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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.
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Krakauer talks about the disaster he is going to wirte about and the history of the climbing of Mt. Everest.
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Krakauer tells about how he became involved in climbing Everest and describes the beginning of his trip to accomplish it.
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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.
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Krakauer's group is heading up to Camp1, and he is describing the other groups that are making the climb.
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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.
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Krakauer describes: going to Camp3, beliefs of Sherpas, bad weather, and the final acclimitization process in order to prepare to attempt the summit.
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They are starting their ascent to the summit, and Krakauer talks about the controversy over using bottled oxygen.
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Krakauer makes the summit, but he describes many issues and problems of the ascent and descent.
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There are deadly problems on the mountain as a blizzard starts, and climbers are lost and/or stranded.
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2 guides and 3 climbera are now dead.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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