Jon Krakauer Everest Chapter Summary

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Chapter 1: This book starts in the chronological middle of the story. It has Krakauer atop everest with a storm brewing. Then it starts to explain physical ailments like coughing, separated ribs, trouble breathing, and a varied mental state because of a lack of oxygen. Two other guides are up with him Anatoli Boukreev and Andy Harris.

Chapter 2: In Chapter 2 the narrator discusses the history of everest and famous expeditions. Everest’s height was calculated in 1852 in India. Sir George Everest the surveyor general at that time used trigonometry to calculate everest height at 8,822 meters (28,943 ft). In this chapter also it talks about famous expeditions like Hillary and Tenzing and Messner and Habeler.

Chapter 3: In chapter 3 the narrator starts the chronological order of the story as they are in a plane flying to the meet up point for the group. Krakauer sees all the other peaks near Everest then he sees Everest. They pick up all the team members along the way and then the land. Once off the plane they got to a famous hotel that has housed many climber like Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. He finally meets Rob Hall.

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There acclimatization process is that they will make one day round trips to the next camp 2,000 feet up to acclimatize. When they set out for their first trip Krakauer see a lot of the group putting on new boots that have not been worn and he gets worried. Also a lot of them haven't climbed in over a year.
Chapter 7: In chapter 7 Krakauer talks about how Everest has changed from a professionals trek to anyone's trek. He explains that many inexperienced people have climbed Mount Everest with the help of sherpas and guides. He also mentions about the determination of Everest and how in some instances in history people who weren't allowed into Tibet or Nepal but they snuck in and managed to climb and summit Everest

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