Nainawa Nawaiseh

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Nainawa Nawaiseh Climbing Mount Everest My
Teacher Fatemah Nawaiseh
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Climbing Mount Everest

• What was the dream of every mountaineer ?
• Ever since it was discovered in 1852 that Mount
  Everest was the highest mountain in the world ,
  climbers have wanted to get to the top of it . To
  be the first person to stand on the summit of
  Mount Everest was the dream of mountaineers for
  many years .

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• What were the main difficulties about
  climbing Mount Everest ?
• There were three main difficulties in
  climbing Mount Everest . The first was in getting
  to the mountain itself. Mount Everest lies in the
  border between Nepal and Tibet. Both countries
  were closed to foreigners for years at a time. It
  was not until 1920 that Tibet allowed British
  climbers to enter their country to climb Mount
  Everest from the Tibetan side . And it wasn't
  until 1950 that Nepal allowed climbers in to
  climb the mountain from the Nepalese side .
• The second difficulty was the effects of
  altitude on the human body. We all need oxygen to
  breathe, but the amount of oxygen in the air
  decreases the higher we go above sea level. Above
  8,000 meters there is so little oxygen that
  people cant breathe properly .

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• It was thought that if people stayed above
  that higher for a long time, they would get stick
  and eventually die. Because of this, many
  climbers have carried cylinders of oxygen to help
  overcome altitude sickness.
• The third problem was the weather . Because it
  is so high, the weather on Mount Everest is
  always very cold and usually very windy too. The
  wind can blow away the climbers tents and the
  cold can freeze their hands and feet .

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Ask and answer

• 1. When were foreign climbers allowed to enter
• Tibet ?
• Nepal ?
• 2. Why cant people breathe properly above 8,000
  meters ?
• 3. What do you think a cylinder looks like ?
• 4. How can the climate on Mount Everest affect
  climbers ?
• 5. Would you like to climb a mountain. If yes,
  why? If no, why no?

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Thanks A lot