Into+Thin+Air



=//**Book:**// __Into Thin Air__= =**//Author://** Jon Krakauer= =**//Group Members://** Katie Russell, Nick Folas, Brittany Damschroder, Kyle Isabel=


 * //Dear Viewers,//**


 * Welcome to our page! We first want to describe to you a short summary discussing the Mount Everest 1996 disaster according to http://www.brandonsd.mb.ca/crocus/library/everest%20pages/what%20happened.htm:**

On May 10, 1996, twelve people died in a snowstorm on Mount Everest. They climbed in the "Death Zone" of 25000 feet above sea level, and were prey to frostbite, numbing of the brain due to thinner air, solar radiation, hypothermia, altitude sickness, HACE (high altitude cerebral edema) and HAPE (high altitude pulmonary edema). The deaths are attributed to a blizzard that plunged temperatures to 40° below zero, causing "white outs"; periods where the snow blows so thickly, it's impossible to see. Among the climbers were:
 * Rob Hall, the leader of the expedition [Dead]
 * John Krakauer, a writer who survived to write //Into Thin Air//, a book detailing this event
 * Seaborn Beck Weathers, a Dallas pathologist that lost an arm, part of his nose, and the fingers of his other hand to frostbite
 * Sandy Hill Pitman, a wealthy New York woman
 * Yasuko Nanba, an experienced Japanese mountain climber [Dead]
 * Douglas Hansen, a U.S. Postal Service Worker [Dead]
 * Scott Fischer, leader of a different expedition [Dead]
 * Anatoli Boukreev, the lead guide on Scott Fischer's team
 * Andy Harris, a guide in Hall's group [Dead]
 * Aleksandr Toroshchin [Dead], Vladmir Tumyalis, Ivan Plotnikov, and Nikolai Shevchenko, Russian climbers from a Kazakstanian expedition
 * Peter Kuwalzik, a 29-year-old German banker who went climbing on his own [Dead]
 * Three unnamed individuals, from an Indo-Tibetan Border Force expedition [All Dead]
 * Mike Groom, a guide for the Hall Expedition
 * Neal Beildman, a guide for the Hall Expediton
 * Martin Adams, a retired Wall Street


 * A short summary about our memoir is listed by the book as follows:**
 * A short summary about our memoir is listed by the book as follows:**

"When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in 57 hours and was reeling from teh brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), 20 other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds. In this definitive account of the deadliest season in teh history of Everest, Jon Krakauer takes th reader step-by-step from Katmandu to the mountain's deadly pinnacle, unfolding a breathtaking story that will by turns thrill and terrify." "A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgement and of heartbreaking heroism." - PEOPLE "Wrenching... lucid...it is impossible to read this book unmoved." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "Every bit as absorbing and unnerving as his 1996 bestseller //Into the Wild.//" - THE NEW YORK TIMES

===After completing the memoir __Into Thin Air__, by Jon Krakauer, my group and I decided to further research the true story from the 1996 Mount Everest disaster that took place. We each researched information about the author, some history about Mt. Everest, information about climbing vocabulary and health considerations when climbing, finding some pictures and videos, and also finding if this expedition really was worth it in the end. Please browse through each of our links to discover our intriguing findings!===

=**//Contents/Links://**= //Part 1:// About the Author //Part 2:// Myths of Mount Everest //Part 3:// Vocab. and Health //Part 4:// Risk vs. Reward //Part 5:// Mt. Everest Collage and Videos