1. The Study of Physical Motivation: Mount Everest
By: Zac Ching

2. Introduction

3. Facts Located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal.
Peak is exactly on border between Nepal and China
Peak stands over 29,000 feet above sea level
Facts

4. Conditions Wind chills as low as -80°F
Random storms of varying intensity
Always chance of disaster like avalanche.
Conditions

6. Conditions Cont. Storm in May of 1996
Bodies begin to literally break down when you’re walking around at the cruising altitude of commercial airplanes.
Clothing and oxygen tubes plus supplies to carry around
Commercialized climbing
Conditions Cont.

8. Those that do climb Everest fall into a similar category organized by age, marital status, and occupational status.
Can’t be as simple as one sentence
Much more naturally competitive people by nature
Humans have an innate desire to be on top.
Why?

9. Typical Climber Towards physical prime Single Lacks career ties
Your life affects those around you
Typical Climber

10. Avid climber in her 20s and 30s, survived storm in 1996.
Did not have a set job on a career path until she stopped climbing
After finishing her climb in 1996, she vowed to stop climbing because she needed more security in her life.
Lene Gammelgaard

11. Commercialized Climbing
As depicted in the movie Everest, climbing the mountain has become commercialized.
$30,000-$60,000 (Costs are declining, average $40,000)
Commercialized Climbing

13. vs

14. One Sentence When interviewed, Gammelgaard claimed “because I can.”
Similar to the famous “because it’s there” quote about Mount Everest by George Mallory when attempting to climb Everest in the 1920s and 30s.
Motivation to go through pain and suffering to climb a mountain cannot be as simple as one sentence.
One Sentence

15. ”Human nature has always been competitive and will continue to be”
Humans strive to continue to better themselves and conquer more challenging tasks
Real Reason

17. Once started, cannot stop.
When is it too late?
No Time to Quit

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