Activity 1: Scaling New Heights [4 points]
Aotearoa New Zealand is a country of mountains and valleys, dense forests, and sparkling oceans. At the centre of the South Island sits the tallest mountain in the country, Aoraki Mt Cook. It is the place where Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top (summit) of Mt Everest, learned how to climb mountains. It was pretty difficult for him, at first, but Sir Edmund Hillary did not give up and, in 1953, he achieved this dream of climbing Mt Everest. His face can now be found on the New Zealand $5 note!
Let’s imagine that you met Sir Edmund Hillary in real life and were able to interview him.
On your blog, post five questions that you would like to ask Sir Edmund Hillary about his life.
Meeting Sir Edmund Hillary
If I met Sir Edmund Hillary I would be really excited. If I met him my 5 questions for him would be....
1. Were you scared climbing Mt Everest?
2. Why did you want to climb to the top of the mountain?
3.When you were little did you like to climb trees or do rock climbing?
4. Was your family surprised and happy that you made it to the top of the mountain?
5. Would you climb the mountain again?
Hi Jahrey,
ReplyDeleteIt's Leslie here, a member of the Summer Learning Journey team, reading your blog from my home in Canada. Isn't it amazing that we can both be a part of this program, even though we live on opposite sides of the planet?
I think you've formed really good questions for Sir Edmund. He and his partner, Tenzing Norgay, had to be incredibly brave and resilient to get to the top of this mountain, didn't they? They didn't have any one else to consult as to which way to go, or which way not to go. It must have been a very dangerous trip on many levels.
I wonder how Sir Edmund's family felt, as you say. As much as I want my children to have adventures, I'm not keen when they put their lives at risk. I suspect that Sir Edmund's mom had hesitations about him doing such a dangerous thing!!
How would your family feel if you were to try something like this, do you think? Do you tend to take risks sometimes?
I hope you're having a lot of fun this summer, whatever you're doing! And I hope you'll keep working at these Summer Learning Journey activities!!
Cheers,
Leslie