Mount Everest In Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer

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For decades, skilled climbers have been attempting to reach the summit of the largest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Jon Krakauer is one of these skilled climbers that redefines the struggle to survive in his novel, Into Thin Air. Metaphorically, Mount Everest is a part of everyone’s lives. At some point, every person has an obstacle to overcome and a war to battle. Not only is this novel excruciatingly nerve racking, but it relates to the ‘everest’ in everyone’s lives. Relating this to myself, the Everest in my life is realizing my sexual orientation. Flashback to ‘base camp’, my youth days. I was innocent and unaware of the long road ahead of me; I was eager for the journey coming my way and didn’t realize the difficulty of the trail.