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Into Thin Air Questions
Pages 7-27
1. Why didn’t Krakauer climb down the fixed rope?
People were already climbing up the rope, he couldn’t descend.
2.Why did Krakauer run out of oxygen so fast?
Harris had accidentally fully opened his oxygen tank valve, which drained his oxygen tank.
3. What discovered the highest mountain in the world?
A Bengali computer named Radhanath Sikhdar.
4. Who was the first person to reach the top of Everest?
Hillary and Tenzing were the first climbers ever to reach the top of Everest.
5. Who made Krakauer’s trip to the Everest possible?
Outside magazine paid the fee for him and made his trip possible.
Pages 31-51
6. Who greeted Jon at the airport?
Andy Harris, one of Hall’s guides.
7.Who was Hall’s partner for his hiking adventures?
Gary Ball was his closest partner.
8. What business did Hall and Ball create?
They created business in which they helped people climb mountains.
9. How did Gary Ball die?
His brain got swollen from going into such high altitudes.
10. Who was the expedition's third guide?
Mike Groom, a thirty three year old Australian.
Pages 51-71
11. Who is Hall’s wife?
His wife is Jan Arnold and they met as Hall was going through Pheriche, they climbed mountains together. 12. Why did the group have to stay in Lobuje longer than usual?
They had to stay in that gross place longer because Tenzing, one of the worker, had fallen and had become injured.
13. Who was Kami Rita and what happened to him?
He was a working sherpa that had been very incautious and had fallen 2,000 feet and had died.
14. What happened to Andy?
He had gotten food poisoning and had gotten extremely bad nausea and diarrhea.
15. Who is Scott Fischer?
Fischer is the owner of Mountain Madness, another business that takes people climbing. Fischer and Hall competed each other to get Krakauer on their expedition but Hall ended up winning because he offered a better deal to Outside magazine.
Pages 71-91
16. What kinds of sicknesses did Krakauer start getting?
The
Pages 7-27
1. Why didn’t Krakauer climb down the fixed rope?
People were already climbing up the rope, he couldn’t descend.
2.Why did Krakauer run out of oxygen so fast?
Harris had accidentally fully opened his oxygen tank valve, which drained his oxygen tank.
3. What discovered the highest mountain in the world?
A Bengali computer named Radhanath Sikhdar.
4. Who was the first person to reach the top of Everest?
Hillary and Tenzing were the first climbers ever to reach the top of Everest.
5. Who made Krakauer’s trip to the Everest possible?
Outside magazine paid the fee for him and made his trip possible.
Pages 31-51
6. Who greeted Jon at the airport?
Andy Harris, one of Hall’s guides.
7.Who was Hall’s partner for his hiking adventures?
Gary Ball was his closest partner.
8. What business did Hall and Ball create?
They created business in which they helped people climb mountains.
9. How did Gary Ball die?
His brain got swollen from going into such high altitudes.
10. Who was the expedition's third guide?
Mike Groom, a thirty three year old Australian.
Pages 51-71
11. Who is Hall’s wife?
His wife is Jan Arnold and they met as Hall was going through Pheriche, they climbed mountains together. 12. Why did the group have to stay in Lobuje longer than usual?
They had to stay in that gross place longer because Tenzing, one of the worker, had fallen and had become injured.
13. Who was Kami Rita and what happened to him?
He was a working sherpa that had been very incautious and had fallen 2,000 feet and had died.
14. What happened to Andy?
He had gotten food poisoning and had gotten extremely bad nausea and diarrhea.
15. Who is Scott Fischer?
Fischer is the owner of Mountain Madness, another business that takes people climbing. Fischer and Hall competed each other to get Krakauer on their expedition but Hall ended up winning because he offered a better deal to Outside magazine.
Pages 71-91
16. What kinds of sicknesses did Krakauer start getting?
The