Overview: Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer

Balls of ice the size of grapes were matted to his hair and eyelids.” (260), Hutchinson reports. Shocked, and confused about what to do, he asked Lhakpa, who had climbed Everest before and was respected by the Sherpas,what the best course of action would be. Lhakpa said that the best decision would likely be to just leave the two climbers, because “...they would certainly die before they could be carried down to Base Camp, and attempting a rescue would needlessly jeopardize the lives of other climbers on the Col...” (260) After being abandoned, Beck later returned to Camp, having walked himself, even in his terrible condition. This made Jon a more respectful person, because seeing how people can persevere, and live in even the toughest of times gave him more respect for others.

There are people in life who crave thrill and adventure; who feel their life is missing something. Some people choose to climb Everest to fulfill this. Desperate to summit, to experience a view beyond words, people risk their lives to get a sneak peek at the top of the world. Although Everest is the world’s highest mountain, it is also the world’s highest open grave. In Jon Krakauer 's Into Thin Air, eight climbers lose their lives; the most dead in one year.

As they climb, Jon notices that the other clients of his team are struggling by the cause that they are inexperienced, also not familiar with the altitudes of Mount Everest. As they reached the South Summit of Mount Everest, he sees a storm that is forming near the mountain range.” - a blanket of clouds now hid Pumori, Ama Dablam,

The company had trouble finding reliable labor, many men would use them for a free ride into the mountains and then would quit the project in hopes to find gold in the mountains. “Sometimes construction was sabotaged by Native Americans who were angry with the United Sates Government. The Native Americans lived on the land the railroad companies were now building through-land

It was a cold November 16, 1934 and Everett Ruess was in a sticky situation. He was stuck in a snow igloo hastily made 6 days before his hands were poisoned by a rattlesnake’s bite. The rattlesnake that had bitten him had an owner, Frank Dandis, his greedy childhood friend who moved to Escalante, Utah five years before. Six days ago, they were the best of friends, but now they were bitter enemies stuck in an igloo because of a whirlwind snowstorm. Frank Dandis was a farmer who had always dreamed of being a roamer, one who explores nature’s natural beauty as a profession.

I don’t want somebody to die trying to rescue me. The rescuers shouldn’t have to risk themselves because some climbers take advantage or harsh conditions make it harder. People who put themselves at risk don’t have the right to rescue services. One reason why people should not get rescue services is, a rescuer might die just because a climber takes advantage or the climber isn 't careful.

Imagine hanging from a single rope with at least hundreds of meters of snow and ice cliffs underneath you and then rope is cut…! This is what Joe Simpson experienced and so class and Ms Connors, today I will explain the incredible survival story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates and what help them survive. In 1984 on the 6,400 meters peak of the Siula Grande Mountain Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were not in a good situation. Joe Simpson, at the time 24 years old, had broken his right leg in a bad fall, leaving Simon Yates, then 21, with the incredibly hard job of getting himself and his injured climbing companion off the mountain alive.

Whenever Rainsford thought about what the General would do, it would send “ a shudder of cold horror throughout his whole body” (Connell 33). He is traumatized because he doesn 't know why the General would do something like this people just for fun. Rainsford will never hunt again because of all the traumatizing experiences he faced while being on the

I was calling for you to come to the door to open it, but you didn’t. You cried while you were sitting on your big bear (Clancy) just calling for ‘daddy.’ So, I decided that I needed to get inside anyway, so he told me to stay away from the door and he broke it. Of course, the Park City crash story is important and you know it, but I’ll talk about it anyway. Chase is a good skier, but on our last day in Park City a few years ago, he took a jump too fast and fell backwards hitting his head.

However, other climbers are still up at the top of the summit or making the trek back to camp. Throughout the night the worst part of the storm hits. When morning comes, Krakauer finds himself all alone. Krakauer is almost non-existent in the rescue efforts,

In the book Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer and the Everest climbers that descended the mountain were faced with a storm. As the storm continued, the climbers had to fight for their lives. The expedition’s guides did not enforced a turn away time. In the movie, one of the scenes is Rob Hall telling Doug Hansen to turn back. This is a key similarity and one of the most important elements.

we had to wait again in the car to go back down the mountain because the roads were too icy to drive down. Being in those conditions for so long we all started to feel a little loopy almost like a drunk feeling which made the wait a little more bearable. Finally after three to four hours on the top of Pikes Peak we could finally go down. The drive down was horrible, the road was all curvy with some pretty sharp turns and my uncle had to be careful with the breaks so they wouldn 't overheat, we had to stop a lot more times on the way down because everyone was feeling pretty sick.

All of a sudden, the mountain seemed to roar and shake. It was too late for them to run because a giant avalanche of rock and boulder fell in their way, blocking off the way of escape, and the way of entry. The men were trapped, and the ones not injured by the mass of rocks could not climb to the top of the cliffs either. Every man on that trail heart began to beat furiously. The men hated admitting this to themselves, so they plainly ignored it, but in this circumstance they were all faced

One Man’s Life or No Man’s Life You are crawling down a remote mountain. Alone, freezing, frostbite threatening your fingertips, dehydrated, exhausted, and you have depleted all your supplies. Not to mention excruciating pain in your leg. Which feels much more like a painful burden you are forced to carry than a leg.

Nowaday, people are looking for something that can satisfy their life, one of that thing is adventure trip such as skydiving, surfing, mountain climbing and of course the challenge of climbing to the top of mountain Everest is not an exception, but is that worth it to pay your life in it. If someone give me a chance to climb on that mountain, i will say no for sure cause why I want to bet my life on it because I want to satisfy my feeling? So let’s make a comparison between the risks and the benefits. First of all, let’s talk about the benefits, someone that has a dream to conquer the top of the world and they work for all life for that dream, more than that is they bet their life on it; they believe that they know what they are doing but is that true?