Your team will begin at Base Camp. There are then 4 additional camps that you must reach and pass on your way to the Summit.
- Each round consists of the following steps:
- Analyze phase – here you can review a dashboard of information giving you information necessary to consider when summiting the mountain.
- Decide phase – You will need to consult both the Analyze -> Dashboard and the Analyze -> Round Information screens to make effective decisions.
- There will be a periodic third step where you will rate your teammates’ performance.
- Remember that the Prepare -> Your Profile screen will explain your particular role on the team. This information will include your personal goals for the expedition. Additionally, all team members share the common goal of maintaining health and avoiding being rescued— a fate that awaits those who make decisions which comprise health status during the climb. Please remember that your performance in this simulation will be assessed in regards to your personal goals and the shared team goal of remaining healthy and that the best way to remain healthy during the climb is to avoid circumstances which lead to the development of the most common health-compromising conditions on the mountain, Acute Mountain Sickness and Frostbite, neither of which can be treated with medicine. Careful attention to hiking under appropriate weather conditions and with the right supplies goes a long way toward maintaining the health of all climbers. Climbing Mount Everest is truly a situation where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.