Post 8

In Chapter 15 of Into Thin Air, all the climbers have reached the summit. They are all spread out from one another, and don't know where each other are. Krakauer had to do much research to find out exactly what happened at these points in time because he was far away from the summit by the time his other group members reached the summit. The whole mountain was in chaos was because a big storm had started up while everyone was summiting. No one noticed the storm brewing. Because the group wasn't together with Rob Hall, the leader, they didn't notice it. THe leader would've gotten them off the mountain if he was with them. It is one of the most important things to do when climbing a mountain like everest is to pay attention to the weather. The weather can change very rapidly, and if you don't notice it you can die. Unfortunatly, not all the group members made it back to camp from the summit. The Japanese woman, Yasuko Namba died. The group members where walking all around the camp, within 1000 feet of it, for hours before finding it. The wind was blowing at hurricane speeds, and it blew a climber off the mountain. I think this chapter is Krakauer's way of telling us how big of a factor the weather is, an how alert and focused you have to be when you are there. You have to respect the mountain and how insignificant you are to it.