The savage mountain that kill one in four, is correctly acclaimed to be the most dangerous mountain. It is vastly different in the other Himalayan mountains. The climbing of this great beast is more technical, harder to camp on, difficult to get to, and most importantly deadly. K2: The Savage Mountain is more than just…
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Final Papers, Week 9
Proposal
by mmd •
For the Final (and only paper for that manner) I propose to evaluate the history of developing tourism and commercialization around mountaineering, including but not limited to, the greater ranges. My thesis will be centered around why there has been a tourist interest, and how that has developed in the last few decades; and possibly…
Final Papers, Week 9
Final Paper Topic Proposal
by mel •
For my final paper topic, I want to explore the aspect of the environmental impacts on the mountain landscape, the first article we read for the class dealt with waste on Mount Everest and I have found other research that deals with the environmental impacts that mountaineering has on our landscapes. Here are a…
Reading Response, Week 9
K2 The Savage Mountain: Week 9
by Bryant Lymburn •
Reading Response Week 9 Bryant Lymburn This weeks reading was the story of the American expedition of 1953 and their attempt to summit K2, the worlds second highest peak, and most notorious. After World War II had finished the resurgence in exploring and climbing these great unconquered peaks began to rise once again. With new…
Reading Response, Week 9
K2 The Savage Mountain
by Colton •
When assembling the team, Robert Bates writes that the climber’s character is more important than their climbing ability. They were looking for humble men; men who would not put their own personal glory above the expedition. I believe that they found the men they were looking for. Peppered throughout the book are instances in…
Reading Response, Week 9
Well, shit happens.
by mel •
After reading many works about experienced climbers, who train for climbs, bring proper equipment, travel companions, and have knowledge about the risks they are about to endure, reading “‘Shit Happens’: The Selling of Risk in Extreme Sport” by Catherine Palmer is an interesting take on extreme sports, including mountaineering, and the commodification behind them. Not…
Reading Response, Week 9
Week 9
by ahs •
Shit happens, but most of the time it does not. In Catherine Palmer’s article, “Shit Happens, The Selling of Risk in Extreme Sport”, she paints an oversimplified context of extreme sports and the risk takers who endeavor on them. Palmer creates an argument that would have you believe that these sports exist in only her…
Reading Response, Week 9
Week 9
by mmd •
Final Papers
Evolution of Risk
by The Crooked Spoke •
This class has philosophized circles around mountains and the folks who climb them. The concept of risk (and mountaineers’ penchant for exposing themselves to it) has been vilified, romanticized, and dramatized in the literature we’ve read as a class. For my term-paper I’d like to focus on the objective risks of mountaineering, and how the…
Final Papers, Uncategorized
Final Paper Topics
by Matt •
I’m going to focus on mountaineering and the environment. Particularly using Mount Everest as a case study and how it received its nickname “the world highest junkyard.” I’d like to not go down the dark hole of being pessimistic and negative, but rather make it as positive and optimistic as I can focusing on mountaineering expedition…