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The Commercialization Of Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer

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The non-fiction book, Into Thin Air, is about a personal account on Mount Everest, the highest mountain on our earth, by Jon Krakauer. Krakauer wrote an article about the commercialization of the mountain and as well as its manpower. Commercialization had impacted the way people look at climbing mountains like Mount Everest and some are positive and negative to some people. People will never understand the importance of the mountain until it costs them their lives. Today peoples dreams come true for more people than it has when talking about Mount Everest, but have little to no understanding when they are finally face to face with it.

Around the world, people are more into the thought and experience of climbing mountains. More people turn to the most famous mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Over the years climbing a mountain isn’t how it used to be. It didn’t have to be a dream anymore. It is about making your dream a reality. Today it has begun to become a business to help and guide people to the top of the …show more content…

Jon Krakauer noticed the drop in earnings and so many guides and leaders come and go and will do anything to suck you into their business. Over time they have lost the enjoyment of climbing the mountain but just the thought of money on their mind. Commercialization has dramatically impacted climbing all together. Ignorance has taken over and even today the guides are blind to notice that they are sometimes the cause of the accidents in the mountains. Even guides fail to survive while with their clients like a man you may know from Into This Air, Rob Hall. One way it has changed is the way they train the new people who haven’t stepped foot on the mountain. It takes time to be able to take on the altitude and the importance of gear. An example of how the oxygen may be up on the mountain would be just breathing through a straw and nothing

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