Imagine you are a mountaineer.Write a paragraph describing an expedition you undertook
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Mountains have always been a challenge to the spirit of man and man has always accepted that challenge. The loftier a mountain the greater has been the desire of man to conquer to climb to its highest peak and to enjoy the thrilled victory. Nearly all the mountains of the world have now been conquered by the persistence and perservance of man. Even Mount Everest cannot now claim to be invulnerable having already been scaled several times. Several expeditions were orgnaised to negotiate this highest mountain peak in the world and more of them have been successful.
Life offers a multitudinous variety to temperaments. Some people are fascinated by a dangerous enterprise. Danger to them is the very breath of life and they feed on the delight which they experience in overcoming it. Mountaineering appeals to such men because it makes the heaviest demands upon their courage, perseverance and powers of endurance. That it is a dangerous sport cannot be denied. As one climbs higher and higher the air becomes more and more rarified and therefore breathing becomes more and more difficult. To obviate this some climbers now carry a heavy apparatus from which they can inhale the necessary oxygen. The climber finds it really hazardous because at any moment he may stumble or slip and go crashing downwards. The unbearable cold at high altitudes is another difficulty which climbers have to face. They are often overtaken by storms and blizzards. It is an ordeal to have to walk through snow in which one sinks to the knees.
The cold is so server that the climbers’ feet, toes and fingers suffer frost bite and become useless. This is a catastrophe. Many lives have been so lost on account of the avalanches. It is, indeed wonderful that many mountain peaks and summits should have been conquered by various climbing expeditions in the face of such a multiplications of dangers and hardships.
Mountain climbing requests special knowledge, skills and equipment. Mountain climbers must be in good physical conditions and have good judgment. Even many skilled climbers have lost their lives trying to conquer challenging peaks. Mountaineers must know how to use maps as where there are trials they must travel through dense woods as they approach a mountain and cross steep slopes and rock slides above the tree line on the mountain.
Near the summit of a high peak, the climber’s may have to scale steep rock faces and plod over snow fields and glaciers filled with crevasses. In dangerous areas, climbers rope themselves together in groups of two, three or more persons. Climbers carry packsacks loaded with first aid kit, food and extra clothing for sudden changes in weather. Some climbers prefer felt or rope sold hoes which do not slip on wet rocks.
In addition, a climber may carry an ice axe to aid, in keeping his balance to cut step in snow and ice and to stop him from falling.
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Himalaya trekking expedition by school students
Adventurous: Students of Sai Schools near Ganga river who participated in the Himalaya Trekking.
Adventurous: Students of Sai Schools near Ganga river who participated in the Himalaya Trekking.
CHENNAI 20 OCTOBER 2012 15:56 IST
UPDATED: 20 OCTOBER 2012 15:56 IST
It was a mixture of joy and shivering experience for the seven students of Class VIII and a teacher of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Educare, Chromepet, who participated in Himalaya trekking recently. They visited the Holy Himalayan Mountains via Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kedarnath, and Badrinath and the expedition was organised by the Institute of Sathya Sai Education (ISSE), Mumbai and the trekking training was carried out by the Mountaineering and Adventure Institute of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Students of Sai Schools from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Utranjal and Punjab participated.
All the students assembled at Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, New Delhi, and visited important places such as Qutub - Minar, Lotus Temple and India Gate.
They travelled from New Delhi to Sri Sathya Sai School at Rishikesh and had trekking training, which included artificial river crossing, sling rippling , building tents and also jungle trekking. They visited Neelakanta Mahadev temple by 12 km trekking and also trekked 14 km from Gowri Kund to Kedarnath.