Jon Krakauer Compare And Contrast Essay

Imagine yourself standing on top of a mountain, feeling the breeze hit your face and flowing through your hair. Imagine yourself feeling the weight and burden of everything that’s ever happened to you suddenly disappear as you look across the mountain top, viewing the world from a much clearer sight than anything you’ve ever seen before. Imagine, just imagine, yourself knowing that you accomplished climbing a mountain all on your own, that everything you did in the past lead up to this very moment. Surely, this is how expert mountain climbers, Jon Krakauer and Erik Weihenmayer, felt when they finally reached the top of two very different, yet breath-taking mountains. Jon Krakauer, a solo man, takes a shot at an Alaskan mountain called The Devil’s Thumb. Erik Weihenmayer, a blind man, tries to tackle the tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest. As they embark on their journeys you will begin to see multiple similarities and aspects, but also many vast differences between the two. Writing with different perspectives, the two climbers tell of two very different experiences. Without a shoulder to …show more content…
Both men are strong willed and persistent when it comes to fulfilling their passion of climbing. Using climbing as an escape from his troubles, one man climbed in hopes of a major transformation happening in his life. Choosing climbing as a passion to invest in, another man climbed solely because of the fact that climbing brings him joy. While Jon gave off a bitter, depressing tone, Erik gave off a more light, encouraging tone in the text. Although they are two very different people, leading very different lives, they are still two people who love what they do and are willing to do anything to continue climbing. Their attraction towards climbing is what brings these two men