Into thin Air

I am reading Into Thin Air by John Krakauer. It’s a thrilling memoir about a climbing Everest. The author works for outdoor magazine and gets an all expenses paid trip to climb Everest he is very into climbing and gives you a deeper look into the motivation behind wanting to climb The worlds highest peaks. Some just climb because they want to get the glory. These people usually have their Sherpa’s, or guides do everything for them and take the easiest route. The true adventurers take the hardest route with the least amount of equipment. These climbers are the real deal. I like that part of the book best because my dad and I were wondering what was the motivation to climb a mountain. So, I picked up this book and found out. I am just at the beginning of the book. John and a couple others are just getting to meet their guide named Rob Hall a once famous climber, in the small world of climbing of course who eventually started his own guiding company. He seems like a smart, funny, good guy. I suspect that to be written about, something in this attempt to reach the summit of the world something must have gone wrong but I’m not yet sure what that is.