The dangers of climbing a a mountain at a high altitude are awful. Many people plummet to their death, experience snow blindness, become sick, or fatally ill due to starvation, reduced oxygen, or many other numerous causes. Keeping this information in mind, do you think you could ever climb a mountain, let alone climb it with no eye site? Or perhaps climb a mountain so daunting and infamous, that it is called “the devil’s thumb”? In Everest, by Erik Weihenmayer, and The Devils Thumb, by Jon Krakaeur., both authors recount their experiences climbing Mt. Everest and the treacherous Devil’s Thumb. However, both stories have distinct differences, such as the authors’ central ideas, organizational structures, and tone and word choices that affect
