Essays on Mount Everest

Clambering up to the zenithal point on Earth was the dream for many alpinists. In the film Everest, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, was an emotional movie that claimed the hardship of the mountaineers suffering through the barriers to reach the highest point on Earth, Mount…

There are multiple factors led these people to death in this catastrophe. For instance, in this case, Kraukauer said that “I felt so disconnected from the climbers around me….. We were a team in name only…… we would leave camp as a group, we would…

This report is based on the disaster that took place in May 1996 when two teams attempted to climb Mount Everest. Rob Hall who had already guided 39 clients to the summit of Everest, was the leader of the first team named Adventure Consultants. The…

Examining Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer through two different literary theories allowed me to gain insight on the text on a deeper level of understanding. Reader Response theory challenged me to step into Krakauer’s shoes and connect to his story using my own identity…

The article Embedded by Barry Corbet is about his experience in a nursing home as a paraplegic. Corbet explains some of the freedoms he had to give up, the social, physical, and mental struggles he faced, and flaws of the nursing home. Throughout, this article…