Jon Krakauer

  • Landed at Kathmandu , India

    Landed at Kathmandu , India
    how to climb everest In order for you to climb Mt. Everest, you have to pay the government of Nepal a large sum of money. They feel that you should have to pay them as an insurance risk to climb Everest. One part of the deal is that as you are climbing and as you desecent you have to pick up a certain amout of garbage.
  • Receive base camp information

    Receive base camp information
    There are two main base camps that people use when they climb Mt. Everest. There is a south base camp, to climb the southeast ridge. and a north base camp to climb the northeast ridge. Jon has never been above 17,000 feet untill there base camp was above 17,200 feet.
  • Reports of a severe weather, trip delayed

  • working out final details of the trip

    Jon was at his base camp for 5 days before they started the journey. he walked up to the ice ridge and for the first time h felt like he was on the mountain. he looked down and he said that all you see are tents. it looks like there must be 600 people here
  • The Journey Began

    The Journey Began
    Jon was there for five nights and there climbed the ice fall. When the began to climb he started to feel out of breath, as the altitude increased. On there climb they had a medic, the medic carried a box of supplies that would alow him to treat simply cuts, bruiese, and frost bit. Otthers that were more severe would have to sent back down the mountain and receive more medical attention.
  • Reached 9,200 feet

  • reached 16,000 feet , Khumbu Glacier, 12 miles of ice

    reached 16,000 feet , Khumbu Glacier, 12 miles of ice
  • reached 16,200 feet, The Labuje

  • Arrived at Base camp and had a Puja ceremony

    Arrived at Base camp and had a Puja ceremony
  • reach everest base camp 17,600 feet

    reach everest base camp 17,600 feet
  • resting after passage through ice fall

    The ice fall is a portion of some glaciers that are characterized by rapid flow. The word ice fall comes from the word waterfall, the decided to call them the icefall becasue there is a rapid movment of glaciers.
  • Spent night at camp 1

    Spent night at camp 1
  • Descent to the lower ice fall

  • team acclimatizes at camp 2

  • Nawang sick with edema, very sick

    The sickness of Edma is a acumolation of liquid under the skin of ones body. One of the many reasons that he could have reviced this diease is beacuse you can get it from an increase in pressure. From climbing the moutian as he gained alttutide, the pressure on his body became more extreme. When a person is digunosed with Edema you may begin to notice weight gain, puffy eye lids and sweeling of the legs. Edema cannot be cured. The only way to treat it is to treat the condition that is causing it
  • guide ropes needed to be fixed at south col

    guide ropes needed to be fixed at south col
  • Nawang rushed to Kathmandu

  • team now stable (o2) at camp 3,24,000 feet

  • descended back to base camp 2 for a rest

  • fischer's crew is looking strong

    fischer's crew is looking strong
  • left camp 2,21,300 feet

    left camp 2,21,300 feet
  • reach camp 3

  • reach 27,600 feet, Balcony

  • reach summit, 29,028 feet

  • 1:17 pm, begin descent

  • Scott Fischer and Rob Haul were stranded on Mt. Everest

    Scott Fischer and Rob Haul were stranded on Mt. Everest
    Scott FIscher and Rob Haul were stranded on Mt. Everest after a strom came throuht the mountain. Many told Rob Haul to abbanded Scott Fischer becasue we was an under experinced climber, and rob was one of the top in the world. Rob refused to abbanded him. So both rob and scott were stuck on top of Everest. Rob called his wife for the last time, they disscused the name of there first born son. That was the last time that anybody ever heard from Rob Haul and Scott FIscher again.
  • 8 confirmed dead on everest

    8 confirmed dead on everest
    Between May 12 and May 13th 8 were confirmed dead including the group leader Rob Haul, 15 entire people died that climbing season making it the deadliest sinlge year in Everest history.
  • fischer buried above south col as the team regroups

  • new leader beidelman pieceas toghter disaster