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Everest Summit, May 10, 1996, 29,028 Feet. 333 pages
Non-fiction: Autobiographical account--1-21 pages; total (21) Krakauer talks about his involvement in the expedition in the Everest disaster as a reporter and gives the history of Mount Everest. -
pages 1-21, 21 pages total
Krakauer talks about the disaster he is going to wirte about and the history of the climbing of Mt. Everest. -
pages 22-46, 46 pages total
Krakauer tells about how he became involved in climbing Everest and describes the beginning of his trip to accomplish it. -
pages 46-80, 80 total pages
Krakauer tells about:sherpas, getting to base camp, various climbers, and his teammates. They are now heading for Camp 1 which is 2000 feet above base camp. -
pages81-100, 100 pages
Krakauer's group is heading up to Camp1, and he is describing the other groups that are making the climb. -
pages 101-126, 126 total pages
Krakauer describes staying at Camp1 for 2 nights and going up to Camp 2 for one night. He also describes the death of a sherpa that happened on the trip. -
pages 127-151, 151 pages
Krakauer describes: going to Camp3, beliefs of Sherpas, bad weather, and the final acclimitization process in order to prepare to attempt the summit. -
pages 151-173, 173 pages total
They are starting their ascent to the summit, and Krakauer talks about the controversy over using bottled oxygen. -
pages 173-206, 206 total pages
Krakauer makes the summit, but he describes many issues and problems of the ascent and descent. -
pages 206-221, 221 pages total
There are deadly problems on the mountain as a blizzard starts, and climbers are lost and/or stranded. -
pages 221-251, 251 pages total
2 guides and 3 climbera are now dead. -
pages 251-276, 276 paes total
Everyone is struggling to deal with the tragedy and their own health issues, and someone who was left for dead actually comes back into camp! -
pages 276-295, 295 pags total
Krakauer is back home and trying to deal with survivor's guilt. He also explains some ways that people discussed to avoid such a disaster again. -
pages 296-333, 333 pges total
Krakauer ends the book by saying how Everest still haunts him. Then he defends his book against another book written about this disaster called, The Climb.