Monday, March 16, 2009

30,000 feet (prompt 1, chapter 3)

What I do not like about chapter 3 is basically what I have thought of the book so far. It seems to move slowly and is worded in a way that I am not used to with the exceptions of The Motorcycle Diaries of Che Guevara. What I really like that Jon Krakauer does with his books is before every chapter he adds some type of writing that is not his. For example in chapter 3 it starts out with a letter from a man. On page 36 he talk about how Mt. Everest is as high as the jet he traveled on, which made me tremble in fear and can only imagine what he is feeling in that position. I also like in chapter 3 when they stay at the hotel where other climbers stay when they compare themselves to that legacy of mountain climbing.

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