Mt Everest

Arnette. Allen. (2017). The Blog on alanarnette.com. [Online] Available at: http://www.alanarnette.com/ [Accessed 8 Mar. 2017].

 

This website is written by Alan Arnette as a blog.

The point of this blog is to inform readers about climbing mountains, including Mt Everest.

There are many topics covered on this website but the main ones include: climbing, Mt Everest, demographics and statistics about Mt Everest.

This blog is about what to do when climbing Mt Everest and it has personal experiences within.

It is a very useful site as it has primary resources, data and a lot of information.

Compared to the other sites in the bibliography it has more graphs and compiled information.

It is unclear how reliable this site is (apart from the graphs which are said to be from a government census).

It seems to be an un-biased source with information about both side of the opinion.

The goal of this source is to get people to climb mountains and inform them what to do if they are going to climb.

It is a helpful site because it has a lot of data that is compiled into graphs.  

This source was helpful to me because of all the graphs it had.

This source helped me shape my article by giving me information about the demographics of the people who climb Everest.

I can use this source when I need to know who visits Mt Everest and how many people summit.

This source did not necessarily change how I thought about my topic but provided backing evidence.  

 

 

Bindloss, J., Holden, T. and Mayhew, B. (2009). Nepal. 1st ed. Footscray, Vic: Lonely Planet,

 

'Nepal' is a travel guide with a lot of information about Nepal and the different activities you can do there. 

The point of this book is to provide maps and information to those thinking of travelling to Nepal.

Where to go, when to go, maps and guides are the main topics in this book.

It is a useful travel guide as it has more than just maps and places to go.

It is the best travel guide compared to the other ones I was looking at.

It is a reliable source of information for travelers because it is distributed as a guide for tourists.

The only place it is not objective is when it says that  Nepal is the best place to go. Some may not think that.

The goal of this source is to get people to travel to Nepal.

It was helpful because it had a lot of information and data, including maps and other primary resources.

It is definitely a resource that I would use again, and I would recommend it others. 

It helped me shape my article by giving me a lot of information about the Khumbu Region.

I can use this resource when writing about Mt Everest and the Khumbu Region.

It gave me a wider prospective on how I think about my topic.

Information could quickly become outdated however, so if you were travelling in the region you should confirm any arrangements prior to arrival.

​

​

Brandlin. A.S,(2017). Taking control of Everest climbers' environmental impact | DW Environment | DW.COM | 19.03.2014. [Online] DW.COM. Available at: http://www.dw.com/en/taking-control-of-everest-climbers-environmental-impact/a-17502443 [Accessed 7 Mar. 2017].

​

The article ‘Taking control of Everest climbers’ environmental impact’ states that Mt Everest is being trashed by climbers.

The point of this article is to inform readers that when climbing Everest, that rubbish should not be left behind.

The topics covered in this article are Everest, rubbish, clean up and climbers.

This article is about how when people climb Everest they should not leave their rubbish behind as it is wrecking the environment.

This is a useful source if you want to learn about the trash on Everest.

When compared to the other sources in my bibliography, It comes out as one of the more specific resources. It only has information about environmental issues.

It is biased in that is says the Nepalese government should close down Everest for its clean up.  They do not consider how necessary the tourist dollars are to the region.

 The goal is to remind climbers to not leave their rubbish behind.

This was a helpful source because it tied in with what I was researching.

It helped me shape my argument by providing with a lot of information and data about the economic issues on Mt Everest.

I can use this source when I am forming solutions to the problems on Everest.

I changed my point of view because I thought that there were no negatives of tourists coming to Nepal.

The author/s conclude that something should be done to remove the rubbish. It is a useful website but had some irrelevant information.

​

​

Cadwalladr, C. (2017). Everest: is it right to go back to the top? [Online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/12/mount-everest-sherpa-disaster-one-year-on [Accessed 11 Mar. 2017].

​

‘Everest: is it right to go back to the top?’ is written by Carol Cadwalladr for the Guardian. This source argues whether we should or should not climb Mt Everest. It does this with lots of information and an interview with the wife of a Sherpa climber.

 The point of this article is to tell readers about Sherpas and what they do for the climbers.

Everest, Sherpas and disrespect are the main topics of this source.

This article is mostly about how we should respect the Sherpas who risk their lives for us and help them in every way possible.

It is a useful source because it doesn’t just ‘brush over’ the topic of Sherpas but goes into great detail.

In comparison to my other sources, this article was one of the more used (in that I used a lot of the information from it).

I cannot conclude how reliable some of the source is, but the interviews are a primary resource.

In my point of view the source is not biased because it has both sides of the argument.

