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Resources:
Everest IMAX Video
The Daily Himalayan
-Khumbu Icefall
New vocabulary terms to include in your notes:
Khumbu Icefall
Western Cwm
Bergschrund
Crevasses
Assignment:
Today the students will watch the Everest IMAX film the first part of block. All of the expeditions are at different places on the mountain, so from now on I will refer to the classes by their expedition team name to show where they are at.
Cool Runners-Made it past the Khumbu Icefall today and are safely at Camp 1!
Yeti Serchin'-Made it past the Khumbu Icefall today and are safely at Camp 1!
The Silence of the Yeti-Made it past the Khumbu Icefall today and are safely at Camp 1!
Assignment:
Journal #2
Write about you detailed experience through the Khumbu Icefall. Please include one life-threatening event and how you are acclimatizing (how your body is getting used to the low altitude). You need to start at base camp and end at camp one. Make sure your journal has a beginning, middle, and end and is based off of the material that we have learned in class. One page minimum. DUE NEXT BLOCK!
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