Habib Kawar Marathoner Each participant has specific decision to make at every stage of the simulation. As a Marathoner I had to forecast the weather at the end of each round and communicate it to the rest of the team. My personal goals were to reach the summit, Complete climb without needing to be rescued and Avoid getting frostbite. Analyzing information provided in the simulation helped me to overcome obstacles faced while climbing the summit. In Round 4 I was able to analyze the information that using oxygen would help me overcome my critical health status and would allow me to continue my journey. Also, evaluating alternatives of either to stay at the camp or continue the journey based on the forecasted weather conditions prevented me from getting frostbite and thus being rescued. A Major challenge for me was at Round 4 when the physician was rescued, because she had to go down to the base camp and thus cannot provide me …show more content…
The main challenge was the conflict between individual goals and team goals and thus collaboration using the information displayed to us about our resources, weather forecasts, health and hiking speed was a must. Based on this information we build our plan of trying to reach team goals while also focusing on personal goals. Reaching the summit was a common goal so we based our plan to move from one camp to another as a group. The plan was put into practice when the physician provided the inhaler to the Environmentalist and we as a group decided to wait before continuing our journey. There was also a conflict of goals two of the team have the option to earn a point for staying extra day at camp while others didn’t have this option and thus we decided to change the plan and respond to the changes so we divided the team based on the option of either staying at the camp or continuo hiking to reach the
In the dictionary, a goal is “something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.” Henson accomplished his goal on April 6th, 1909. As a boy, he traveled around on ship and achieved seagoing experience. When he was a store clerk, Robert Peary hired him and introduced Henson to his new goal, which was to climb the North Pole. After a number of tries, he finally reached the top. Johnston had her dream of climbing Mt. McKinley since she was 9. She finally started her journey up the mountain on June 2nd. Although snow occasionally kept her from advancing on her path, Johnston finally touched the top on June 23rd when she was 12 years, 5 months, and 5 days old. Henson and Johnston both accomplished their dreams.
Wiping the sweat from my brow I called a halt to the crew. Phil and I dumped our packs and found a comfy boulder to rest on. I looked back to where the last guys were coming from back down the trail. They had stopped talking a while back and marched slowly along the dirt trail. Phil produced an energy-bar he’d saved from breakfast and began to munch on it as I drained another water bottle. After the refreshing drink I laid back against the rock and stared up at the pine trees. But a moment later, hearing grumble about sore legs, I sat up, grinning, “By the map we only have another couple hours.”
With the many ethical and social issues faced during the Everest simulation, came with many tough decisions that had to be made. As mentioned above, a specific example was the decision I as the leader was faced with in decision set 2. To take the utilitarian approach, which was to keep going and the photographer was to catch up with the group – resulting in the highest number of points for the team. Or the deontological approach which was to wait for the photographer but risk even more members of the group being recued. As stated above, Conway and Gawronski outlined that people immediately experience a negative emotional response to the idea of an individual getting hurt. In the case of the simulation it was leaving the photographer behind
The strenuous life was an idea and lifestyle that came about during Victorian America. This was an overall concept of how society should live their lives based around the idea of therapeutic ethos (The Strenuous Life: Race, Sports, and Gender at the Turn of the 20 Century). This philosophy stated people should live their life through the idea of self-fulfillment rather than the Victorian idea of self-control. Self-fulfillment was a lifestyle that would help save yourself, save your health, and allow you to prove yourself as a man through your daily actions and behavior. The lifestyle of self-control valued individuals keeping control over their emotions while living a modest life. With this self-fulfillment way of thinking the gender roles for men, football, and the wild west became key factors in the emergence of the strenuous life in Victorian America.
As well as LLL activity, team also presented positive and negative behaviour in each category; yet, team performed better and accomplished team’s goals. In task area, team made a clearer plan and having several supportive plans. As team realized that having a plan is very necessary and it could help team to have a central standard to follow, team then discussed and brainstormed about several designs of raft. Additionally, team organized suitable tasks for each person; hence, each member performed better and felt confident to do their job (Belbin, 2010). In team area, sense of teamwork was presented. After team got materials to build raft, we all finalized the plan and each team members communicated and discussed as a team not individual as we learnt from our experiences in the last 2 days’ activities in a camp. Team had improved performances because each member had learnt and accepted ‘each other’s strengths and weaknesses’ (Loynes, 2004). Moreover, during the race, team cheered up and talked to each other. In individual category, members were performed better and felt valued to the team because they were assigned to do the suitable tasks and were motivated by each other. This activity, therefore, shown a better balance of three areas of John Adair model and this could lead team to accomplish their
Climbing makes for a difficult expedition, you need to give up the wrappers when you was ascending. You need to give up the heavy things, you need to give up your wrappers, and you need to give yourselves. Sometimes we need to give up our lives to climb the mount Everest. According to snow storm, the energy, the oxygen and the people who desired prove themselves the spring’s 96s expedition to mountain Everest was destined to be the most tragic.
