Although Krakauer’s Into Thin Air was a riveting tale of dangerous and perilous adventure, Anatoli Boukreev’s version of the deadly 1996 climbing season on Mount Everest told in his ghost written book, The Climb, co-written by G. Weston Dewalt, was far more believable, in large part due to the highly conflicting details between the two novels, and Boukreev’s modest storytelling that stuck to what he knew on that mountain, unlike Krakauer’s accusation expedition style of storytelling, where he…
Every year, Sherpas risk their own lives attempting to safely guide other mountaineers to the summit of Mount Everest, yet they receive no special award or recognition after accomplishing this amazing feat for many other mountaineers. A couple thousand dollars may seem like a reasonable fee to aid others up the mountain, but it is not worth the life-threatening conditions they must overcome. Sherpas are genetically adapted to the below-freezing temperature and they have a stronger resistance to…
Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air” is a book of mortality and consequences. In the spring of 1996, Krakauer took an assignment from Outside magazine to report on the industry of commercially guided, high-altitude climbing. He would later regret that decision for the rest of his life. Eight people on his expedition died, either from freezing to death or falling. There are a multitude of health effects that can cause harm to humans at the extreme altitude and temperatures that Everest holds, as…
A city with an area measuring 3,255 miles squared and lying on the Gastineau Channel, Juneau, Alaska captured my breath and left me speechless. For some Juneau is a venue to buy trinkets and take family pictures for the Christmas card. For others Juneau is a place to hunt vicious black bears or reel in an Artic Char. For me Juneau, Alaska is significant for it allowed me to strengthen in my faith and believe God created the Earth we live on. Foremost, the sky was foggy, and the air was…
We’ve packed our bags and were ready to go climb Mount Everest! Wait… What? There are a plethora of safety precautions that inexperienced climbers don’t think about before going to go climb this magnificent mountain. But wait, aren’t there helicopters to come rescue you if something should happen? Think again. Helicopter pilots should not have to risk their lives for people who put themselves in danger. No Experience I don’t know why, and I don’t know how, but I am going to climb…
Bone-Chilling Climb Into Thin Air, a national bestseller adventure book, is authored by Jon Krakauer. This raw, vivid book, was published in 1997. “Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain-climbing” (Wikipedia, 2017). Krakauer ascended Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, in 1996, but a storm took the lives of four of the five teammates who reached the summit with him. Into Thin…
The Icy Truth Behind the Camera Are documentaries really believed to be objective when it comes to investigating globally controversial issues? Nicole Schuster looks behind the scenes to discover just how much of the truth directors “forget” in the film-making industry. How far would you go risking your own life to save another? Richard Dennison’s, dying for Everest takes viewers through the difficult and treacherous journey four New Zealanders took to reach the summit of Mother Nature’s most…
Everyone must need to accomplish a dream in order to feel like they have had a complete life. In the two memoirs, “The Devils Thumb” and “Everest”, the characters Jon Krakauer and Erik Weihenmayer, climb a mountain to accomplish their dream. Jon Krakauer deliberately tries to alter his life because he rancors it, yet Erik Weihenmayer was just circling a dream. The two characters assiduously try to climb a mountain and succeed. Both authors use unique perspectives, central ideas, tones, words,…
The purpose of this essay is to inform people on why I believe that Jon Krakauer's opinion on Boukreev is false. The reasons below tells you why I believe that the accusations are false. My first reason is that he risked his life to save his fellow climbers. Once he reached camp IV he gathered some oxygen and water he set out to find strangling climbers. He was slowed by the storm, and still managed to end up saving two of the three climbers that were almost frozen to death or already dead. My…
Number the stars is a wonderful book about Ellen and Annemarie, 2 ten-year-old girls that are best friends. They go through a lot and their bond only gets stronger when Nazis show up and Annemarie has to protect Ellen because she is a Jew. Even though they go through so many troubles, it only makes them stronger. Number the stars somehow pulled you into itself, for example, when the Nazis boarded the boat, I felt scared. Not just worried but actually scared. I was scared for the safety of…