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Journey begins
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Into thin Air' >Into Thin Air</a>Primary Source: Into Thin Air
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Jon Krakauer arrives at khumbu glaciers, 16,000 feet.
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Jon Krakauer Reaches Lobuju at 16,000 feet.
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Jon Krakauer reaches everest base camp.
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Jon Krakauer reaches Camp one at 19,500 feet.
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Mountaineers climbing Everest establish five camps the base camp a camp 1-4. They then will move up, then down again, allowing their bodies to get used to the reduced oxygen level of the air. This is called acclimatization. Acclimatizing is essential to safely ascending to high altitudes. People Acclimatizing drink plenty of liquids and eat healthy food. They climb high and sleep low every day. Climbing high, then descending to lower altitudes allows the body to gain strength with fresh oxygen,
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Edema is swelling that is caused by fluid trapped in your body’s tissues. Edema happens most often in the feet, ankles, and legs. Edema can occur as a result of gravity. It can occur from sitting or standing in one place for too long.
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Chen Nu-Yan goes outside to go to the bathroom wearing only the liners of his boots. He slips on the ice and falls down the Lhotse Face. He falls into a Crevasse after only seventy feet, and survives.
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Chen Nu-Yan starts to decent the mountain but then gets pain and gets disoriented. He goes unconsious within minutes. The medics rush to get to him but when they arrived he was dead.
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As the altitude increases, the oxygen content of the air decreases. At 9,800 feet there's about 2/3 of the oxygen in the air than at sea level. At 20,000 ft, there is about half the oxygen content in the air. At 29,035ft, the summit of Everest, there is only a third of the oxygen in the air. This means if you had no oxygen it would be very easy for you to die at the summit of Mount Everest.
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As the altitude increases, the oxygen content of the air decreases. At 9,800 feet there's about 2/3 of the oxygen in the air than at sea level. At 20,000 ft, there is about half the oxygen content in the air. At 29,035ft, the summit of Everest, there is only a third of the oxygen in the air. This means if you had no oxygen it would be very easy for you to die at the summit of Mount Everest.
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Blowing at over 180mph, the Jet Stream blasts the summit of Everest almost all year long. The Jet Stream is a constant wind force at 4 through 6 mph. Observers can tell when the Jet Stream is blowing on the summit of Everest from the giant stream of ice crystals extending out from the mountain. Those wanting to actually stand on the summit have to choose their timing carefully: the mountain is the least threatening in the beginning of May, when the Jet Stream is pushed north over Tibet from the
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The dangers to climbers of Everest include avalanches, crevasses, falling rocks and ice, winds up to 125 mph, sudden storms, temperatures of 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, weight loss/dehydration and oxygen deprivation. The storms on Everest have caused more deaths than anything else besides bad choices from the climbers. Some climbers rely on weather reports but sometimes they are wrong and they climb Everest and die.
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