Hypothesis: Even though the 1.5 mile run test will not produce the highest average VO2 max, the results of the 1.5 mile run will produce the most accurate VO2 max results as the test puts the most physiological demand on the body compared to the Queens College/McArdle Step Test and the Rockport One Mile Walk Test.
The use of oxygen also provides a false sense of security for inexperienced climbers. The use of oxygen prevents them from truly knowing what Everest is like. Inexperienced climbers think that they can acclimate faster and climb faster because they have oxygen that they would otherwise not have. They become more confident in their abilities and often misjudge because of it. The book “Into Thin Air”, was about a 1996 expedition led by Rob Hall, with author Jon Krakauer as a client. Jon depicted how miscalculations and miscommunication about how much oxygen there was on the mountain caused the death of fifteen people. To counter this argument, experienced climbers know that they need oxygen because i...
Everest is an unbelievable mountain that has taken the lives of a number of the greatest climbers in history. It was my job to ensure that clients make it up that treacherous mountain safely. My name is Rob Hall. I was the main guide and cofounder of a climbing company called Adventure Consultants. My friend, Gary Ball, and I used to be professional climbers. Together we succeeded in climbing to the highest summit on each of the seven continents in seven months. This was our greatest achievement. After this, we decided to start our own company guiding clients up large mountains. In May 1992, we successfully led six clients to the summit of Everest. Unfortunately, Gary died of cerebral edema in October 1993 during an attempt on the world’s sixth-tallest mountain. He died in my arms and the next day I buried him in a crevasse. Despite the pain that his death had caused me, I continued guiding for our company and eventually led thirty-nine climbers to the summit of Everest.
Upon completing the Everest simulation, it was obvious that in order to complete such a simulation direct actions had to be taken which were carefully thought out. This which was done by sharing resources between the whole team and ensuring individuals met their own goals. My role as the observer was assumed to help and advise the team along their journey through the simulation, although this was very limited help as it wasn’t first hand it was still a learning experience. The simulation itself offered restricted time to complete the task and so we found ourselves to not be able to complete the tasks efficiently within the time given.
Given the recent Everest tragedy over the weekend with the biggest loss of lives to date, this case study rings particularly poignant. It’s hard to think of a higher-staked situation than making a summit bid for Mount Everest. The responsibility in such a trek weighs heavy on the leader, but does not need to fall on his shoulders alone. Had Fischer been more willing to share credit, fostering a team-oriented environment, he might still be around today to bask in the glory of his ambitious undertaking.
I made this decision because I examined the weather on day four and discovered that it was going to be negative 23 degrees, I then looked up the weather at camp 4 for tomorrow (2 degrees) and decided that I would be beneficial to advance to camp 4 to help reduce my frostbite. Upon examining our teams’ mountain progression I noticed that Jameson our medic had to be rescued on round four. This was a concern because he had not told us that his health was that severe. I requested 4 oxygen canisters for the rest on my trip. I made this decision because I was not carrying much weight and did not want to take canisters that my teammates may need. We started talking again and found out that a few of our team members had deteriorating health. However, since we were so close decided that the next day we would continue up to the next camp.
Dealing with problems, internally or externally, is common among humanity. It does not make one unique or different for their issues, but what does contribute to their individuality is their way to go about this said problem. From the piece, The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner written by Alan Sillitoe, the main character Smith deals with both of these forms of conflict. Smith has an internal conflict with the government versus him, which is established early on in the work. Alongside this internal issue, he deals with the problem of not having the necessities for life and not obtaining these given the opportunity. To cope with these, Smith takes on long-distance running which is symbolic of life. After the symbolism is clear, it is left to the
It was a cold and rainy when Baran and I decided that we were going to climb the all mighty Mount Everest. Baran was worried; worried for his wife and unborn child. His wife had been pregnant for about seven months now, but this didn’t stop Baran from accomplishing his goal. After about a week of preparation, we were ready to begin our journey. The path to Mount Everest is very dangerous and confusing compared to other mountains. It is easy to get lost and die, yet we did not stop moving forward. By the time we decided to leave the house, it had started snowing, however, we couldn’t just stop when we The snow blinded our eyes and we were relying on our other senses to help us make our way through the deadly storm.
Even from the very beginning, I started out on the courageous path. I had been sick the week leading up to the trip, but no, I didn't let the fear of being stranded sick in a tent in the middle of the dessert hold me back. It was a beautiful early afternoon after the last half-day of school before spring break, and I was getting in my car totally distraught over my parent's decision that I would not go on the trip. (After all, they had only let me come to school that day because I had to take a math test.) After tossing my books in the back seat of my car, I casually cruised over to the microbus where Stuart, the trip leader, and the rest of the climbers were busily making final preparations for their departure.