Lesson 3, The EDIT Strategy
Passage 1A: Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on erth. It is part of the Himalaya mountain range in
southern Asia.
Everest sits the border of nepal and Tibet. It was wonce known as Peak 15. The
mountain later named after George Everest.
Everest was about 60 million years ago. It has an elevation of 29035 feet. It is always
changing, however. The mountain rizes a few millimeters every year. This is a result of
geological forces? Mount everest has a very harsh climate.
Below-freezing temperatures
and extreme winds make the weather hard to predict. Sno and ice avalanches can happen
anytime. this makes the conditions very hard for climbers. Dramatic loss of body heat is also a
problem for climbers,
Sir Edmund hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first explorers to the summit in 1953
Since then, thousands of climbers have tried to climb Everest. Hundreds have made it to the
top.Over 100 people have died trying to reach the summit.Mount Everest has become very
popular This has increased the number of climbers. extreme whether and climbers with little
experience have caused many injuries and deaths on the.
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Percentage of errors corrected:
25 -
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÷ 25 x 100 =
%
Mastery:
92% or above
(23/25 errors)