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Into Thin Air: Jon Krakauer
Student’s will examine the history Everest and hypothesize why people choose to climb this mountain.
Big idea: students will explore the challenges that humans face and the resilience to overcome come when
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOHS-mxn0RQ
Your wonderings?
Think about:
1) the history of climbing the mountain
2) the desire to climb it
Remember: knowledge begins with your curiosity.
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Mount Everest (called Sagarmāthāin…). Where is this Mountain?
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Where is Mount Everest?
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Height perspective
Warman: about 500 feet
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Why climb Everest?
“Because it is there” George Mallory
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Dangers
Khumba ice field: shifting, falling ice
Altitude: at 8000 meters (26,200 feet) considered the death zone)
HAPE (High-altitude pulmonary edema)
HACE (High altitude cerebral edema)
Wind: in 2004 the wind reached 280km/h. 160km/h winds are common. Winds can blow climbers off the mountain. Through most of the winter months, hurricane winds pummel the summit of Everest.
Extreme cold: average temperature in January -35 C and in July -19 C.
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Quick Write:
BEFORE we read:
Knowing that A) There is a large financhil investment and B) Everest is
fatal for many climbers,
Would you attempt to summit
Everest? Why or why not?
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