American History

An Analysis of Krakauer's Book

An Analysis of Krakauer's Book

Introduction

Mount Everest is said to be the highest mountain with a height of 29035 feet. The feeling of reaching the top of Mount Everest is a feel that is above every feeling on the planet from a mountaineer's perspective. Mount Everest has the ability to attract mountaineers. It attracts mountaineers that are well-experienced to those whose are at a beginner or novice level to become more skilled. Climbing Everest is a major challenged as it constitutes dangers such as altitude, the harsh and unpredictable weather and the wind.

Mountaineers who have been climbing mountains for years may think twice about before going to an expedition to Mount Everest. The reason being that the degree of unpredictability that surrounds it and secondly the kind of money that one requires to get on the top. It is expensive because it requires a lot of planning relating to financial, physical, security and medical factors. It also requires preplanning in terms of logistics, food, water, shelter and a back up and support team. If it is efficiently and effectively done one is bound to reach on top of a 29035 feet high mountain.

One problem that exists with the mountaineers at a novice or beginner level is that they need an experienced guide for the expedition. The mountaineers at a novice level lack mountain climbing skill. What they need to understand is that their deficiencies cannot be covered by the experienced guides. One has to be thoroughly trained and should expedite with a thoroughly trained support to be careful. Before any expedition, mountaineer should ensure that all loopholes and potential problems should be taken care of (www.nationalgeographic.com).

An article of the incident also came in the Time magazine which said that the expedition to Mount Everest is not a test of luck, bravery or persistence, but rather it is a test of how much monetary value can one invest in such expedition. Today, the expedition is not about who wants to beat the peak but it is about how much money can the guides collect to earn. Ignoring the kind of dangers such perception could lead towards. Today people order online and are all set to beat the peak but what they do not realize is the fact that no matter how much they invest, the mountain can still win.

Jon Krakauer

He plays multiple roles in the book He is the author, narrator and a mountaineer in the book. From the start, he had a keen interest in mountain climbing and used to do it for a long time. He gave up this hobby very recently. When a magazine called the outside magazine contacted him to write an article about the Everest and he immediately agrees and is all set to expedite the Everest. The monetary value he was getting was more then what he had asked for. His expedition becomes the deadliest expedition. He is able to propitiously beat the peak but it was bundled with ...