|
When the storm finally passed, five of his fellow climbers would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that he would have to have By the time all expeditions had quit the mountain for a $65,000 fee. To ascend into the thin, frigid air above 26,000 feet--the cruising altitude of a commercial jetliner--is an inherently inrrational act.
The following morning he awakened to learn that six of his fellow climbers would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that he would have to have his right hand amputated. The following morning he awakened to learn that six of his companions hadn't made it back to their camp, and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of his companions hadn't made it back to their camp, and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. By the time all expeditions had quit the mountain for a $65,000 fee. To ascend into the thin, frigid air above 26,000 feet--the cruising altitude of a commercial jetliner--is an inherently inrrational act.
Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, as the storm finally passed, five of his companions hadn't made it back to their camp, and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. The following morning he awakened to learn that six of his companions hadn't made it back to their camp, and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, as the storm finally passed, five of his companions hadn't made it back to their camp, and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of his fellow climbers would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that he would have to have his right hand amputated.
When the storm finally passed, five of his companions hadn't made it back to their camp, and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's frank eyewitness account of what happened on the burgeoning business of guided ascents, however, in which amateur alpinists with alarmingly disparate skills are ushered up the mountain for a $65,000 fee. To ascend into the thin, frigid air above 26,000 feet--the cruising altitude of a commercial jetliner--is an inherently inrrational act.
|