In this novel, for the price of $65,000, two groups of people get the opportunity to be taken on a guide of the highest point on earth. It isn’t long before a storm hits and two sherpas, three guides, and four clients are killed. As a result of this horrific event, speculation of these expeditions arose. The author of this book, Jon Krakauer, was paid by a magazine company to write about these types of expeditions. He was an experienced climber, but not a professional. As one of the few to survive the trip, Krakauer expresses, in this book, the guilt he was left with. The reviewer, Jenkins (1998), states that Krakauer is a good author, but not one that will win any acclaimed prizes. He later states that rather than writing about his successes