If death is inevitable, why is everyone so afraid of the thought? Every year, hundreds of people attempt to summit Everest, most of these people being thrill-seeking adventurers, and every year only a handful of these hundreds of people die trying. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world reaching roughly 29,030 feet high in the Himalayan Mountain Range. People should most definitely still strive to be one of the many people to have successfully summited Mount Everest because it’s an amazing accomplishment, good physical exercise, and it’s bringing in revenue to the more popular side located in Nepal. Climbing Mount Everest and summiting is a phenomenal accomplishment and an amazing experience for the climber. As stated in “Why Everest?”, “Climbing Mt. Everest is the supreme symbol of man’s personal struggle to achieve. As a metaphor; Everest is simple and pure, man versus nature, it approaches a universal understanding of our primal desire to conquer and will eternally stand as a symbol for triumph and failure.” People like Conrad Anker, an experienced mountaineer, argue that there’s a simple and pure appeal to climbing peaks like Everest. People feel that climbs like these are bound to impact your self-esteem and your self-belief. …show more content…
For example, on May 25th of 2009, the first legally blind person summited Everest. Expert, Sherpa Baduel, stated that “So many records the last month, which happened on Everest, which is good. People who climb without one had or without two hands or without one leg or without two legs, some with no eyes, so many records we have.” Records like these are truly inspirational to everyone. Also, to get to the point where you are physically ready and able to climb is amazing because that takes extensive training and a lot of effort and