Summary: Should Mount Everest Get Banned?

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Imagine going down a mountain with a snowboard. Your friends and family are enjoying themselves. What if all that happiness got taken away from you? What if extreme sports on mountains gets banned? On April 18, 2014 there was a big avalanche on Mount Everest that killed sixteen people. After this devastating event there was a big argument about if Mount Everest should remain open. I believe people should be able to do extreme sports because you're enjoying yourself and you only live once so why not do something that is extreme. In the article “Keep Everest Open” it states, “Statistics show that climbing Everest has grown considerably safer in recent years. This change is owing to a number of factors. Western climbers, for example, now use