Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer

What would it be like to experience an avalanche first hand, would you have survived?

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is about his own personal experience and the experiences of his team about being caught in a storm near the peak of Mount Everest. With eight people dying on top of the mountain during the expedition and two out of the three guides in Rob Hall and Andy Harris. While Andy Harris’ body was never found he is presumed dead and died while trying to help Rob Hall, causing both lives to be lost. What if Jon Krakauer would have died and not have written the book into thin air, would someone else have written a similar book? Jon Krakauer's journey to the top began when he was hired to write a story about commercialism about Mount Everest and decided to climb the mountain. Which was his biggest mistake as it now leaves him with survivor's guilt, but also allowed him to tell a story of the events that occurred on the mountain. All of the clients weren't ready for the events as even as they started to get higher in altitude, their body’s couldn't adjust to the high altitude, tired easily, lost weight, and moved slowly. Because of this the clients relied heavily on the guides to reach the top, which could have caused a number of errors made by both the guides and

A big issue was the fact that the two o’clock turn around time was not enforced and only a few made it to the top before two which included Krakauer. Groups got to the top as late as four o’clock including a group guided by Rob Hall who made the two o’clock turn around time and ended up losing his life over it. Krakauer , who descended before most of the group from the summit, only caught the end of the storm. Meanwhile the other groups are stuck in a big storm causing eight people to die and Jon Krakauer was left with survivors