My final project on will be on the development and progression of women’s rights and privileges within the sport of mountaineering. I will seek to show how as women’s rights advanced in mainstream society so to did women’s rights in the sport of mountaineering. It will touch on not only how far these rights have…

So…my topic has shifted in a…somewhat substantial way. I am no longer focused on the evolution of risk, but on the access to this risk. That is, I’d like to examine the complications of access on many scales, from Mt. Everest to the Gallatin Valley. I’ll do so by calling on examples from each scale,…

This is a fun and easy read about a group of mountaineers who travel to south-east Asia in order to find the highest mountain in the area and ascend it. the article is supplemented by a six-minute video. I chose this article because It shows that even today, there are still some “firsts” to be climbed.…

For my final paper topic, I will be writing on the economic effects of tourism in Nepal because of the rise in tourism due to mountaineering and adventure travel. Source List: “Tourism, Change, and Continuity in the Mount Everest Region, Nepal” Stanley F. Stevens Geographical Review Oct. 1993 “Adventure Travel and Sustainable Tourism in the Peripheral Economy…

My final paper topic is going to be the environmental impacts on mountains from mountaineering. One of my most useful sources for this essay with be Thin Ice by Mark Bowen, which will hit on the changing ice caps and its clues to the changing climate in reference to high altitude and the mountains. It…

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP51/11-sharp-end-katie-ives This article focuses on the misunderstanding on an international scale regarding places like Tibet and Nepal, and the people who live there. The article points out how a lot of literature and film about Himalayan mountaineering will describe the region like an icy desert, where the Sherpa people were viewed as servants and now…

My final paper topic is going to be about the many effects of tourism on mountaineering and mountains themselves. The final paper is going to touch briefly on variety of ramifications that have been caused and from several viewpoints from the perspective of guides, support staff (i.e. Sherpas) and adventure tourists themselves. My sources include:…

http://www.outsideonline.com/2057971/why-you-should-know-women-mixed-climbing This particular article is a fun tidbit about women in mixed climbing. I chose it because it really gripped me by stating that unlike a lot of other areas of mountaineering and climbing mixed climbing is actually really balanced evenly between the two sexes. Furthermore women are able to keep up with the men,…

My paper topic is going to be a history of pollution and the growth of tourism on Mount Everest from mid 1900’s to now. From what I was finding pollution on Everest is improving but was major concern during the 1980s. My most useful article to make a lot of major points will be Vanity, Pollution and…