The Day I climber Mount Everest... Narratives

Hi Year 7M,

Here are the two narratives that you chose to go on the blog.
Well done Joel Dawson and Rachel Banzer.

Miss McLaughlin

Joel’s Narrative: Mt Everest

By Joel Dawson

It was July 21^st 2011, this was the day I climbed Mt Everest. It was the coldest day of the year breaking the record.

Throughout the day it didn’t strike above 5 degrees Celsius, but nothing was stopping me now. I’ve trained for this day for years and I’m not putting it off another day.

This day is really important to me as I feel that I haven’t achieved many big things in my life and when I’m finished climbing I will feel like I’ve accomplished something in my life, something extraordinary.

I am going up with a group, if I didn’t that just wouldn’t be smart as I may get in trouble as this is my first time climbing. As my team and I meet at 5:30am at the base camp our journey begins.

As we start to climb we meet up with some Sherpa’s that have climbed Mt Everest before and we asked them to join us on the magnificent journey.as my team, the Sherpa’s and I started climbing I started to get some nerves but the Sherpa’s told me all their experiences climbing and if someone gets sick how to treat them and what would happen.

I agreed to climb because if I didn’t all those years of training would be for nothing.as my team, the Sherpa’s and I had reached a quarter of the way from the top. I was feeling pretty good and not tired, but the Sherpa’s insisted that we took a break.

As we start to get going we find a gap in the mountain that was a big gap to jump. We find a ladder buried in the snow and it fits over the gap just less than a meter.

As we climb over the gap with the ladder climbed flat, John’s foot (one of the Sherpa’s) fell through the gap of the ladder. Luckily he has trained also and knows what to do.

All of my team has made it over the ladder; we continue this hard journey to Mt Everest. My team and I have discovered a dead body close to the top of Mt Everest. It was a young man and he was pale blue.

We notified the police and they sent a helicopter, they declared him dead and they think he’s been dead for at least 8 hrs. As they take his body away the police ask us if we wanted a lift to the top we declined because we knew we could do it ourselves. The end of the journey, July 25th 2011 the day I finished climbing Mt Everest.

The Day I Climbed Mt Everest

By Rachel Banzer

It was the 21^st of July 2011 this was the day I climbed Mt Everest.

The day, it was the day Friday the day after my birthday, I have been training for this my whole life. Well since I was 13 anyway. I was always practicing every day until the 20^th of July, my birthday, I was turning 20. This was the best day of my life, tomorrow was ‘THE’ day to climb MT Everest.

Hi, my name is Natalie laden and I am 20 years old and about to climb MT EVEREST! My parents name is john and Adelaide laden. I also have two brothers and one sister. My brother’s names are Liam and Noah they are both older than me and my sisters name is Claire she is younger than me. Noah’s age is 23 and loams age is 25 Claire is 18.

I am going on this climb to get some money. I saw a little girl in the hospital when I went there 2 days ago, she had cancer. She was white as snow and had no hair left I saw her when I went to see my cousin who broke her arm. It uses to hurt her but she doesn’t care about it anymore. So I want to get money for the little girl with cancer who I don’t even know. Let’s climb!

I can’t wait in going with three other people Chelsea, matt and Andrew. They are all very excited. I’m at the base camp and it’s cold, really cold because we are right in the middle of winter. I start to regret this, no, I can’t. I have been training for 7 years I can’t back out now we are already there at Mt Everest. Ok, I am puffing, breathing heavily, can’t breathe! This is like hell on earth! I’m going to die! “No!!” Chelsea yelled. Idealized I was falling down Mt Everest.

 After I was rescued we set up camp, halfway. Well I told you I couldn’t breathe? I lose my memory, great! Wonderful! I could feel my heart slowing down, “I know in going to die some time in my life” I said to matt “ not today “ said the rescue team, his name was Chris, Christopher, WOW! Am I dying? I think I can see and angel with blond hair and brown eyes, WOW, I haven’t seen that before! Ok, was I well I was ok? I was only out of oxygen? The angel saved me! Yay! Alright you’re ok, said Chris. So we started walking again, wow!

I count believe it we’re at the summit! Ok, WOW! My name was now Natalie Sherpa. Now that little girl can live with no cancer. Still can’t believe it, Natalie Sherpa!