Exercise # 4 Everest Summit

Everest climbing team: Cultural Diversity

Watch the film and take notes to answer the following questions:

1.    List the team members by name, with their duties and country

Name                         Responsibility                     Country                     Skills

-           Ed Viesturs               Leader                                    USA Seattle              Leadership

-           Jamling Norgay                                                        Nepal

-           Roger Bilham           Scientist                                 UK, England             Geology

-           Paula Viesturs          Base camp manager           USA                            Organizer

-           Sumiyo Tsuzuki                                                       Japan

-           Araceli Segarra        Mountaineer                         Spain, Barcelona     Expert

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2.    What were the qualities or skills of each member that benefitted the team?

-       Judging from the above table, it is pretty clear that their team is solid. They had the scientist, the professional climbers, and a man that climbed the mountain many times before. Hence such a team was ideal for its objective of climbing the summit.

  

3.    How was the Team helped by ‘cultural diversity’ to attain their goal (reach the summit of Everest)? 

-       It is known that when in a group of different cultures, people tend to be more proactive in their work. They showed a lot of mutual respect to one another since the beginning to the end. They displayed perfect mutual cooperation.