The goal of this source is to inform readers about the Sherpas and how they do not get paid enough.

This was a helpful source because of the variety of information it had.

It helped shape my argument because it had an interview with a Sherpa that was very relevant to the questions I was asking. 

I can use this source in my research product for when I am finding problem and forming a solution.

It has not changed the way I think but it has supported my opinion.

Overall it is a practical website but does not have any data to back the opinion.

 

​

HowStuffWorks. (2017). How has Mount Everest tourism affected Nepal?. [Online] Available at: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/climbing/mt-everest-tourism3.htm [Accessed 6 Mar. 2017].

​

The article ‘How has Mount Everest tourism affected Nepal?'  talks about the economic and environmental results of tourism.

Its point is to get people to realise the positive and negative results of tourism at Mt Everest.

The topics covered in this article are Mt Everest, benefits, issues, cultural, economic and environmental.  

This article is about the Economic benefits and the cultural/environmental issues to do with Everest.

This is a useful source because it has a lot of data as well as information.

The website has a lot of good information, but compared to the other websites I have in my bibliography, it is way harder to navigate.

The level of reliability is hard to measure but it does have a lot of data and analysis.

There are no biased opinions and every statement is backed up with data.

The goal is to inform readers when to go and visit Everest and how to avoid wrecking the mountain.

This website was a helpful because it also gives many other source that are relevant to the topic I was learning about.

It helped me shape my article by telling me all of the different issues tourism has on Everest.

I can use this information in my project to form some questions about Everest.

It has not changed how I think about my topic but instead supported my previous opinion

In conclusion this is a helpful website but it is hard to read and get around.

 

 

Lappi, M. and Beneken Kolmer, K. (2007). Mount Everest. 1st ed. Etten-Leur: Ars Scribendi.

 

This book ‘Mt Everest’ is a good book for learning interesting facts about Everest. It has information on location, weather, early explorers, key issues, important dates and about the people who live there.

The main point of this book was to inform readers many facts about Mt Everest. It is aimed at the younger (8-14 year old) audience.

There are many different topics in this book. These include the Everest, location, people, and things to do.

It is a book about Everest and it has a lot of facts.

It is useful because there is a whole range of topics covered in it.

It is hard to compare this source to the other sources in my bibliography because it is very different from the other books in my references.

It is a reliable because all of its facts are supported by data.

'Mt Everest'  is an objective source. It has many points of view before concluding.

The goal of this source is to inform kids about Everest and how to protect it.

This source was helpful to me because it not only had secondary sources but also primary sources such as photos.

It assisted to shape my article through the diversity of its information.

I can use this to find out facts about Everest.

It hasn’t really changed my view on the topic.

​

 

Nepal, N. (2017). Trekking, Mountaineering & More in Everest Region Nepal. [Online] Welcomenepal.com. Available at: http://www.welcomenepal.com/places-to-see/everest.html [Accessed 12 Mar. 2017].

 

‘Trekking, Mountaineering & More in Everest Region Nepal’ is a page from the official Nepalese tourism site. It has a lot of information on what you can do when visiting Nepal and Mt Everest.

Its main argument is how Nepal is the best place it the world and how we should all visit it.

The point of this website is to encourage tourists to come to Nepal and get involved in all the available activities. 

The main topics covered in this website are: places to go, things to see, activities to do and people to meet.

This website is a tourism website that has activities for tourist who are visiting Nepal.

This source was very useful but did not have any information about sustainable tourism.

In comparison to the other websites in my bibliography it has information about how great Mt Everest is but none about how we can sustainably protect it.

The information is reliable because it is from the government.

It is only biased when it says that Nepal is the best place to visit. Some people do not think that.  

The goal of this source is to get tourists come to Nepal and join in the activities it offers.

It was a helpful source because it gave loads of information about the activities in Nepal and at Everest.

It helped me shape my argument by providing factual information about Mt Everest.

I can use this information in my research project to promote what a great place Nepal is to the readers.

This source has made me change from thinking that Nepal would be a boring place to visit, to thinking that there is heaps to do.   

 

 

News.nationalgeographic.com. (2017). Tourism Stripping Everest's Forests Bare. [Online] Available at: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0829_030829_travelereverest.html [Accessed 5 Mar. 2017].

​

‘Tourism Stripping Everest's Forests Bare’ is written by Finn- Olaf Jones for National Geographic. It tells readers about how the lovely forests around Everest are being ‘stripped bare’.

The point of this article is to tell readers how to prevent this from happening.

Everest and deforestation are the main topics covered in the article.

This article is about how Mt Everest’s lovely forests are being ‘stripped bare’ and how we need to stop this action before it is too late.

This website was a useful resource because it had a great deal of information about deforestation on and around Mt Everest.

