In the book Within Reach: My Everest Story, the main character, Mark Pfetzer, a 13 year old boy decides he wants to be the youngest adolescent to climb Mt. Everest. Failing to pursue his dream, Mark Pfetzer spent too much money on trying to climb Mt. Everest three times. With the help of many adults, Mark summits many mountains but not Everest at a young age. Mark portrays many different types of traits throughout the book. But the ones that stood out the most were lonely, determined, and brave. First, one trait about Mark was lonely.Mark Pfetzer was never known to hangout with the minors at his school. Instead he enjoyed fishing with his grandfather and his friends. When at age 13 he should be interacting with 13 year olds. As stated on page 10, “I even spent a lot of time with my grandfather and his friends, fishing. Some kids my age like to fool around a lot, but I never liked that.” This justifies that Mark got along with older people. He also stated on page 10, “ So I hung out with older people from their thirties to seventies.” In the reader’s mind…show more content… Determined Mark keeps climbing.Another trait for Mark Pfetzer is determined. He never gives up and find a way out of his problems determined to summit Mt.Everest. On page 168-169 it states, “ Halfway across a crevasse in the Icefall, my crampon gets stuck on a ladder.” This presents the part when Mark’s crampon gets stuck on the ladder, but on page 169 it also states, “ Finally, I take the crampon off and just leave it there… One little nudge from him and it goes flying down onto an ice ledge about twenty feet down, leaving me to slip and slide the rest of the way down.” In this example Mark keeps going even though he only has one crampon. This is a fortunate trait because being a climber on the tallest mountain in the world, I’d be hard to climb with some determination to keep going on. Overall I think Mark Pfetzer is
