Jon Kraukaur Into Thin Air Essay

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Into Thin Air a memoir by Jon Kraukaur uses a first person perspective, narration, an exciting hook, and vividly real detail to hook the reader. An experienced climber, he uses his point of view as one of the people climbing and a unique perspective of the one of the deadliest climbs on mount Everest that left 8 people dead and many others injured. The book draws in climbers who want to climb Mt. Everest and the horrors of climbing it. In the beginning Jon stands on top of Mt. Everest. He uses vivid details about being on top of the highest point in the world. “Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and the other in Nepal,” (7). However, although seeming to be at the top of the world figuratively and literally the climb is still