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Mountain and Rock Climbing
The history of mountaineering and rock climbing from the first explorations of the Alps to the conquest of Everest, including the siege tactics used on the Big Faces and the Big Rock and Ice Climbs of America's National Parks. The successes, failures and tragedies of this dangerous but exciting sport/pursuit.
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Who climbed with sir ed to mount Everest?
The 1953 expedition was made up by John Hunt, George Band, Thomas Bourdillon, Charles Evans, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, Griffith Pugh, Thomas Stobart, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott , Charles Wylie and many Sherpa's and Porters all helped put Hillary and Tenzing on the summit of Mount Everest
Is Cindy Sui from the BBC News involved in fitness like Rock climbing or Kickboxing?
Yes ,yes she is.
The thing that people stand on for first second and third place?
The three tiered platform is a 'podium'.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of extreme sports?
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF EXTREME SPORTS:
Extreme sports include a multitude of activities, including skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing and BMX. When choosing an extreme sport to get involved with, you'll first need to consider the advantages and disadvantages associated with the specific riding discipline.
Getting involved with an extreme sport is a great way to meet friends who share similar interests. Many skateboarders, snowboarders and BMXers alike band together to create their own clubs and groups. Riding with your newly found friends will allow you to progress in your riding skills while learning new and more difficult tricks and maneuvers.
Exercise:
Getting involved with an extreme sport is a great way to have fun while maintaining a healthy body weight. Regardless of the extreme sport you participate in, with regular riding practices you'll be able to burn excess calories and tone a multitude of muscles. Performing aerial jumps on a BMX bike will allow you to strengthen your bicep and triceps. Riding your snowboard down a mountain slope will target your quadriceps and lower leg muscles.
Injuries:
While every sport has certain dangers, extreme sports athletes are at an increased risk of serious injuries. Backcountry snowboarders are known for riding on an unpredictable terrain where avalanches are commonplace. While these off-piste riders don't ride on a groomed slope, hazards such as large boulders and fallen trees can be easily hidden under large deposits of newly fallen snow. Even the smallest misstep can plummet big wave surfers more than 30 feet below the breaking ocean waves. According to "Thrasher Magazine," skateboarders often subject themselves to bone-crunching falls while attempting to grind down steep handrails.
In its favor, an extreme sport helps a person to be strong, to live a healthy lifestyle and keep shape. Also an extreme sport provides a lot of adrenaline and new emotions. In addition extreme sport exercise will power and teaches us to work as a team.
However, an extreme sport has disadvantages. In fact it is very traumatic and dangerous sport for life. Also extreme sports require a lot of money to travel around the world and purchase equipment. Last but not least, an extreme sport requires a lot of time to train and it's hard to find a place for it in life.
All in all, there is no single solution to this problem. Fans of extreme sports is becoming more and more every year, despite its dangers. One can only hope that the extreme sport activities to minimizing the danger and taking advantage of benefits.
Who was the oldest person to reach mount enerest?
Yuichiro Miura from Japan became the oldest person to reach the top of the world on the 23rd May 2013 at the age of 80.
Is Tashi Tenzing the grandson or great-grandson of Tenzing Norgay?
Tashi Tenzing is a grandson of Tenzing Norgay.
Why is March-May the best time to climb Mt. Everest and why?
Most expeditions take place on Mount Everest during March to late May because it is the safest time to climb the mountain. In early June the monsoon arrives bring very bad weather that makes it impossible to climb on Everest.
When was International Federation of Sport Climbing created?
International Roller Sports Federation was created in 1924.
In what year was the yeti come from?
1832 - B.H. Hodson,the U.K. representative in Nepal, described a hirsute creature who reportedly had attacked his servants. The natives called the beast "rakshas," which means "demon." This was the first report of the Yeti made by a Westerner.
Ice Climbers are characters from the game "Ice Climber", which was released in 1986 in Europe on the NES. If you would like to know more, go to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Climber
How many people climbed up the highest mountain in the world?
Around 5,000 people from all over the world have reached the summit of Mount Everest to date.
How did tenzing norgay showed courage?
He was the Sherpa that accompanied Hillary to the summit of Mount Everest.
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first explorer to reach the summit of Mt Everest on 29 May 1953, and was knighted by the Queen of England for his achievement.
He was born on 20 July 1919 and died on January 12 2008, A monument was built for Sir Edmund Hillary on one of the mountains he climbed. In the 1960s, he returned to Nepal, to aid in the development of the society, building clinics, hospitals and 17 schools.
How do you calculate height of mount Everest?
Today the height of Mount Everest is calculated using GPS and Satellite.
(: (: (: Belinda Hillary was born in 1959 and died in 1975
What would happen to a person naked that is and is climbing Mount Everest in the Winter?
If a naked person tried climbing Mount Everest in Winter he would probably die from the cold very quickly.
What is the difference between top belay and bottom belay in rock climbing?
If you belay from the top of the route, or from the base.
Normally you would bottom belay. If for some reason you approached the climb from the top of the cliff you would do a top-belay.
Also, if you are doing a really long (multi-pitch) climb, you and your partner leapfrog eachother up the cliff - each doing a length of the rope at a time. This means that every other "pitch" would be a top belay.
What were sir Edmund hillarys children called?
His daughter was named Belinda but she died in a plane crash. His son was called Peter.
No Mount Everest is not habitable. Climbers only live on Mount Everest in camps during the climbing season then these camps are taken down because the weather makes it impossable for anyone to be on the mountain.
How is it dangerous to climb mount Everest?
It is a hard and dangerous climb for many reason.
one is the extreme altitude there is only 30 pct the oxygen it is over 29,000 ft.
another is the cold temps range from -20 -40
it is a technical climb one step and you can fall over 1 mile !
if a climber gets into trouble there is now way to get them down once past camp 3 no helicopter can fly that high . The ledges in some section are only 6 inches wide on both sides on a 65 degree slope.
over 200 climbers have died on the mountain a lot from fatigue most still visible on the route up.
- You die if you reach the top too fast.
Mount Everest, like any other high mountain is dangerous for the following reasons:
High altitude Pulmonary Edema
High Altitude Cerebral Edema
Frostbite
Hypothermia
Snow Blindness
Crevasses
Avalanches
Rock Fall
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