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The Journey Starts
Jon Krakauer is told that there is room for him in Rob Halls group climbing up Everest -
The Guides
Jon meets Rob Hall, Mike Groom, and Andy Harris. -
Ceremony at base camp
The group reaches Tengboche, the largest, most important buddhist monastery in Khumbu -
Camp 1
The group reaches camp one, and the day before Jon had his 42nd birthday -
Ropes
The guide ropes need to be fixed on camp 2 -
Oxygen
The group gets to camp 3 and gets oxygen -
Lhotse Face
The group is able to get to the Lhotse Face after being held back by bad weather. A climber falls off the Lhotse Face, he survives the fall but dies descending -
The Summit
The group gets hit by a blizzard on the summit -
LOSS
Rob Hall dies shortly after calling his wife. The group also find out Andy was gone -
8 confirmed
8 people are confirmed dead from the group -
Finally
The group reaches the bottom of the mountain