Into Thin Air

The interesting thing I learned about climbing in this book is that trust is essential. In the beginning John is leery of climbing with others that he does not know. He says that before he has always climbed with a small group of trusted friends, but now he is with a large group of strangers. Of course he is with a guide and on of the most trusted in the world but that aspect of the sport had never entered my mind. It surprises me that I have never thought about this because I have done high ropes and things similar to climbing and trust is one of the most important thing in those activities. There is a part of the book where he is at the dinner table with all the other clients and he and another one of them have a disagreement about politics and John is made to look silly so I am wondering if this group will get along. Hopefully they will because it cannot be much fun to conquer the heights with a group of people you do not like. Also, it is hard to trust people you do not like. The book offers an interesting Insight into Johns mind.