Exploring Extremes

The South Pole was reached by the expedition of Amundsen and four others on December 14, 1911.

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm

The North Pole was reached by an expedition by Robert E. Peary in April 1909.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com

Edward Norton set a world altitude record on his second attempt. On his third attempt George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared. The Summit was finally reached for the first documented time in 1922.

http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm

The reasoning behind most of these people wanting to risk their lives, I believe, would be because of the fact that almost everybody wants to be famous, they just found a way that they could. Either that is the reasoning for engaging in such extreme of activities or for the adrenaline rush. They just want to have a way to have an amazing high on life feeling. I would defiantly not blame these people for wanting either one of those. I would love to be famous for something that I love to do. I, also, love the adrenaline rushes you get from engaging in these tasks. I would defiantly climb Everest for the rush. Also, I would do it to just see Everest.