At some point in everyone’s life they come across a life changing obstacle, also known as their everest. In the book, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, the climbers Jon Krakauer, Rob Hall, sherpas, and many other people, climb Mount Everest with hopes of summiting. For them this is their everest. When the word everest is said the automatic thought is Mount Everest, but in this case everest holds the definition of a tough obstacle that is overcome because of the work and effort that was put into it to get through it. This was most likely the toughest obstacle the climbers have ever faced, and is obviously a life changing event. My everest on the other hand is much different than climbing Mount Everest. My everest is more centered around my life when I was about eight years old.…
Krakauer needed a guide for going up Mount Everest. A professional. He found a man who in five years, guided thirty-nine clients to the top. His name was Hall. He said that his company was the world leader in Everest climbing and charged $65,000 a person. Two days after arriving at Kathmandu Krakauer takes a helicopter…
After searching the mountain for several hours, in search for Weathers, Krakauer becomes of course, in the middle of a terrible storm, and needs to get down the mountain safely; '"I was in deep s**t and the cavalry wasn't coming so I better do something about it myself'" (p 252). Ultimately, he knows that the other climbers are not capable of helping him, if were he to get stranded, and he knows that in order to stay as safe as possible, he will have to rely on himself. Although he does not conform to climbing protocol, Krakauer establishes several other smart decisions, while climbing Mount…
To get a full perspective of the mountain and the commercialization, he requests to climb the mountain. A few months pass and his newspaper tell him he can climb Everest. Krakauer will be on the Adventure Consultants team from New Zealand. The mountain is separated into five camps, Base Camp, Camp One, Camp Two, Camp Three, and Camp Four. The team makes the climb well, and not many people are injured on the way up. On the descent a storm rolls in and causes issues with the people still on the top of the…
At one time in his life, Krakauer was an avid climber. In recent years, however, he has given up the hobby. When Outside Magazine asks him to write an article about the commercialism on Everest, Krakauer knows immediately that he had to climb.…
The author provides first hand account to support his claims as well as evidence that was provided by other survivors of his Everest group. Krakauer also gives brief history of Everest and previous successful expeditions.…
Everest including images to better visualize the text. The author first begins the story in the middle when they are returning to the bottom of the mountain. He tells who didn’t survive or who had contracted a fatal injury he then continues to tell us about the impact of the challenge “… to the tragedy the Everest climb has rocked my LIFE to its core …” (Pg. 3). This quote reflects his perspective on the expedition. His vivid figurative language and exquisite imagery pertaining to every event made the passage not only highly realistic but parallel . It was as if the reader was with him and they struggles and felt lightheaded and experienced the same minor injuries. Although the author was advised not to pursue the expidition, he ignored and continued to walk in his ambitions. “Finally I woke up enough to recognize that I was in deep shit and the cavalry wasn't coming so I better do something about it myself” (Chpt. 20). This quote portrays his perspective on his situation and how he feels about the potential overall outcome of his actions. This quote also reflects his personality as a strong-willed individual. He was able to single handedly accomplish getting to base 4 half-frozen on the verge of death. Not only did he rely on teammates that left but was able to live using strength and determination with his mighty…
Peak gets sent off to Tibet, to join his father who leads groups of wealthy people up Mt. Everest. Climbing Mt. Everest is a dangerous pursuit but Peak's father wants to become famous by helping his son become the youngest person to climb the mountain.…
His reliability has been questioned ever since his book was released. Anatoli Boukreev’s testimonies against Krakauer did not stifle this controversy, but rather fueled it. Questions regarding ethics, character portrayals, and state of mind arose. The other climbers that told their stories provided a new, unique perspective. Some of their stories corroborated Krakauer’s events, though others’ sided more with Boukreev. While the media and general public can speculate all they want about who was telling the true facts, what actually happened on that mountain, and who was responsible for the deaths that occurred, the only ones that know the real answers are those that took part of that 1996 Mount Everest…
The degree of loyalty and teamwork on Everest amplifies potential hazards to professional guides and their fellow clients. In this expedition, ‘guide’ means a leader of group, thus all guides have responsibility to care clients as individual. However, caring those inexperienced climbers at the 8,000 meters above is too extreme for the guides. Shigekawa who is one of Japanese climber on Everest explains that they “were too tired to help. Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford morality.” However, in that terrible condition, honorable guide such as Rob Hall has to support his client Doug Hansen. When Hall reaches to South summit to support Doug Hansen to achieve his goal, Doug’s oxygen has run out, and they become stranded at the top. Hall could have left Hansen and descend the mountain for survival, “Hall, however wouldn’t consider going down without Hansen.” Hall is trying to protect his clients until the very end and his loyalty could deserve respect as a leader. As a result, extreme loyalty and trusting between guides and clients brings more death on the expedition.…
My 3 Everest goals are 1. I want to be more balanced with my grades. 2. I want to get better at math because I suck at division try and become great before January.…
In the words of Pope Benedict XVI, “No one can give what he does not personally possess.” As a human being, I believe in these words. As a Christian, I believe strongly in God’s words that says “…….love your friends as yourself……..” In other words, it is difficult to love others beyond the extent to which you love yourself. You can’t give what you don’t have! Based on the foregoing, my decision will be to descend the mountain alone. The hopelessness in staying with a dying teammate will make this decision relatively easier. If I stayed, both of us will most likely die – that would be double loss as against a likely single loss that would occur if I descended alone.…
I would Like to explain we did I take the risk of cutting the rope that connected between me and Joe during our mount climbing activity. I think cutting the rope was a good idea so I can move more freely and have a better chance of surviving. The main reason I cut the rope was that there was a bigger chance of both of us dying than surviving.…
The word motivation derives from the Latin verb movere meaning ‘to move’. Our motivations for exploring have made extreme changes since the 1600’s. For example, the Spanish were the first to explore the Americas. Their motivations were God, gold, and glory. And in a nutshell the current motivations for exploring are somewhat similar. Differences of the past and future motivations for exploration will be explained..…
“Never let failure discourage you. Every time you get to the base of a mountain (literal or metaphorical), you're presented with a new opportunity to challenge yourself, to push your limits beyond what you thought possible, to learn from climbers on the trail ahead of you, and to take in some amazing views. Your performance on the mountain you climbed last week or last month or last year doesn't matter - because it's all about what you are doing right now.”…