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Analysis Of Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer

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Into Thin Air is written from a first-hand perspective about a disastrous set of expeditions to the top of Everest. These expeditions were led at the same time in the spring of 1996. Krakauer, the author of the book, is telling the story of the climb and everything leading up to it from his perspective with insight from the other climbers that have survived the disastrous trek. Krakauer details the events leading up to their attempt to summit the mountain and in as much detail as he and the other climbers remember details the events that unfold as they attempt to descend the mountain through a terrible storm. Through the entire book Krakauer presents his concern in the teamwork and abilities of the rest of his climbing group and as they battle …show more content…

A lack of teamwork and communication between the climbers leads to a broken ascent to the summit and an even more chaotic descent when a storm rolls in that sends visibility spiraling downwards, winds racing, and chances of survival outside of shelter to plummet. When climbing mountains teamwork is one of the parts that is most important. As Krakauer says mountain climbers are usually very reluctant to climb with people that they are no confident in their abilities because being able to trust in your team is such an important thing. If you aren’t tied to your teammate you are trusting hem to watch your back and to be able to handle the mountain themselves so that you are not having to pick up their slack or support them throughout the entire climb. Krakauer expresses his concern for the lack of ability of his climbing partners very early on in the trek before they have even made it to base camp. He writes …show more content…

Below the summit a storm had begun to brew that would lead 8 members of the team to their deaths. Many have been referring to this storm as the “Into Thin Air storm” (469, Moore and Semple). The storm provided a means to drop the amount of vision the climbers had on the mountain to near zero, this allowed for the climbers that were not already back at base camp by the time the bulk of the storm hit to easily get lost and stray from the path when they were descending the mountain. One group of climbers including Beck Weathers and Yasuko Namba wandered around a flat col for what would later be described as hours. They knew that they were at the same altitude as the camp they were looking for but due to the brutality of the storm they had no idea where to go to find the camp and shelter. Although many experienced Everest climbers stated that this was a normal occurrence on Everest and that Hall had just been lucky with the weather before to have never had this issue a later study believes that to be false. A study done by Moore and Sempe shows that based on weather documented from 1996 over the course of 6 days from May 8-14 the temperature drop from an abnormally high temperature to an abnormally low temperature. This created the perfect scenario for the “Into Thin Air Storm” to brew into a major storm the likes of which is not

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As the team ascends to camp one they face there first route or area known as Icefall. It’s given this name due too a large glacier that moves everyday, it also forces the climbers to use dangerous roping techniques that cause them to ascend parts of Icefall independently and not roped to other climbers for support. Once at the top of camp one, Krakauer tries to help one of the sherpa move some equipment up quickly realizes that all physical labor is a heavy and difficult burden on the body. Krakauer later summits to camp two and finds that his body is even weaker the higher up he is. At camp three the winds are very high and temperatures are below zero at night.

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Into Thin Air Novelist, Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, recounts the catastrophe that happened on Mount Everest, at the top of the world. There are many factors that led to the final conclusion of the tragedy on May 10, 1996. It’s impossible to know how different courses of action could have changed the outcome of those desperate hours, but there were things done that made the rescue more problematic. Rob Hall’s actions directly affected the success of the climbing expedition. Rob Hall was the head guide of Adventure Consultants, the climbing group that Jon Krakauer was assigned to.

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Many of them are inexperienced and would undoubtedly never make it to the top without a guide. The one unifying characteristic shared by all of the climbers is that they have money—enough to shell out $65,000 a piece for their shot at the top. Krakauer spends long chapters giving his best, most educated guesses about why climbers made certain decisions, and what happened to the people who disappeared. This is an exercise that must result in major frustration, as no one can be entirely sure what took place. Many mistakes later, Krakauer manages to piece together an outline of what happened to whom and when during the climb, but the questions he struggles with in almost every situation are "why" and "how".

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