I fail in my life. Going through failure entices few, but the failure itself is not what bothers me most. Rather, I am most caught up in who knows that I have not reached an expectation placed before me. For that reason, I have pushed harder around my peers than I would ever do alone. Many of the climbers described in Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, experience a similar push in their climb in the spring of 1996. With a reporter that would be disclosing the events on the mountain to the world, the climbers knew that not only people on the mountain will know of their blunders. The climbers found themselves ignoring their own limits to surpass an expectation that anyone in the world may have had.
Into Thin Air is an account of the 1996 spring climbing season tragedy. Jon Krakauer brings this mountain expedition to life by establishing a connection to the climbers, the sherpa with their culture, and even Mount Everest itself. Jon Krakauer artfully retells the events on the mountain. A
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For example, Krakauer describes, “Fischer’s strength and drive were legendary” (8). Krakauer uses small comments such as these to define certain qualities and skill levels of the climbers with him. These definitions later juxtapose the climbers’ actions later in narrative. A true skill that Krakauer utilizes in the utmost. Krakauer brings the reader into the life of the climber while describing many of his teammates. For instance, Krakauer reports, “Groom was a Brisbane plumber who worked as a guide only occasionally,” (53). Each detail brings the reader one step further into the life of the climbers; a turnaround is impossible. Due to Krakauer’s use of facts such as these, the reader struggles with each of the climbers on his or her journey up the mountain and feels hopelessly connected, cheering for his or her