The Toughest Journey In Erik Weihenmayer's Epic Journey

One very off-putting factor for climbing Mount Everest is the climb itself. This is because of all of the risks taken when doing so. All of the risks are very extreme and most can actually lead to death as many that have attempted making the treacherous journey up the mountain have not made it back down safely. This factor can become stuck in many people’s heads and change their minds about making the journey up this beautiful mountain completely. Although several see the travel up the mountain as dangerous and unpleasant, many also see it as the best part of the whole trip. This makes perfect sense seeing as during this climb you can experience some of the most beautiful scenery anyone would ever have the chance to see in their entire lives. The climb has been said to be beautiful and well worth all of the hardship of injury and pain. Overall the climb up the mountain can be seen as the whole reason not to climb Mount Everest or the very reason to do so, but either way the sights you can see are magnificent, or are they?

The expedition guides show arrogance and pride while trying to climb Mount Everest. At one point Scott Fischer states that he has "built a yellow brick road to the summit" (Krakauer 86). Fischer has great pride in his ability to climb Everest he developed arrogance towards the mountain. It is foolish to think that someone

The entire journey up the mountain is full of danger. You constantly have to worry about the oxygen you are getting and people around you are dying. The air is thin and if there is any air, it’s contaminated. You have to worry about getting the disease H.A.P.E. You have to worry about your health 24/7. You have to get past impossible obstacles. You just have to be strong. Climbing the mountain is an endless, painful battle. No matter what is happening outside of the mountain, on Mount Everest all that matters is Survival.

The conflict of Man vs Nature was very apparent as soon as the book began. By page 9 Krakauer reported, “moments after i dropped below the south summit it began to snow lightly, and all visibility went to hell.” This shows the instantly that mother nature was not on his side. The decreased visibility and lack of oxygen he reported are physical effects inflicted upon him, making the already cold climb up everest, even more difficult.

In Everest by Erik Weihenmayer, the blind climber wrote to encourage, to imbue, and to prove that he could do anything anyone else can do. Also, he had close friends to climb with and had great support. Something

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

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.

A few months later, I found myself riding with Halt back to his quaint little cottage nestled in the woods. He was teaching me about animal tracks. As our horses tread against the snow that lay on the ground, I noticed a massive print next to the cottage, and Halt said it was a giant boar. A man was lying in the bushes and came out to claim that he had seen the boar first hand, and that it was a mad and destructive one. Halt told him to go to the castle and tell the Baron to gather a group of men so that we can all go hunt the boar in the morning. The next day, I found myself on horseback on the outside of a circle of warriors, and Horace. If the boar were to escape through our circle, I was to chase it down and finish it off with my bow.

The hero’s journey is a long and arduous one, but ends up being quite rewarding in the end. The hero follows the road of growth and education until they are ready to pursuit their goals and save the day. Two such heroes journeys are the stories of Will Stronghold in Sky High (2005) and Hercules of Hercules (1997). Both, Will and Hercules, want to be heroes and correlate through the ideals of: lacking of powers, making their fathers proud, and wanting to save the day. Thus, the two films can be assessed through the various social and personal similarities within the film.

The journey is painful and boring and he has to be strong so he can continue on his way to find his treasure. On the other note, Krakauer has to face very similar physical and mental challenges also. His mental challenge is having to see all the death and destruction on the way up and down from Everest. As Krakauer added “Thus the slopes of Everest are littered with corpses.” (233) On the way up he finds disturbing dead bodies of people who did not make it.

Everest. At first Krakauer is just there for himself, “… I dreamed of ascending Everest myself one day, for more than a decade it remained a burning ambition,” (Krakauer 20) to complete his dream of climbing Mt. Everest. He is also just there to write the article, “The magazines intent was not that I climb the peak; the editors simply wanted me to remain in Base Camp and report the story…” (Krakauer 24).”And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium, and suffering, it struck me that most of us were probably seeking, above all else, something like a state of grace.” Krakauer had then realized that he and his teammates were really climbing this mountain to prove not only to themselves but to the loved ones that they could push past the obstacles and the pain and get to the

Jordan Romero, a world record holder, became the youngest person to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 2017. The majority of people in the intelligent community say that Jordan’s attempt should not have been done. They say he is not physically or emotionally capable of climbing the mountain. Although, nevertheless, there are always the few that refuse to believe the truth. They claim that he is strong enough to make the climb it because he’s been training a long time. Most critics argue that these are alternative facts. In the latest article of Frost Bites, Hue Smooka Weedman, a very Mendacious character claims, “If Jordan Romero believes that he can do it, he can. Recents studies by Scientific American shows that if somebody believes with all

Climbing has not always been easy for Eric. Eric defied the odds and guided his blind friend Erik Weihenmayer.

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain peak in the world. Many people of reached its peak while others perished along the way. It is a extremely difficult challenge to reach the top but the challenge is what makes reaching the top so gratifying. It’s climb can also be a symbol for life and the changes in life that everyone goes through to ultimately better themselves. The challenges in life can also be related to this quote,” A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.” The clay pot being life and the white heat of the furnace being the difficult challenges you go through in life.

She tells the story of her life to present the examples in her life and to show her own uniqueness. Keller proved that her deafness and blindness would not stop her from being an extraordinary person. She also wrote to express her survival of her disabilities and how she overcame them. Keller’s purpose was to inspire people to endure. She communicated to disabled people especially to help them realize what they are capable of.