Ultimate+High+My+Everest+Odyssey

(Goran+Kropp jpg) || Goran Kropp is a Swedish Adventuerer and Mountaineer. He was born in Eskilstunna, Sweeden. He climbed Mount Everest by himself without any oxygen bottles or Sherpa support, he was the first to do it like this. Goran was born on December 11, 1966. He dies on September 30, 2002 on a mountain expedition.  || 2) " I continued upward. "I'm going to get there, I'm going to get there," I reapeated over and over to myself, and now it was only seven, six, five, four yards left, and there was Ang Rita, at the top for the tenth time, and he greeted me." (184) This quote is important because this is when he finally makes it to the top of Everest. He has completed his goal, and even though he thought of giving up times and times again he didn't. || 3) "I was the only one who didn't care. I was exausted, and while other climbers were discussing winds and climbing schedules and arrogant mountain guides, I came walking out of the Icefall looking like a wreck. "Sometimes you're so tired you don't care if you live or die."" (134) Goran was about to give up here, he didn't care if he was alive or dead at the time, but if he had given up then he would never had accomplished some fo the goals that he was meant to accomplish. It shows that he didn't give up even though he was dangerously close to. || Climbing in the Process, a view of Mount Everest (Goran +Kropp jpg) || A video of Goran Kropp Biking downhill in Turkey media type="youtube" key="H9x1Jkl_680" width="271" height="171" align="center" ||  || || __Closing Paragraph__ I have learned about American History through reading this book more than I thought I would have when i checked it out of the library. Goran Kropp is not a born American, he was born in Italy and spent most of his life in Sweden. Although, he is not an American he worked with many and climbed American Mountains. I learned that he is part of Sweden's and the Worlds' history though. He was the first person to climb Everest unassisted, and he tried twice. The first time only 350 feet fromt the summit untill he had to turn back because of lack of strength. I also learned more about mountains than I ever had thought about them, including how to prepare for them, how big they really are, the dangers of them, and the difficulty of them. __Works Cited__
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 * 1) "People have told me that the first words I uttered were "climb mountian," and at the age of six, I went hiking with Dad to the top of Galdhoppigen, the highest peak in Norway. A year later, we went to the top of Kebnekaise, Sweden's tallest peak. Those were big events for a small boy. Still my passion for climbing developed only slowly, and when I reached my teens, I forgot all about the mountains." (3) This is important because it shows that he was interested in climbing as a young boy, but forgot about it as a teen. So he had a normal teen childhood and wasn't always gone climbing and adventuring. Later in his life he came back to hiking, so it shows that although he forgot about it during his teens, it was his passion in life so it would never leave him altogether it would eventually come back to him. ||~ [[image:goran-kropp-cycles-to-everest_wRKJs_11446.jpg width="254" height="98"]] ||
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 * 4) "On every mountain trip, I have learned somthing new. Every climb has changed me in some small yet discernible way. For one thing, I grew tired of oversized climbing expeditons. I could see that the world's tallest mountains were getting infested with people used to luxury- people who used the aid of professional mountain guedes, Sherpas, to carry the heavy equipment, and who relied on new technology to reach the top."(21) This quote is important because it shows that Goran wanted to get to the top of mountains and reach his goals without all the new equitment and technology like everyone else was doing. He wanted to be different, and he wanted to proove it by climbing Everest and biking his way there as well. ||  ||~ ||
 * ​(goran + Kropp jpg) Goran riding his bike on his way to Everest
 * Goran's expedition started in Stockholm and ended in Kathmandu. He cycled there and back as well as climbing Mount Everest. || ||  ||
 * 5) " The day I got to the Swedish embasy in Islamabad, I understood that I could make a livelihood out of mountaineering. My climb of K2 had created a huge interest. At home, I quit my military job, formed my company, Kropp and Aventyr, and began lecturing to earn a living. (35) This quote shows when Goran realizes that he can be a climber for his profession and climb mountains all the time. With this in mind he goes on to continue and further his sucess in his mountaineering career. ||  ||
 * 6) It is not unexpected that the brain acts in funny ways up there. At 29,028 feet, the highest of Everest, the amount of oxygen is only a third of that found at sea level. (66) This is an important quote because you get a sence of how little oxygen is up on Everest compared to how much is down on sea level. Goran reaches the peak of Everest with no Sherpas or oxygen support. This is extreemly impressive considering the amount of oxygen that is available on the mountain. ||  ||

" Goran biking alone to Everest." November 20, 2009 []

" Goran Biking to the mountain." November 20, 2009 []

"Goran Climbing Everest." November 20, 2009. []

" Goran climbing up the ice." November 20, 2009 []

" Goran Kropp Downhill Turkey" 20 Nov. 2009 Web [].

"Goran overseeing Everest." November 20, 2009. []

Kropp, Goran. __Ultimate High my Everest Odyssey__. New York City: Discovery Books, 1999.

Lagercrantz, David. "Wikipedia". Wikipedia Foundation inc.. November 20, 2009 .