Compared to my other references this was more precise. It was just about the one topic, nothing extra.

This source was quite reliable, as it has multiple primary resources.

This source was objective, providing fact based evidence.

The goal of this source is to get people to STOP stripping Everest’s forests bare.

This article is a helpful source because it contributed to answering my questions about deforestation. It is a good website but is quite old and not up to date. 

It helped me shape my article by proving me with an answer to my questions.

I can use this source in my project about Everest to form a question that I later can also answer using this website.

Yes, I didn’t think there was deforestation on Everest at all, I didn’t even know there were trees.  

 

 

Sustainabletourism.net. (2017). Sustainable Tourism | Sustainable & Responsible Planning and Management for the Tourism Industry. [Online] Available at: http://www.sustainabletourism.net/ [Accessed 9 Mar. 2017].

 

The article ‘Sustainable tourism’  informs the reader about how to make a place more sustainable. It has a list of what tourist can do to help sustain a destination.

Its main argument is that all tourism should become sustainable.

The point of this website is to help inform people what sustainable tourism actually is and how they can enforce it.

Sustainable tourism is the main and only topic covered.

This website is about sustainable tourism and how people can apply it to every travel location.

‘Sustainable tourism’ is a useful source as it give an overview on sustaining tourism.

Compared to the other sources in my bibliography,

‘Sustainabletoursim.net’ was the most suitable source for answering the question ‘What is sustainable tourism’

I cannot tell how reliable the source is.

It is an objective site.

The goal of this source is to educate readers on what sustainable tourism actually is.

It was helpful for me because it gave me an idea of what sustainable tourism is.

It assisted in shaping my article by informing me how I can apply sustainable tourism to my travelling.

I can use this source to help inform my readers of what sustainable tourism is.

Yes, it has changed how I thought about sustainable tourism. Before reading this site I did not even know what it was.

The whole site was good, although it could have gone into more depth.

 

 

The Conversation. (2017). Everest tourism is causing a mountain of problems. [Online] Available at: http://theconversation.com/everest-tourism-is-causing-a-mountain-of-problems-23953 [Accessed 7 Mar. 2017].

 

The article ‘Everest tourism is causing a mountain of problems’ is about how tourism is spoiling the beautiful mountain.

The main argument is that tourism is causing multiple problems on and around Mt Everest.

The point of this article to inform any readers about all the problems Mt Everest is facing due to tourism.

There are many points covered in this article. Some include: Everest, rubbish, dead bodies, no 0 policy rule and many more.

This article is about the damage tourism is causing on our beautiful mountain, Mt Everest.

It is a useful source when researching about all the different effects of tourism on Everest.

Compared to my other resources it has a lot of information, including examples and rules.

It was a good source but I am unsure how reliable it is.

It was not biased at all.

The goal of this website is to get the Nepalese government and/ or tourists to do something about all the issues on Mount Everest.  

It was very helpful as it told me about all the different negative issues caused by tourism.

It helped me shape my article by listing all the different issues.

I could then use this list to pick and form questions about the issues on Mt. Everest.

No, it only supported what I thought.

Overall this website was very beneficial to my website and it gave me a good starting point.  

 

 

Video.nationalgeographic.com. (2017). Why Sherpas Climb. [Online] Available at: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/magazine/141015-ngm-sherpas [Accessed 7 Mar. 2017].

​

‘Why Sherpas Climb’ is a video about why Sherpas climb. This was a very useful primary resource because it gives you information through the eyes of the Sherpas.

The main argument that this video presents is that Sherpas have to climb for money.

The point of this video is to show the viewer that Sherpas climb for money to provide for their families.

The main topic covered in this video is ‘Why Sherpas Climb’

This video is mostly about why Sherpas climb and what do Sherpas think about westerners.

This was a very useful source because coming from the Sherpas it gave me some information I did not already have.

In comparison to all the other sources in my bibliography this was the most reliable and useful.

This is a very reliable source because it straight from the mouths of the Sherpas

No, this video is not biased at all.

The goal of this source is to get people to think about the Sherpas and the tough conditions they have to endure. It also gets you thinking about how little respect the Sherpas have and how we should always respect them whenever they help us.

This video was a helpful video because it presented its information in a different easier way to understand.

This source helped me shape my argument by presenting a lot of useful information.

I can use this source in my research project when I am answering the question ‘Why do Sherpas Climb’

This video changed my opinion as I did not understand how much the Sherpas do for the climbers and how little the climbers thank the Sherpas.

Overall this was a very interesting video and I would recommend anyone to watch it. It is inspiring and it shows why we should always respect and protect the Sherpas, their families and their culture.