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Show August 1997 ee oe BEES ee Se saa eet Be cei siet’ 22; FD eye 2 4 oe haan te oe s oe er eee ES: 2 i = ft, oP DAA 2 oe ee aGAA Le ce i i. tite s Te Ls y in as Lae nec e se ee eeee ee OTe PatsBe TE bts Be Ee ae sinter — ee ee: oe os Krakauer’s Everest Part II by T. K. | couldn't help looking upward this May towards the 11,000-foot snowcapped peaks of the Wasatch. As high as the peks tower over the Salt Lake valley, they don't even begin to compare to the Himalayas. May is the month for Everest - the highest point on eee earth. dreds of climbers creating 26,000-feetplus traffic jams on the frozen ice and spring. Outside sent Krakauer with Hall’s rock. But almost no one expected the was a veritable circus with literally hun- tragedy to befall Hall’s charges. cial expedition. I was in Christchurch, capitalized on his journey by bringing a poignant message toa he was able to follow his climb broad range of readers.” safety before a two-day storm set in. Others, including Hall, were Hall’s hometown, on May 10, 1996. I vividly remember the — ! communiqué on CNN, and the corresponding bewilderment in the city when one of its own was lost on the unforgiving peak — fully able to converse with his wife in Christchurch through radio and satellite telephone while trapped high on Everest, but unable to be rescued and unable to survive — a victim of his own success. Perishing nearby were his friend and fellow leader Andy Harris of Queenstown, as well as his the mountain that day. Somehow, chief com- petitor Scott Fischer of Seattle. Hall also’ plan, best tool to build an enormous get back to and Tibet. The world will have a greater and I should respect for the native Sherpas. But it will cial travel to Everest — clients paying up not have been there,” said Krakauer to a to $65,000 to have Hall lead them to the world’s highest peak. In retrospect, Krakauer considers his decision a mistake. But he has capitalized on his journey by bringing a poignant message to a broad range of readers. | Commercialism on Everest has been growing since Dick Bass’ widelyacclaimed Seven Summits 10 years ago. There were concerns on the ethics of sell- jammed also mark another chapter in the termination of Everest as a final frontier in a kicker in the backcountry, dig your car out, and save your bro’ from being buried in an avalanche.... The Lifelink HMX D shovel and not so fortunate. “It was a mistake group to report on the boom in commer- Salt appearance Lake in Krakauer Salt City Lake slide City. show But _— world which today holds so few. had been sent to tell a_ story. He told it in Outside and told it again Into Thin Air he in — much to the chagrin of the fami- SNOWBIRD The summit, or Hall’s commer- all the problems and pitfalls of commercial adventure travel, it is those very pitfalls which has made adventure travel a booming industry in the past decade. Practical or not, you will want to go to Everest after you read Krakauer’s book. That was surely not his intent. But the world will also have a greater perspective on the mountains between Nepal ad Zealander Rob it almost popularizes the notion of commercial travel to Everest. While it tells of Krakauer, while a veteran climber, had no high-altitude experience. He was, in fact, one of the least experienced on noted Outside magazine writer Ais decision a mistake. But he has Jon Krakauer accompanied the ill-fated journey of New has ever been told. Ironically, if anything, ee “In retrospect, Krakauer considers lies of many involved. | Into Thin Air is one of those journals you will simply not put down for its nearly 300-pages. It is no surprise that it has skyrocketed in popularity. It grips you with every word as it tells a story of life and a story of death as vividly as it ee ing the peak, and concerns of safety. It seemed that nearly everyone on the mountain expected a disaster to occur someday. May was no longer a time when a lone expedition sought the summit — it Krakauer, a lifelong climber and carpenter-turned-journalist, doesn’t seem that comfortable with his fame. His /nto Thin Air has climbed to the top of the New York Times Best Sellers List and his celebrated book tour has resulted in jammed stores and hours-long lines this hy subsides for a few weeks, a few hours or a few minutes — allowing those so destined to seek its challenging peak. May is a month of triumph and tragedy on Everest. A month of exhilaration and death. Few even noticed the halfdozen deaths on Everest this May. And not all that many would have noticed the deaths a year ago, in May, 1996 had it not been that lost two of his client climbers. po. peak MR the jet stream AEN when the 29,062-foot PATA It’s the month which pummels THE LODGE AT SNOWRBIRD A completely furnished one bedroom, two bath condo. 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