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Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is a non-fiction book which is about the Mt.Everest disaster that happened in 1996. Jon Krakauer, an acclaimed author and journalist is called by Outside magazine to join a guided group to reach climb Everest in order to write an article providing facts about the commercialization of Mount Everest. Jon has previous experiences with mountain climbing and wants to go, unknowingly joining the most disastrous Everest expedition in history. He joins a climbing service called the Adventure Consultants, guided by Rob Hall. The guided service is intended to speed up the acclimatization process and hopefully guide clients to the top safely. The Everest climb is structured into camps: Base Camp, Camp One, Camp Two, Camp Three, and Camp Four. After spending many weeks at Base Camp the group plans to make a number of trips to the other camps and back to speed up the acclimatization, or adjusting to the mountain, process. …show more content…

Krakauer also sees some climbers who have paid as much as $65,000 to join a guided group that would lead them to the summit. Krakauer makes the point that high-altitude climbing is dangerous even for the most veteran of climbers let alone for any novice group member. The author outright states that some of the novices were not qualified to climb Mount Everest. Because of this situation, Krakauer witnessed experienced guides taking on more responsibility than usually would be necessary. As the climb on the way to the summit the author as well as many of his group mates experience the painful experience associated with climbing such as agonizing headaches, loss of strength, and loss of brain cells. The team also witness other injuries and deaths in other guided groups that remind them that climbing Everest is not

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