Exploring Extremes

When & by whom was the South Pole reached by an expedition?
The South Pole was reached by Roald Amundsen on December 14, 1911.
http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm


When & by whom was the North Pole reached?
The North Pole was reached by Robert E. Peary on April 6, 1909.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vopeary.htm


Who led and expedition to summit Everest in 1924 & what happened to him? When was the summit finally reached for the first (documented) time?
Mallory led the expedition to the summit & his partner Irvine in 1924. People don't know what happened to him. But then in 1975 a Japanese climber discovered a English man's body.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_climbing_Mount_Everest

The summit was finally reached on May 29th, 1953. By Newzealander Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.
http://www.travel-himalayas.com/himalayan-mountains-peaks/mount-everest.html


After locating these facts, reflect on why people would want to engage in these types of extreme activities. Why would someone do that? Why or why not? Is it worth to risk your life to do something like that?
The reasons people would want to climb the mountain was because it was either a dream of theirs to do or a family tradition. The family tradition was his dad climbed it & he wanted to follow his dads footsteps & be like him, his dad was his hero. Many people do it to get science information about mountains. Scientist always want to know how mountains are moving so they climb it to put gadgets & things to watch the mountains movement. Other people just love climbing mountain & mount Everest would be a major goal for them & something they really want. Some people just dream their whole life to climb the mountain. I would not risk my life to climb the mountain its not a goal in my life, & i surely don't want to die doing it either. I would love to climb it but if my life was a task i wouldn't do it.