Mt. Everest Persuasive Speech

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People shouldn’t be climbing Mt. Everest, because it's very high, its old, and you could die. One reason why people shouldn’t climb Mt. Everest is that its very high up. For example, it is over 29,000 feet high. Another reason is that 32% of people die from falling off the mountain. Lastly, you have a 22% chance of falling of Mt. Everest. Secondly, Mt. Everest is very old. Mt. Everest is 60 million (60,000,000) years old. Also, 19 people were killed from an avalanche in 2015. Finally, Mt. Everest was first climed on May the 29th, 1953. Lastly, people all know that they’re risking one thing. Their life. People shouldn’t climb Mt. Everest because you can die. One example is that temperatures on the mountain drop to below -30 degrees fahrenheit.