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Persuasive Essay Into Thin Air

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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? Think about the story “Into Thin Air” the character is a good example for anyone who have that dream.They think they can control the situation by their experiences, their knowledge about the mountain, but people can not predict what are awaiting them in the future. As a result, the leader who has a lot of experiences and nearly the team die, so I think climbing Mt Everest is not a good option, and remember this when someone die, it’s not only a bad thing for that person but also for their family, their friends.Also, someone believe that when he’s in the dangers somebody will help him and in my opinion, that’s not true because if I am also in danger so how can I save him? I won’t spent my life for someone who pay me to do something, my life is the most expensive thing in the world at least with me,I will do anything as I can to save my life first before thinking about other people and I believe a lot of people have the same thought with me,so dangers from that are …show more content…

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