Summary Of Into Thin Air

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There are over two hundred bodies of ambitious climbers that will forever be stuck on Mount Everest. In the text, "Into Thin Air", John Krakauer talks about the decisions that can lead to tragic outcomes. The two decisions on the expedition that led to the tragic outcome were first ignoring the predetermined turn-around time and also not carrying supplemented oxygen. One decision on the expedition that led to a tragic outcome was to ignore the predetermined turnaround time. This is evident in the text when the author states, "I want to get this thing done and out of my life," he told me a couple of days earlier. I don't want to have to come back here." Indeed, Hansen had reached the top this time, though not until after 3 P.M., well after Hall's