Portfolio Exercise #4

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
Jamling	Climber	Nepal	Talented climber
Ed Viesturs	Climber	USA	Experienced
Paula	Base camp manager	USA
Roger Bilham	Scientist	England
Araceli Segarra	Climber	Spain/Barcelona	Rock climber
Sumia Suzuki	Documentary	Japan
Chaygbau	Cook	Nepal	Charisma

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

Most of them had good skills to reach the summit. Jamling has a strong body that made him handle the oxygen level decrease quite well. Ed’s experience told them the right path.

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

They got along quite well with each other, it may have been a bit hard to communicate but their personalities went quite well with each other.