Day 1
Apparently the plane crashed into Mt. Everest about twenty minutes ago, I had regained consciousness about 5 minutes ago. There are only 18 or so survivors not including myself, I don’t know any of these people, not even their names.
Day 2
We’ve started trying to salvage whatever we can from the wreckage of the plane. We have a small amount of food and water, not much else though; I wish we had found more, but with the wreckage burning we won’t be getting much else. It’s now about 2:00ish and I’ve started to learn about some of the people that are here, but I’m only counting 15 others (not including myself). Sitting around the wreckage there’s: a couple doctors, a teacher, a boxer, and some football players? and myself.
Day 5
It’s been a couple days now since the crash and we are now down to 14 total survivors and we’re starting to run out of food. We’ve started sending small groups out to search for some more food. but we haven’t had any luck. The fire from the wreckage had gone out a couple days ago, it’s really cold here. Some of the football players have started digging out shelters. I’ve started to become fairly close with the professional boxer, he appears to be Asia and I think he said his name is Makunouchi but I’m not sure.
Day 15
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One of the Doctors, named Jack, called a kind of “meeting” he started by saying, ”So, I’ve come to the realization that a few of our fellow survivors have gone missing, and I feel that we should start doing most everything in pairs or groups.” I felt like i had some to say so I told him “I don’t believe that having people do everything in groups is a good idea because if people are in groups we might lose more people faster.” The conversation went on for a while but i quit paying attention after not to long because it went from being about protecting us to who should “lead” the group as a
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In the memoir Within Reach: My Everest Story by Mark Pfetzer and Jack Galvin, the author Mark Pfetzer is faced with an extremely amazing yet scary challenge of climbing Mount Everest. Each event is the story has something to do with the nature that is around them at that moment but Pfetzer shows the readers that nature can be a way of life.
Why do you only bring one surgeon? Having a surgeon is vital to surviving because he can help a lot more than the rest of the men would. Do you need a drummer? or 28 people that do not have jobs? The Virginia-Stock Company should have been better prepared for the worst. The gentlemen did not work either they thought they were better than the other men. The starving time and having unprepared people set up for poor relationships with the Native
In chapter eight Jack gets angry with Ralph because of how he talked about him and his hunters. Jack calls a meeting and he talks bad about Ralph trying to overthrow him as chief. The first time Jack asks if Ralph should not be chief it is silent. The next time he asks if Ralph should be chief this is what happens shown in this quote “The silence continued, breathless and heavy and full of shame. Slowly the red drained from Jack’s cheeks, then came back with a painful rush. He licked his lips and turned his head at an angle, so that his gaze avoided the embarrassment of linking with another’s eye” (Golding 127). This shows groupthink because nobody wanted to be the first one to raise their hand and say Ralph should not be chief, but when nobody is noticing people go to join Jack. Groupthink is also shown, through what they do next to a mama pig and Maurice. Roger first rapes a pig and then sexually assaults Maurice with a spear. Roger starts a chain reaction with people all sexually assaulting Maurice. This is groupthink because when Roger starts doing this everyone joins
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Having others capable of making decisions reduced the workload from several people as a whole. The case study discussed how many individuals were involved in just getting the patient aspirin and how many times the same conversation had to go from the bottom to the top and back down again. Because everyone knows the care plan for the patient, other staff members are able to provide services which will allow the top person to handle other more important tasks. Also, this provides a quicker response to the needs of the
I thought that I was dead man the second I jumped out considering the fall but survived. Due to my heroic actions, I was globally recognized but wasn't enough to replace the leg I lost in the fall. Now the prosthetic leg I wear today reminds me of all those people who were scared and bleeding out because of the fire. Everyone around me...in awe...burned... or just dead. The ones who survived had ran from the scene not knowing which way to go because it all happened to fast. Everything... POOF!...gone...all in a blazing infernal which is now known as the Hindenburg disaster. I may have lost a leg that day... but the one things it really took away was my drive. The drive to fly great distances and want to ever be like a bird in the sky again. Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance.
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.
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?
'My dear,' I said. 'I don't like this anymore than you do. I've put the alternative badly before you. Do we help those who have survived the catastrophe to rebuild some kind of life?' (p 103)
I am Gabriel Diallo. I’m 15 years old and this is an SOS message. Two days ago I and 71 other people were involved in a plane accident. We were flying from New York to Pretoria (South Africa). As we were crossing the Atlantic Ocean, we started felling some huge vibration. People were starting to be worried. Then suddenly as I looked through the window, the left wings detached from the plane and suddenly, the plane was falling down. Everybody was screaming there was blood everywhere because people were knocking their heads and suddenly boom. The plane hit the water. I was stuck in my seat because on the security belt. I successfully got out and swam to the nearest part of the plane that I could use to float. But then has was floating on a part
I almost fell off a cliff on the side of a mountain. I was in Pitkin, Colorado, on a camping trip during the summer of 2009. The trees were green, the air was fresh so were the lakes, rivers, and ponds were stocked with fish and wildlife was everywhere. Usually, on these camping trips, I would be accompanied by a large number of people. However, this time, it was just my parents, my three brothers, and my two sisters. I was almost 12 years old at the time and having three older brothers made me very competitive. Naturally, when my family decided to climb one of the mountain’s which were around us, I wanted to be the first one to reach its peak.
Providing both of these communications to these individuals, is just a start to head in the right direction and meet many of the primary needs in this situation. I believe that follow up is key here in order to keep everything in order and under control. After keeping constant updates and open communication, the whole process should be smooth as the rescue is worked on and becomes a success.
Throughout the book, Jon Krakauer tells about the Sherpas, including details about their religion, superstitions, and way of life. Into Thin Air also tells about the positive and negative aspects of the commercialization of Everest. Everest has become very popular, gaining business for expedition leaders such as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. However, the commercialization makes the climb seem less impressive, which disrespects the mountain and those who climbed it first with no extra help. Many people are intrigued by Everest, so Outside Magazine sent journalist Jon Krakauer to write an article about the journey up and down the mountain. The last few chapters of the book tell the tragedy of three expeditions on May 10th, 1996. Most of the climbers ascended Everest without perishing; however, it was the descent that killed them. The story is thrilling and suspenseful, making it an excellent
When I stepped into the large neatly organized white polished plane, I never though something would go wrong. I woke up and found myself on an extremely hot bright sunny desert island filled with shiny soft bright green palm trees containing rough bright yellow hard felt juicy apples. The simple strong plane I was in earlier shattered into little pieces of broken glass and metal when crashing onto the wet slimy coffee colored sand and burning with red orange colored flames. After my realization to this heart throbbing incident I began to run pressing my eight inch footsteps into the wet squishy slimy light brown sand looking in every direction with my wide open eyes filled with confusion in search of other survivors. After finding four other survivors we began moving our small petite weak legs fifty inches from the painful incident. Reaching our destination which was a tiny space filled with dark shade blocking the extreme heat coming from the bright blue sky, I felt my eyelids slowly moving down my light colored hazel eyes and found myself in a dream. I was awakened the next day from a grumbling noise coming from my empty stomach.