G10-04-Climbing Everest

Last week we read about Mt. Everest and the first person to climb it Edmund Hillary, in May, 1953. Since that time, as we read, many people have climbed Everest. This month, May is the only month of the year when people try to climb Mt. Everest and there are several groups of people who are there now trying to reach the top, or summit, the mountain. Your assignment, which will be due on Wednesday is to say how many people have reached the top of Mt. Everest this month. Believe it or not, some have already done it so tell us who they are, where they came from, their nationality and what did they have to say about their experience.

Unfortunately, as we read for our homework assignment, many people are unable to reach the top and some people even die trying. Have there been any accidents or deaths this year of people who were not able to get to the summit of Mt. Everest? If so, tell us about those people as well.

For G10-04 this is a group exercise, which means I want only one paper from each group. It should include the information requested above as well as any illustrations or current video you can get of this year's climbing season. I suggest you work in GoogleDocs to gather this information, because this is strictly an assignment you must do on your own time outside of class. That means you must collaborate or work together but separately on your own schedules.

If you have any questions, please ask them during class. See you then!