book of brave and indomitable people. Some lost their lives on the road to the top, while some left their footprints on the peak. Since the first historic climb of New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay in 1953, more than 2000 people have successfully climbed Mount Everest....
Plumpbelly Village is a town on the Strudel Continent. It is the location of one of the pieces of the Marvelous Compass that Luigi retrieves during the events of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. When Luigi arrives, the town is ruled by a two-headed snake named Hizza, who demands...
The list you're viewing has a variety of people, like Lee Iacocca and Julius Rosenwald, in it. While this isn't a list of all male philanthropists, it does answer the questions "Who are the most famous male philanthropists?" and "Who are the best male philanthropists?"Mark...
The basket was loaded to the brim with scientific equipment, and the three members of the expedition climbed inside and the balloon was cut free to fly, which it did... slooooowwwwwly. Moving out low over the water, it was pulled so far down by the friction of the several-...
First climbed in 1889, the mountain is now an extremelypopular hiking destination. Its summit is relatively achievable for almost anyone who is fit in terms of both health and bank balances. Just make sure that you pay attention to your guide’s admonitions to go “pole pole” (slowly). ...
when they invaded, there’s no definite answer to what Machu Picchu was used for. Some say it was to hide the women from the Spaniards, others say it was simply just one of the many hilltop villages. But all of the people “who say” are either American or European. So who knows. ...
On May 14, 2018, Xia, who is the same age as the People’s Republic of China, made his dream come true by reaching the top of Qomolangma(Mount Everest) seven days after leaving Base Camp on the Nepal side of the mountain. Success didn’t come easy. He had failed to reach the 8,...
I took this all as a learning opportunity and got strategic. After asking on IG if anyone would be interested in going to Antarctica, I then asked one of the companies if they would give me my spot on the trip if I got five people to come with me. They said yes. And so I accompl...
A. Names of people who graffitied. B. Building where paints were sprayed. C. People who marked surface with graffiti. D. People who were interested in graffiti. 10. What can we know from the third paragraph? A. New Yorkers think graffiti is art. B. Graffiti was accepted by officials ...
At age 75, Muir just became the oldest American to ___ the record set by Bill Burke, who was 72 when he climbed Everest. “ I’ve expected to conquer Mount Everest and ___ what it would give me at my age, ” said Muir. “ By the time I got to the top, I was so ___ th...