The cost included the lives of twenty-four men, fifteen expeditions, and a lapse of 101 years before the summit of Everest was ever reached (Krakauer 14). ... Yet "in the spring of 1993, on the fortieth anniversary of the first ascent, a record fifteen expeditions, [ranging] 294 climbers, attempted to scale the peak from the Nepalese side" (Krakauer 22). ... Adventure Consultants' clients included a lawyer, a Federal Express employer, a pathologist, a cardiologist, an anesthesiologist, a publisher, a postal worker, and a journalist (Krakauer 37). ... Jon Krakauer, a journalist hired by...

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The cost included the lives of twenty-four men, fifteen expeditions, and a lapse of 101 years before the summit of Everest was ever reached (Krakauer 14). ... Yet "in the spring of 1993, on the fortieth anniversary of the first ascent, a record fifteen expeditions, [ranging] 294 climbers, attempted to scale the peak from the Nepalese side" (Krakauer 22). ... Adventure Consultants' clients included a lawyer, a Federal Express employer, a pathologist, a cardiologist, an anesthesiologist, a publisher, a postal worker, and a journalist (Krakauer 37). ... Jon Krakauer, a journalist hired by...

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• Grade Level: High School

People are who they are not from their experiences, although that plays a major role, but for their pride. This reflection paper requires that I choose three books that I've read at St. John the Baptist. These books should have some significance in my life or cause me to reflect on a certain time or...

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• Grade Level: High School