Into Thin Air Final Summit

  • Fischer summits at 3:40

    With Lopsang waiting for him, Fischer finally summits at 3:40 and heads back down the mountain at 3:55, removing his oxygen mask.
  • Gau arrives a few minutes after Fischer

  • Doug Hansen summits at 4:00 PM

    Even though it was two hours past the turnaround time, Hall waits for Doug Hansen to summit and then goes back down the mountain with him
  • Doug Hansen is radioed in from Rob Hall as dead

  • Krakauer and others summit before 2:00 PM

    Krakauer, Andy Harris, Klev Shoening, Beidleman and Boukreev all summit and turn back
  • Sandy Pittman and others come in right after 2:00 PM

    Sandy Pittman, Mike Groom, Rob Hall and Yasuko Namba summit a little later than 2:00 PM
  • During the storm, climbers are stranded on the mountain

    Boukreev eventually finds Sandy Pittman, Beck Weathers, Charlotte Fox, and Yasuko Namba. He presumes Namba is dead and Beck Weathers is blown off the mountain, so he only takes Sandy Pittman and Charlotte Fox down the summit
  • Krakauer looks for the missing Andy Harris

    At 6:00 AM that morning Krakauer goes out to look for Andy Harris, who, contrary to his report, did not return to camp safely. Krakauer finds footprints and realizes that Andy Harris had accidentally walked into an abyss.
  • Rob Hall dies after never leaving the South Summit

  • Fischer dies and Gau is brought down the mountain