Into Thin Air Book Review Involved in one of the most tragic events in Mount Everest history, Jon Krakauer organizes the events that lead up to this day on May 10, 1996 in which altogether eight people lost their lives. Krakauer originally was hired to write an article for Outside Magazine detailing the commercialism on Mount Everest. In order to write the article, he was required to climb only to Base Camp which is strictly the first base on Everest. However, Krakauer wished to reach the summit of the highest mountain on Earth where he was assigned to Adventure Consultants. This was the service that lead Krakauer and the other twelve members of his team up Mount Everest.
The group included Robert Hall, who is the head guide of the group …show more content…
He sets the storyline of the book with him reaching the summit of Everest where he states “My watch read 1:17 p.m. All told, I’d spent less than five minutes on the roof of the world” (Krakauer 6). This was something I enjoyed about the book because it was intriguing, and made readers want to continue on. As the first few chapters progresses, Krakauer explains the overall history of Everest. He mentions some of the first expeditions as well as particular deaths of climbers that attempted to reach the summit. Here he gives insight to the readers, which I also favored because it allowed one to fully understand the dangers in climbing the treacherous …show more content…
Included in the novel is also the successful summit of Everest accomplished by Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. This was significant because this made Krakauer want to become a climber as a child where he describes the summit as “...a subsequent ascent of the mountain helped establish the trajectory of my life” (Krakauer 19). This is important because readers learn more about Krakauer in his early years and his development into becoming a successful climber, one who was able to reach the peak of Mount
The group included Robert Hall, who is the head guide of the group …show more content…
He sets the storyline of the book with him reaching the summit of Everest where he states “My watch read 1:17 p.m. All told, I’d spent less than five minutes on the roof of the world” (Krakauer 6). This was something I enjoyed about the book because it was intriguing, and made readers want to continue on. As the first few chapters progresses, Krakauer explains the overall history of Everest. He mentions some of the first expeditions as well as particular deaths of climbers that attempted to reach the summit. Here he gives insight to the readers, which I also favored because it allowed one to fully understand the dangers in climbing the treacherous …show more content…
Included in the novel is also the successful summit of Everest accomplished by Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. This was significant because this made Krakauer want to become a climber as a child where he describes the summit as “...a subsequent ascent of the mountain helped establish the trajectory of my life” (Krakauer 19). This is important because readers learn more about Krakauer in his early years and his development into becoming a successful climber, one who was able to reach the peak of Mount