Thin Lizzy

It is well known that there are many ways to complete an endeavor such as there are multiple ways to get to class. While one may work well for one person it may not work for the other. The same thing occurs when discussing perspective. The mindsets of John Krakauer and Weihenmayer are extremely different. Weihenmayer knew he could not summit Mount Everest on his own. This of course being due to the fact that he is blind whereas Krakauer is not. Krakauer on the other hand decides to summit the…

My room was a mess with clothes I had got from Christmas and I mean a lot from jeans, sweaters, and of course flannels. I had ignored all the mess and focused on the task at hand which was finish reading the book "Into thin air" by Jon Krakauer. I spent the whole day reading it that I managed to get to half of the book done. What I really did is skip couple pages here and there. I knew at that point I would fail miserably trying to finish this book and write an essay…

In the book Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, the Mt. Everest disaster is told from the personal account of Jon Krakauer. There are many causes and effects that led to the Mt. Everest disaster. Many of the causes could have been prevented had they been more prepared for a disaster to happen. One major cause of the disaster is storm it limited visibility so that people could not see their way back to camp. Another cause was that the guides assigned to help the inexperienced climb the mountain let…

Many people try to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, but not many are able to succeed this once in a lifetime experience. The first people to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953. The two did not realize the dangers that they would face during their goal of reaching the summit. Since the journey was taken by Hillary and Tenzing, many others have tried to take the same challenge but caused damage during the expedition.…

Standing at 29,029 feet, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. But in 2015,a deadly event occurred that changed the future of climbing Everest forever. June 25,2015. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes the capital of Nepal,Kathmandu,Everest being approximately 140 miles east of the epicenter. Avalanches started near base camp on Everest while people ran for cover from the snow,wind,and rocks. 19 died and 120 were injured. The identified people were five climbers and ten…

believe that climbing the mountain Everest would consume a lot of physical strengths. It is absolutely true that it acquires a tremendous amount of strength. However, climbing the Everest need more than physical endurance. As reading through ‘Into Thin Air’, the prejudices of climbing the Everest had collapsed. Thinking about Everest, people need enough physical strength to endure all the pains during climbing, but the prerequisites of climbing were beyond that. For instance, due to high…

Written in 1996 and published in 1997 Jon Krakauer - 1954-present 20th century - Modern writing with some uses of slang in the text Key Quotations: “Morality had remained a conveniently hypothetical concept, an idea to ponder in the abstract. Sooner or later the divestiture of such a privileged innocence was inevitable, but when it finally happened the show was magnified by the sheer superfluity of the carnage” (Krakauer, 283). Krakauer’s experience at Everest was more than just an experience…

I support Jon Krakauer because he experienced deaths and suffered but he made it to the summit and went back down. He made it to Camp 4 but the others weren’t there yet one of them made it to camp 4 and stayed with Krakauer. Although he had doubts of Everest he wanted to make it to the summit but people from his group died on Everest, he wished he never climbed Everest. Jon wrote an article of Mount Everest and his experience there. He cared for his group but he worried about himself mostly, I…

In 1996 mount Everest made its mark on history again with yet another large disaster. The night of May 10 eight climbers lost their lives to Everest in a 12 hour period. With a total of 12 deaths in total that month. At the end of april 1996 three expeditions set out to summit Everest with a total of 33 climbers on the mountain, on may 10 nineteen climbers were trapped in the death zone (above 8 000 meters) that night of May tenth. In extreme cases like the ‘96 disaster people are presented with…

Mount Everest – 1996 A. What is your evaluation of the leadership style of Hall and Fischer? Fischer had the traits of a charismatic leader, for example, he coveted the spotlight and fancied respect from others. He was daring in his mountain conquests and had the initial mindset that all of his clients will be safe as “I will eliminate human error” mentality. Nonetheless, human error impacts abound, for example, sufficient oxygen supply was lacking; Fischer allowed oxygen to be used at lower…