The 1996 Everest Disaster: Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer

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

Lack of psychological safety within the team members failed to fix cognitive bias of irrationality. If members developed trust within the team, cognitive bias could have been prevented or at least minimized. The truth that climbers might make irrational decisions and find it hard to turn back when they are so closed to the summit was obvious, but teammates seeing this problem did not speak up since they did not feel that their thoughts were welcome and felt uneasy. More cognitive biases could also been prevented to lessen the complex system of the expedition. Since climbing Mt. Everest is already a high risk venture, any additional problems such as irrational decisions can cause a crisis. Using the early sign of issues with Hall’s team’s progress, it was obvious that the probability of failing the expedition was high before the team even started. Hall could have used the issues as a sign of the complex systems that exist, and could have used this knowledge to prevent any irrational decisions. The complex systems and the lack of psychological safety also contributed to the tragedy. The team members failed to communicate and trust each other, which then added more problems to the complex systems. For instance, Boukreev’s could have spoken up to his team leader, Fischer, about his concerns regarding his team members lacking experience to begin with. By speaking up, he could have prevented more chain reaction due to lack of communications and feedback within the

In the book “Into thin air” by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer sought to report and write about his climb up mount everest. He knew it wouldn't be easy, but he did not and could not have predicted the barriers and conflicts that were inflicted upon him, by the mountain and it’s atmosphere. Due to these barriers and conflicts, it would be naive to say that the main conflict wasn’t man vs nature. Nevertheless, Krakauer had the worst experience of his life, climbing and fighting against the physical and mental effects of Mount Everest.

In all three article, “Helicopter Rescues Increasing on Everest”, “Why Everest?”, and “Ranger Killed During Rescue of Climbers on Mount Rainier” all have different points of view regarding the issue of emergency rescues of mountain climbers.

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.

“Once Everest was determined to be the highest summit earth, it was only a matter of time before people decided that Everest needed to be climbed” (14)

When people often take on the challenge of climbing Mt. Everest, they are aware of the risks that comes with it. One of the biggest controversal disasters that occured on Everest is the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster. A group of many, includng the author of Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer, were all caught in a storm when almost nearing the summit whivh concluded to 8 deaths and a story others could never tell. In the sstory, it shows a large point of veiw of what happened through the trip, and a majority of people had to find who to to blane for what had happwned. Aftter readind and understanding, i choose to believe that Jon Krakauer and the Nepal government are responsible for the deaths that occured during the disaster on 1996 Besides the weather, the suffering still did occur, which showed the true colors of the poeple. Krakauer and Nepal pressured a choice of good and evil during this trip with caused the deaths to make the others partially at fault.

The book Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer in mainly about groups of people summiting everest. Jon writes for a magazine called Outside. In the end, the magazine company decides to send him up Everest with a group of people led by a Rob Hall, a well respected expedition guide. Jon took a plane to Nepal and eventually made his way to base camp. Every couple of days they would hike up to a new camp and then hike back down to base camp. There are four camps and each time they would hike to a higher camp to get used to the pressure. In chapter 9, they were going to hike from camp 2 to camp 3, and they ran into a powdery snow storm. Rob told everyone to get down over the radio to prevent further injury. In chapter 14 Jon makes it to the summit and then left rather quickly. He encountered many other people pushing for the summit on his way down. While on his way down a storm comes, Beck Weathers refuses to come with him and waits for Rob, and Jon makes it back to Camp 4 with Andy Harris. He wakes up the next morning only to find out that many people have not come down yet, most notably, Rob Hall. Most of Rob’s Client were already at camp 4 because they never went to he summit or even further down at this point. Towards the end of the book, Rob Hall says

One mistake and it can be over for all involved. Many people had the determination and pushed over their limits throughout the novel and some did not make it back to camp alive as a result. 3. "Finally I woke up enough to recognize that I was in deep trouble and the cavalry wasn't coming so I better do something about it myself." (Krakauer

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer shares Jon’s first hand experience of one of the most dangerous seasons of climbing on Mount Everest. Krakauer himself experienced the tragedies of 1996 on Everest because he was writing an article for Outdoor Magazine about the commercialization of Everest. Multiple guides during this season suffered from having an over-abundance of pride which often led them to making questionable decisions that ultimately led to the deaths of not only climbers but also guides. Hubris found among Rob Hall, Scott Fischer, and Anatoli Boukreev helped cause the tragic events to transpire on the 1996 Everest expedition.

In 1996, climbers on Mount Everest suffered through the worst disaster to date on the mountain. A huge storm hit as they were climbing towards the summit. Eight of the climbers ended up dead. Jon Krakauer, one of the few survivors, told the tale of all the survivors in his book Into Thin Air. After surviving, he questions multiple things about the world, such as the concept of mortality. He questions who is responsible for the deaths of the others in this book, or if self-preservation is the bottom line. I believe that Jon Krakauer is most responsible for everyone who died to an extent. However I also believe he cannot be fully blamed and self reliance is needed. Jon Krakauer is responsible because he took inexperienced people who weren’t well

On the day of May 10, 1996 a total of eight people died during the storm of Everest. Rob Hall and Scott Fischer were the main leaders of two different groups; Rob Hall being the leader of the group “Adventure Consultants” and Scott Fischer “Mountain Madness”. These leaders had an impressive reputation of being skilled and being an experienced high-altitude climbers. Each expedition included the team leaders, guides, clients, and assisting sherpas. Some question the cause of the fatal disaster. There are many theories and disagreements concerning the 1996 Everest disaster; some blame the powerful blizzard-like conditions, others put the blame human errors such as lack of communication, inexperience, and wanting a positive reputation. It is argued

Mt everest is the tallest mountain in the world.Everest is 29,629 ft and 8848 meters high.Also mt everest is about 60 million years.The wind on everest in over 200mp.

Mt. Everest, standing 8,850 meters above sea level is taller than any other mountain in the world. Since 1922, hundreds of climbers have attempted to climb this treacherous mountain located in the Himalayan Ridge, whose summit ridge separates Nepal and Tibet. By 1996, the number of successful ascents totaled 846, with more than half occurring between 1992 – 1996. Sadly, this achievement did not come without loss of life, as 148 have perished while trying to complete this achievement.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world with a summit of 29,035 feet. Mount Everest is a part of what makes earth amazing and unique. Since Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, it is human nature for us to look at it as a challenge that we need to conquer. This has not been a good thing because the environmental impact of commercialized mountaineering on everest has been disastrous. In this study we will talk about the environmental impact we have had on everest, the trash that has collected on everest, and the rules Nepal has put in place to save Everest.