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Day 1
In Class: In Class Essay -- You may have one 3"x5" notecard of information written on the notecard with you for the essay. Explain how the events from 1949-1991 were a “Cold War”?
In your explanation, you must include the following terms: (-5 points for each term not listed)
Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War Korean War
China Containment Soviet Union
Arms/Space Race Berlin Wall Ronald Reagan
HW: None!
Day 2
In Class: Welcome to Everest! -- Based on the reading and videos in this Doc, you must answer the following Q:
Explain at least four challenges facing Mount Everest and those who wish to summit the great mountain. Include challenges both the climbers and the mountain itself face.
HW: None!
Day 3
In Class: Going over the answer to the Q about the challenges of Mt. Everest! Begin watching the film "Everest". “Based on a true story” reads the inevitable boiler-plate claim at the outset of the film. Everest chronicles the disastrous 1996 season on the mountain’s South Col route, when five climbers, including expedition leaders Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, perished, thanks to a fast-arriving storm combined with bad decisions about turn-around times and chaotic leadership. And though Jon Krakauer, my longtime colleague and climbing buddy, was not consulted by the filmmakers, the script hews, for the most part faithfully, to the account of the catastrophe in Into Thin Air...
HW: None!