Magazine story writer, Jon Krakauer, is on a nutritious, adventure to climb the legendary Mount Everest. Personally, I love non-fiction adventure novels and so far, this is one of the most exhilarating ones yet.

The novel starts out with Jon at the summit of Mount Everest and he describes in such detail, “Four hundred vertical feet above, where the summit was still washed in bright sunlight under and immaculate cobalt sky, my compadres dallied to memorialize their arrival at the apex of the planet” (1.21). He always imagined how that moment would feel, yet the lack of oxygen and at these high altitudes, his brain was reduced to one of a young child, and although beautiful, every second spent on the summit, you are killing yourself at these high altitudes. Starting the novel non-chronologically is very significant because it influences the reader to want to read about how he managed to make it to the summit, and what the summit means emotionally opposed to pictorially. As I was reading, it was quite easy to visualize the settings and horrible scenarios accurring. …show more content…
Which is one of the main reasons why I find it easy to sympathize with his view of the world. As many bodies from earlier Sherpas on the mountain, it seems to be expected that people are going to die on this expedition, most likely the ones who are weak and inexperienced who simply paid guides approximately $70,000 to guide them safely to the summit. The idea of being able to pay to be guided to do something that is difficult even for professionals, should not be allowed considering it puts more than simply their lives in