Mt. Everest: Hero Or Tragic Hero?

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What if you are one to take risks and put yourself out there, would you be able to handle that there will be complications in your path that might block the feeling of being free and letting your adrenaline unwind. A tragedy might ensue consequences on either keeping Mt. Everest from closing is the option you are willing to take, or closing Mt. Everest, therefore no more casualties can transpire? The debate is causing a uproar that might end in a tangled manner that will cause some difficult resolve to the situation. How will you rectify this recent event that will go down in history? In Source #1 it states, “the opponents assert that the unpredictability of avalanches, for which there seems to be no reliable scientific forecast, makes future disasters all to likely. Despite the evident risks, I believe that people should still be able to climb Mt. Everest,” (Source #1). Avalanches are plausible and are all likely therefore that should not truly determine the debate on the closing of Mt. Everest. Meanwhile Advocates insist in Source # 2, “that, for much of recorded history, we have celebrated humanity’s unfettered spirit of adventure―a questing drive that has often entailed great risks. Yet, by the same token, we have accepted limitations,” (Source #2). Advocates are instilling …show more content…

In Source #1 it states, “the human spirit is a questing force, determined to conquer heights, depths, and remote unknowns. To deny this outlet―even to the few who are ready and willing to avail themselves of it―would be a cruel restraint,” (Source #1). Restraining others from seeking adventure is a distressing feeling that might cause trauma to those that enjoy the adrenaline rush But even though the climb inflicts a strenuous test of resources, planning ability, and a mental and physical

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