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| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Introduction | The short introductory section explains why and how Jon Krakauer joined Rob Hall's Everest expedition in May 1996. Kraka... Read More |
| Chapter 1 | The book begins with Krakauer already at the summit of Mount Everest. He is exhausted and has a terrible cough. He has n... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | In this chapter Krakauer provides some history of Mount Everest and those who climbed it. He begins with its "discovery"... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | Krakauer begins a chronological account of his expedition experience. On the plane into Kathmandu, Nepal, Krakauer looks... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | Krakauer and the expedition team begin the trek to Base Camp, spending the first night in the hamlet of Phakding. The ni... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | At the beginning of the chapter, the reader learns that it took 35 Sherpas to get the injured Sherpa (mentioned in the p... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | Krakauer begins this chapter by praising the organizational and planning skills of Rob Hall, who has seen to it all his ... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | Krakauer notes some of the expeditions climbing at the same time as Hall's contained clients whose experience was "thin.... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | After resting at Base Camp for two days, Hall's group climbed the icefall again, heading for Camp One. Crossing the icef... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | In their third acclimatization trek, Hall's group climbs from Base Camp to Camp Two. Next, they would climb up to Camp T... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | Krakauer begins the painfully slow and exhausting ascent of the "immense slant" of the Lhotse Face. Climbers must inch t... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | Hall's group begins its climb to the summit two vertical miles above. Krakauer finds the sun's intense heat debilitating... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | Early on May 9, Hall's group begins climbing toward Camp Four. Krakauer lags and turns to see about 50 climbers behind h... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | The region above the South Col is the Death Zone, where lack of oxygen can easily lead to hypoxia. Krakauer describes th... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | Krakauer spends just moments on the summit and then begins to descend. He passes Beidleman and Martin Adams, a Fischer c... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | Just before 2:00 p.m., Beidleman and Harris summit with clients. Fischer is still not seen ascending. Beidleman is conce... Read More |
| Chapter 16 | Early the next morning, Krakauer is awakened and told that no one can find Andy Harris. The storm is over and the weathe... Read More |
| Chapter 17 | At 3:40 p.m. on May 10, Scott Fischer, Lopsang Sherpa, and Rob Hall are on the summit. Hall waits impatiently for Doug H... Read More |
| Chapter 18 | This chapter is in some ways an aside that shows how cruel and indifferent the culture of those who summit Everest can b... Read More |
| Chapter 19 | This chapter resumes the expedition narrative. On the morning of May 11, after he returns from the summit, Krakauer spen... Read More |
| Chapter 20 | In this short chapter, Krakauer helps Hutchison correctly fasten his harness and reminds him to wear his goggles to prot... Read More |
| Chapter 21 | Back at Base Camp, Krakauer is overcome with grief and guilt: he had survived while others died. Neal Beidleman leads a ... Read More |
| Epilogue | Krakauer is back home in Seattle. In this chapter, he writes about what happened to surviving climbers and how the frien... Read More |
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