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But this is the nature of guided expeditions, and he is reassured by Hall's leadership, along with Andy Harris, the team's senior guide. They are all amateur climbers with limited experience, and Krakauer worries about attempting such a challenging climb with strangers he doesn't know or trust. There are seven other clients on Krakauer's team: Beck Weathers, John Taske, Yasuko Namba, Lou Kasischke, Frank Fishbeck, Stuart Hutchinson, and Doug Hansen. His Adventure Consultants company has such a strong reputation that he charges $65,000 a head for a spot on his expeditions, more than any other company. Rob Hall, the leader of his expedition is a celebrated climber from New Zealand with an exceptional record of guiding clients to the summit of Mt.

Krakauer leaves his home in Seattle in late March 1996 and meets his teammates in Kathmandu, Nepal. Everest has been a dream of his since childhood. Krakauer is offered an assignment to join one of these guided expedition and write about the phenomenon in Outside magazine, and although he worries about his ability to reach the summit, he can't resist the opportunity. This led to widespread criticism about the over-commercialization of the mountain. Everest, and by the 1980s, guided expeditions to the summit became popular among amateur climbers who could afford the steep price tag.

Their accomplishment sparked a new wave of interest in Mt.

It wasn't until 1953 that Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to summit the mountain, thereby becoming celebrities around the world. For 101 years after that, climbers tried and failed to reach the summit, with many losing their lives in their attempts. Everest, stretching back to 1852 when it was first confirmed as the world's highest mountain. The story then starts from the beginning with an account of the history of human exploration of Mt. While he survives, the storm would eventually claim the lives of 8 climbers, with 4 more climbers dying in unrelated events that same season. As he begins the painstaking descent back down the mountain, a storm forms and quickly worsens while many of his climbing teammates are still high on the summit. Everest, too exhausted and delirious to care about his accomplishment. The story opens with Krakauer on the summit of Mt. Jon Krakauer, a writer and amateur climber, is a client on the Adventure Consultants climbing expedition he serves as the book's narrator. Everest, which at that point was the deadliest climbing season in the history of the mountain. Into Thin Air is the nonfiction account of the tragic events of the spring of 1996 on Mt.