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Journey begins
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Jon Krakauer arrives at Khumbu Glaciers, 16,000 feet.
Jon Krakauer arrives at khumbu glaciers, 16,000 feet. -
Lobuju, Jon Krakauer Reaches Lobuju at 16,000 feet.
Jon Krakauer Reaches Lobuju at 16,000 feet. -
Jon Krakauer reaches Everest Base Camp.
Jon Krakauer reaches everest base camp. -
Jon Krakauer reaches Camp one at 19,500 feet.
Jon Krakauer reaches Camp one at 19,500 feet. -
Rest at camp one
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Jon Krakauer starts to ascend to camp 1.
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Rest at camp one
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Rest at camp one
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Jon Krakauer Begins second acclimization
Mountaineers climbing Everest establish five camps the base camp a camp 1-4. They then will move up, then down again, allowing their bodies to get used to the reduced oxygen level of the air. This is called acclimatization. Acclimatizing is essential to safely ascending to high altitudes. People Acclimatizing drink plenty of liquids and eat healthy food. They climb high and sleep low every day. Climbing high, then descending to lower altitudes allows the body to gain strength with fresh oxygen, -
Nawang has trouble walking.
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Everyone experiences edema at 24,000 feet.
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Nawang is sick with edema.
Edema is swelling that is caused by fluid trapped in your body’s tissues. Edema happens most often in the feet, ankles, and legs. Edema can occur as a result of gravity. It can occur from sitting or standing in one place for too long. -
Guide ropes need to be fixed at South Col.
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Nawang gets rushed down to Kathmadu.
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Jon Krakauer Reaches camp two at 21,300 feet.
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Jon Krakauer leaves base camp for the last time in attempt to reach camp three.
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A Boulder falls on Andy Harris's chest.
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Ficher and Halls leave Camp two heading to camp three.
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Jon Krakauer hasn't slept in 57 hours.
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Chen Nu-Yan
Chen Nu-Yan goes outside to go to the bathroom wearing only the liners of his boots. He slips on the ice and falls down the Lhotse Face. He falls into a Crevasse after only seventy feet, and survives. -
Jon Krakauer reachges camp three at 24,000 feet.
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Jon Krakauer has Ramen noodles and Peanut M&M's.
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Chen Nu-Yan
Chen Nu-Yan starts to decent the mountain but then gets pain and gets disoriented. He goes unconsious within minutes. The medics rush to get to him but when they arrived he was dead. -
Jon Krakauer reaches the balcony, 27,600 feet.
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Jon Krakauer reaches the Bottleneck at the hilary step approximately 2:10 P.M. waiting for rope to continue the clmb.
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Jon Krakauer Stands on summit for five minutes.
As the altitude increases, the oxygen content of the air decreases. At 9,800 feet there's about 2/3 of the oxygen in the air than at sea level. At 20,000 ft, there is about half the oxygen content in the air. At 29,035ft, the summit of Everest, there is only a third of the oxygen in the air. This means if you had no oxygen it would be very easy for you to die at the summit of Mount Everest. -
Jon Krakauer Reaches summit at 1:12 P.M. at 29,028 feet.
As the altitude increases, the oxygen content of the air decreases. At 9,800 feet there's about 2/3 of the oxygen in the air than at sea level. At 20,000 ft, there is about half the oxygen content in the air. At 29,035ft, the summit of Everest, there is only a third of the oxygen in the air. This means if you had no oxygen it would be very easy for you to die at the summit of Mount Everest. -
Jon Krakauer saw storm clouds at summit.
Blowing at over 180mph, the Jet Stream blasts the summit of Everest almost all year long. The Jet Stream is a constant wind force at 4 through 6 mph. Observers can tell when the Jet Stream is blowing on the summit of Everest from the giant stream of ice crystals extending out from the mountain. Those wanting to actually stand on the summit have to choose their timing carefully: the mountain is the least threatening in the beginning of May, when the Jet Stream is pushed north over Tibet from the -
On decent Jon Krakauer asks Harris to turn oxygen off so he can preserve his oxygen but harris accientally turns valve the wrong way and Jon Krakauers oxygen is gone within ten minutes.
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Jon Krakauer Brain activity slows down due to loss of oxygen.
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Jon Krakauer is 250 feet away from camp where there is a fresh supply of oxgen tanks but has to make it without a sufficient amount of oxygen.
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Gets a new canister of oxygen at 3 O'clock and notices that weather is starting to gt treacherous.
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Storm kills eight people.
The dangers to climbers of Everest include avalanches, crevasses, falling rocks and ice, winds up to 125 mph, sudden storms, temperatures of 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, weight loss/dehydration and oxygen deprivation. The storms on Everest have caused more deaths than anything else besides bad choices from the climbers. Some climbers rely on weather reports but sometimes they are wrong and they climb Everest and die. -
Rob Hall dies on decent.
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Jon Krakauer reaches camp four at 28,550 feet.
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Jon Krakauer Finds Namba and Weathers close to death.
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Frank and Lou decsend to camp four.
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They reach Everest Base Camp at 17,600 feet.
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Fischer is buried above South Col team regroups.
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IMAX expedition found Rob Halls body.
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Expedition Ends
