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Comments from Heather

10/9- Great! You'll be doing John Muir the naturalist, not the other guy, right? Please write the references below in MLA format and fill out the work log and "What I'll Improve" below with ideas for how to make the John Muir page better, okay?

10/16- Hi Charissa- Please update your work log and copy and paste the section of the Wikipedia article you'll be working on. Note what you're improving so I can give you credit...

10/25- Thank you for the work log, now please add DATES, so I can update each week's score. Make sense? Which date were you working on which thing? Also, have you made changes directly on the main Wikipedia page, or are you planning to move your changes from your Sandbox to the main space?

What I'll improve:

I want to add more about his life. I also want to make the achievements section more condensed and to mix in with the awards section listed right below the achievements, I feel these two are one in the same and can be added together. I want to continue the achievements of his life and add in some photos of Jon Muir or related content to add visual aides to the article. Jon Muir and John Muir are different people, initially I did not see that one was Australian and one was American, both environmental advocates, so I plan to add more summaries and paragraphs about him and his life, and remove achievements that do not need to be there if any need to be removed. I will update the information and sources for Jon Muir, Australian explorer. I plan to move my finished work from the sandbox to the original article.

Jon R. Muir first attempted to climb Mt. Everest in 1984

Sea Kayaking was one of the many outdoor skills Jon R. Muir has.

Jon Robert Muir OAM (born 1961) is an Australian Mountain man. Although his name is similar to John Muir the American environmental advocate and hiker they are not to be confused. Jon R Muir has hiked through many terrains, supporting himself through his travels, becoming very skilled at hiking, hunting and finding resources. He is well known for hiking alone across Australia, the North pole, South pole, Mt. Everest and kayaking in the ocean. He has many different achievements that are listed below, in chronological order.

How it all started:

Jon Muir spent his childhood growing up in Australia, starting in 1961 when he was born. He first fell in love with adventuring and being outdoors at about age fourteen while sailing in the ocean with a friend. After sailing he started rock climbing, he began rock climbing professionally and exploring even more. Just a few years later at age sixteen Jon Muir decided to drop out of school and pursue adventuring and climbing full time, at this point he started adventuring mountains in New Zealand. This was just the beginning of Muir's adventures, he started many large adventures and journey's like climbing Mount Everest solo and hiking across Australia without assistance or any help to re-supply him with food and water. He still continues to adventure and make solo trips through different parts of Australia and the world.

Year	Achievements
1982	Summitted Mont Blanc (4807m) via the Freney Pillar
1982	Summitted Grand Jorasses (4208m) via the Walker Spur.
1982	Summitted Changabang (6864m) via the south-west pillar.
1983	Summitted the Matterhorn (4478m) solo via North Face
1983	Summitted Piz Badile (3370m) solo via the North Face, setting a speed record ascent in the process.
1984	First attempt at climbing Mount Everest (8848m) via the West Ridge.
1985	Completed a winter traverse of Mount Maudit, Mont Blanc du Tacul and Mont Blanc.
1985	Attempted Mount Shivling via the south-west pillar.
1985	Summitted the Kedarnath Dome (6850m) in a single day.
1986	Summitted Shivling via the south-west pillar.
1986	Again summitted Mont Blanc solo, this time setting a speed record via the Frontier ridge.
1987	Attempted the multi-peak traverse of the Kedarnath Group (Dome 6850m,Peak 7015m, Kirti Bamak 6500m).
1987	Successfully summitted the Kedarnath Group of mountains, with a solo ten kilometre traverse of the peaks in 41 hours.
1987	Second attempt of Mount Everest via the South Pillar.
1988	Successful summit of Mount Everest from the south as a member of the Australian Bicentennial Expedition. Jon reached the summit alone, and set a record when climbing the south side without sherpas.
1989	Summitted Aconcagua (6960m) in a single day.
1989	Recipient of the Order of Australia for services to mountaineering.
1990	Attempt to again summit Aconcagua via the South Face.
1993	Fourth attempt at Mount Everest via the north-ridge, acting as a guide.
1995	Fifth attempt at Mount Everest via the north-ridge, acting as a guide.
1995	Completed a 900 km sea kayaking trip down the Daintree River to Cape York in 62 days.
1996	Completed a solo waterless 620 km desert trek through Lake Eyre and the Tirari Desert in 34 days, pulling a 260 kg cart.
1997	Attempted an unsupported traverse of Australia.
1999	Reached the South Pole as part of an expedition with Eric Philips and Peter Hillary. Arrived via the Shackleton Glacier, covering a distance of 1500 km over a period of 84 days.
1999	First solo traverse on foot of Australia's largest salt lakes – Lake Eyre, Lake Frome and Lake Gairdner.
2000	Completed an 800 km solo sea-kayaking trip along east coast of the Cape York Peninsula in 52 Days.
2001	First ever unassisted crossing of Australia from Port Augusta to Burketown, covering 2500 km over 128 days.
2001	Australian Geographic Society's Adventurer of the Year.
2002	Reached the North Pole from Siberia, with Eric Philips.
2003	Recipient of the Centenary Medal for contributions made to Australian society.
2004	Sea-kayak hunting and gathering journey with his wife Suzan Muir, covering a distance of 1000 km in 120 days.
2006	Attempted to walk to geographic centre of Australia.
2007	Completed a solo walk to geographic centre of Australia, covering a distance of 1800 km in 70 days.
2011	Lake Eyre, first human powered traverse of wet lake. (With Suzan Muir in double kayak). From mouth of the Warburton River down the Warburton Groove to Dulhunty Island then to shore at Belt Bay. 120 km-24hrs.
2015	Attempting Little Sandy and Gibson desert solo trip in Australia

Work Log

Work Log

Time Spent	What was worked on
9/23/18
10 minutes	updating timeline
20 minutes	adding in sources
9/30/18
15 minutes	updating the summary/intro on John Muir
10 minutes	Changing to the Australian Jon Muir- not American
10/16/18
10 Minutes	Updating the "what I'll improve" section
20 minutes	Searching and updating references
10 minutes	Reviewing my changes and checking for errors
10/23/18
15 minutes	adding in photos
5 minutes	combining the Awards with achievements timeline
5 minutes	reading over and spell checking article.
10/28/18
45 minutes	Reading sources and adding paragraphs
10 minutes	Reading over and spell checking.
40 minutes	Adding work to original article
20 minutes	editing original article and adding a few more photos
10 minutes	Updating and reading over my article.
11/4/18
15 minutes	Finalizing article and adding the last paragraphs that didn't save over.

References

“Australian Museum.” Jon Muir OAM - Australian Museum, 27 Nov. 2015, australianmuseum.net.au/jon-muir.

Huntsdale, Justin, and ABC Illawarra. “Australian Jon Muir Honoured with Lifetime of Adventure Award.” ABC News, 31 Oct. 2017, www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-01/jon-muir-honoured-with-lifetime-of-adventure-award/9103910.

Harvey, Dennis. "Alone Across Australia." Variety, 14 June 2004, p. 38. Biography In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A118598071/BIC?u=orov49112&sid=BIC&xid=ac26dd69.