China
- Stonehenge
Risk of Climbing Mount Everest
How come Mount Everest is so dangerous?
Mount Everest is 8,848 metres above sea level and with one slip that’s the end of your life. Mount Everest is a dangerous place for all mammals and should be taken seriously.
On the mountain there is an area called the “Death Zone” which is 8,000metres above sea level at camp IV. It is called this because the oxygen molecules aren’t bouncing around as vigorously as the ones down at the earth’s crust, due to gravity pulling down on them, therefore people need air tanks to help breathe. Because of how much effort they’re putting in to breathe and the amount of oxygen they’re exhaling the air they breathe at the high elevation is lacking in the oxygen molecules and they may pass out from freezing or their body might shut down.
It is a desirable challenge for mountaineers but has a dangerous background with over 250 people dying from falls, extremely low temperature and high elevation. How ever most mountaineers die while descending because after the “Death Zone” there body may shut down after being up at such a high altitude for the past couple of days and they may slip and fall down the lower slopes.
Mount Everest is one of the dirtiest and most disgusting mountains in the world due to the amount of rubbish dumped up there. The reason why there is so much rubbish is because of the oxygen tanks and food. After the oxygen tanks have run out of oxygen then they dump them there because nobody is going to go back down the mountain just to get rid of some rubbish? As with the rubbish being left at the top half.
Out of the every 10 people that climb the hazardous mountain one person will die while on the mountain. So 6.5% of all climbers die. But to make everything worse the death rate increased in the 1980’s and has been climbing quickly as people want to summit the mountain and conquer one of the biggest challenges in the world.
References:
http://listverse.com/2014/05/07/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-mount-everest/
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