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Significance Of Krakauer's Suicide In Chapter 14

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Krakauer came to the conclusion that Chris’s death wasn’t at all suicide or that he granted himself a death wish, but that it was all just an accident. He had based his thoughts upon the passages written in Chris’s journal that he had left along with other items. John also knew that it must have been an accident due to his similar past experiences. Chapter 14 is mainly about Krakauer’s reflection on his own youth, and how much he loved to climb. He chose to climb the Devil’s Thumb on the Stikine Ice Cap when he was only 23 years old. After reaching Alaska on a small fishing boat, he had met a woman who sheltered him for the night before he was to climb the dangerous slopes of Devil’s Thumb. At first, he began to make steady progress, but on

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