Into Thin Air Analysis

In order to continue climbing Everest, many aspects of climbing need to be improved before more people endanger their lives to try and reach the roof of the world. The guides have some areas that need the most reform. During the ascension of Everest the guides made a plethora mistakes that seemed insignificant but only aided in disaster. The guides first mistake is allowing “any bloody idiot [with enough determination] up” Everest (Krakauer 153). By allowing “any bloody idiot” with no climbing experience to try and climb the most challenging mountain in the world, the guides are almost inviting trouble. Having inexperienced climbers decreases the trust a climbing team has in one another, causing an individual approach to climbing the mountain and more reliance on the guides. While this approach appears fine, this fault is seen in addition to another in Scott Fischer’s expedition Mountain Madness. Due to the carefree manner in which the expedition was run, “clients [moved] up and down the mountain independently during the acclimation period, [Fischer] had to make a number of hurried, unplanned excursions between Base Camp and the upper camps when several clients experienced problems and needed to be escorted down,” (154). Two problems present in the Mountain Madness expedition were seen before the summit push: the allowance of inexperienced climbers and an unplanned climbing regime. A third problem that aided disaster was the difference in opinion in regards to the responsibilities of a guide on Everest. One guide “went down alone many hours ahead of the clients” and went “without supplemental oxygen” (318). These three major issues: allowing anyone up the mountain, not having a plan to climb Everest and differences in opinion. All contributed to the disaster on Everest in

Krakauer worked a dead end job that was going to get him nowhere, until one day he built up the courage to quit his job, leave his home town, and make his dreams a reality. He drove from his home, with nothing but his car, and two hundred dollars to his name. Krakauer felt that by climbing The Devil’s Thumb, he would find himself amongst the frozen rocks and deep crevasses. He thought that if he could not climb this mountain, then his life meant nothing. He strove to be respected in the eyes of others, and he thought that if he did this, then he would

One of the most important qualities that an elite climber must have is leadership. The elite climbers and guides must be able to meet a number of new people that are strangers to each other and build some sense of a team. Krakauer does not have a strong background in leading groups or building comradery, which is key for a climb like Everest. Krakauer says himself, “In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern” (40). He also mentions how the actions of one climber can “affect the welfare of the entire team” (40). The type of group he climbed with on

Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air has many people making life-or-death decisions in a matter of minutes. In the midst of a disaster, many people will make decisions that are illogical.

Rob Hall, the Kiwi guide of the Everest expedition group of Adventure Consultants, was the head guide during the terrible accidents of 1996. He led his team through many obstacles, facing them head on and never faltering until his last moments. Even in his dying breath he didn’t succumb to fear and didn’t want anyone to worry about him. Rob Hall would not leave Doug Hansen alone, even though he knew Hansen would die eventually, and didn’t desert him until there was a 100 percent certainty that Hansen was dead. Even though Hall himself had told all of the Adventure

Mount Everest is 29,092 feet tall. Imagine climbing this mountain with little to no experience. Would you survive? In the nonfiction novel Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer and his recruited crews try climbing this mountain. With many deaths along the way to the top, readers are quick to blame characters in the book. However, character stands out from the rest: Krakauer. In the book Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer is the most responsible for the other character’s deaths because he recruited and dragged along inexperienced mountain climbers, pushed them harder than they should’ve been pushed, and watched them suffer.

With death being an inevitable conclusion to life, it can be said that the true value of a life is not determined by how long it was lived or what was done during its time, but from what it left behind. In a sport of pushing the physical and psychological boundaries, climbers seek recognition in their achievements, whether it is by finding a new climb that will measure its test of time or being the first to climb a daunting line

“Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices”~Alfred A. Montapert. The choices made throughout Into Thin Air, were decisions that affected Jon Krakauer’s and others lives.

Have you ever wanted to climb Mount Everest and be able to say you accomplished a task that many others do not even get an opportunity to attempt? Well you could be guided up the mountain by some very experienced people for the small price of only around seventy thousand dollars. Although if I were you I would make sure I am in the right shape and condition to attempt to climb the mountain. In the book Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer were Jon Krakauer is the main character and narrator, a few groups of people attempt to scale the mountain and make it back alive. Many people in the groups end up dying because the greed the group leaders and Nepal had, they would let anyone attempt to scale the mountain despite any physical restrictions a person might have and some individuals would attempt to continue on the journey although they might have an injury or sickness

Vulnerability impacts any individual throughout each new and interactive experience. To become vulnerable is to open up to the consequences of frantic outcomes. Individuals will lead to vulnerability to cope with a trauma that has created a solemn change to a lifestyle. Jon Krakauer explains how the trauma of Mt. Everest changed his outlooks on reality, through different coping mechanisms. Krakauer uses his writing in his book, Into Thin Air, to cope with the guilt of surviving the terror that occurred upon Mt. Everest, as well as to understand what actions caused each outcome. Within an excerpt from Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer is reflective towards his audience of how vulnerability shaped the experiences upon Mt. Everest to cope with the

Though ambition is a great motivator that drives people to their potential, when it turns into obsession is when it gets out of hand and eventually leads to demise. People can accomplish impressive tasks when ambition drives their motivation and becomes their passion. As shown in Into Thin Air, Rob Hall is described as “without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering” (Krakauer 56) when Jon Krakauer decides to scale Mount Everest for the first time. With the reputation of “putting 39 climbers on the summit of everest” (Krakauer 62) and having climbed the highest mountains on each continent, Hall made it clear that he was quite experienced to handle John along with other inexperienced climbers. Rob driven by his past accomplishments and his passion

Have you ever wanted something so bad that you would do whatever it takes to get that thing? You put it all on the line just to achieve that goal? I'm sure all of us have had a goal that we really aspire towards. It takes a lot of hard work, but in the end you are glad you did because you have reaped your reward. This is what Santiago in “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho and Krakauer in “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer have to do in their books.

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Everyone has goals in their heads, and believing in something, or trusting someone can increase the chance that we will reach those goals. These climbers all have something that they are relying on in order to make it to the top of Everest, whether that is someone at home, or their guides. Physically the climbers could not survive very long on the mountain without oxygen, constantly needing external help in order to accomplish the previously mentioned

¨He who learns but does not think is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.¨-Confucius, a Chinese teacher. Every day there are many helicopter flights into mountain base camps to rescue the reckless climbers. People ranging from age 13-80 years old set a goal to climb Mount Everest, and unfortunately, some of these people pay for their thoughtless actions with their lives. There have been hundreds of deaths due to bad weather, lack of oxygen, the short time span, and the lack of skill. This is a problem because many of the climbers aren't at the right skill level and sadly end up paying with their lives. Also some of these climbers who challenge themselves and end up calling for rescue services cause the deaths of rescuers too. People should not have the right to rescue services when they put themselves at risk the second they start climbing that mountain.