Blog # 2, Outside Reading Book

One of the main subjects, as well as problem, was fear. Fear was a big part of the story, because climbing everest was no easy feat. When climbers would get close to the top, they would be faced with fear as they look down a 26,000 ft face. This relates to me because i have had to deal with fear before as well. When i broke my collar bone for the third time skiing doing a cork 7. I was faced with a lot of fear the next year when i tried it again.

Blog # 1, Outside Reading

The book I am reading is Called Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer. This book is about a group of climbers, climbing everest that incountered one of the worst disasters that has ever occured on the mountain. It starts off by the author explaining how commercialization has drastically effected the mountain, and exbidtions up the mountain. It cost $75,000 a climb per person without gear or food. Commercialization is not good for the mountain because over time it is starting to become polluted from all of the people attempting to climb the mountain.