Into Thin Air timeline

Into Thin Air Timeline

By Ava and Winter

Chapter 21

-May 13 Jon comes down the final slope

-While waiting for his second flight Jon was approached by Yasukos husband and brother

-Jon turns to Marijuana to soothe his deepening depression

Chapter 20

-May 12th Jon catches up to the rest of his team during the descent and practically saves Stuart Hutchinson's life

-Lopsang Jangbu claims that Scott Fischers death is his fault and that he is "bad luck"

-Makalu Gau was rushed into a makeshift E.R

Chapter 19

Chapter 18

Chapter 19 begins at the South Col on May 11th at 7:30 A.M. by this time, Krakaur is physically and emotionally wrecked. They debate the departure to Camp 2, but Tas

-3 members of a northern Indian team radioed that they had made it "to the top"

-2 members of a Japanese team passed the Indian team that appeared dead

-30 minutes below the summit Rob Hall is fight for his life

Chapter 10

Chapter 17

-Everyone except Doug Hansen attempt to climb to base camp 3

-We are first introduced to Beck Weathers

-We get a glimpse of what HACE is like

Chapter 17 takes place at the summit at 3:40 P.M. of May 10th. Doug Hansen was determined to get to the top because a year before this Hall had turned him around on the South Summit. Being denied so close to the top was a crushing disappointment to him. At 4:30 Hall called down to say Hansen was out of oxygen and unable to move. By the time they got possesion of two oxygen cannisters the valves on his mask were so choked with ice that he couldn't get the gas to flow. Hansen's body was never found.

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 starts off on April 26th, Rob Hall's plan for the day is to climb from Camp Two, to Camp Three and spend the night at 24,000 feet. In this chapter we are told about the events that lead up to the death of Ngawang Topche. The Sherpas believed the death was revenge from the mountain because of all of the unmarried sex that was happening on the mountain. Ngawang had been sick with HAPE complicated by tuberculosis or some other pre-existing pulmonary condition, he later died on June 6th of 1996 after being sick for quite some time.

Chapter 16

-May 11th Andy is discovered to be missing

-Jon discovers that he never actually saw Andy and that he just caused someone unnecessary heartache

-Jon is left with the question of what happened to Andy

Chapter 3

Chapter 15

Chapter 6

Chapter 15 begins at the Summit at 1:25 P.M. on May 10th. In this chapter Boukreev shows extremely unorthodox behavior for a guide, by 5:00 P.M. he was in his tent resting and drinking tea while his teammates were still out struggling down through the clouds. They finally reached camp at 4:30 A.M. There Beidleman received the news that Madsen and Yasuko hadn't made it, and therefor broke down and wept for forty-five minutes.

Chapter 14

At the beginning of chapter 3, Krakaur is on the Thai Air flight to Kathmandu. In this chapter, we are introduced to Rob Hall. After 3 attempts, Hall made it to the summit of Everest in May of 1990, by this time he was a full time professional climber. It talks about multiple of Hall's great achievements such as in 1992 when Hall and Ball led six clients to the summit of Everest, only 2 years after he became a full time professional climber.

April 12- Krakuaers 42 birthday

April 13- a one day round trip to camp one

1963- Someone was killed by an avalanche

-May 10th Jon reaches the summit and spends no more than 5 minutes there

-Jon runs out of Oxygen and Andy is persist that there is no oxygen at the south summit

-In 1993 Mike Groom's climbing partner and Tenzin Norgay's nephew fell to his death

Chapter 8

Chapter 13

Chapter 4

April 16th- They headed to the Icefalls

1984- Ang Dorje caught the interest of a Canadian that began supporting him

1992- Ang dorje began working for Rob Hall as a sherpa

Chapter 13 takes place on May 10th, on the Southeast Ridge. Rob made it very clear how important it was to put up the ropes, however no Sherpas left the South Col ahead of them at May 9th to do so. At around 1:00 Krakaur reaches the summit. He explains how any impulse he might have felt towards self-congratulation, was extinguished by overwhelming apprehension about the long, dangerous descent that lay ahead.

Chapter 2

In Chapter 4 we get a brief glimpse of how the natives or anyone that looks like a native gets treated by clients, we also read about the commercialization of Everest and how its changed the surrounding villages with a boom of buisness, we also get to hear about Krakauers encounter with a reincarnation of an ancient and illustrious lama.

Chapter 7

Chapter 12

In chapter 2 we learn how Everest was first discovered to be the tallest mountain in the world, and we learn about the first expeditioners to attempt to summit Everest and the first people actually summit Everest. We hear about Krakauers childhood, and how and why he managed to get himself in this situation.

May 9th- Krakauer isn't feeling well, lethargic and groggy after a night of no sleep

-Bruce Herrod from the South african team comes down with hypothermia

-Krakauer feels disconnected from the rest of his team

Chapter 7 takes place in April, at Camp One. It talks about some of the other teams on the mountain. One event told about the Taiwanese, was in 1995 the same team now on Everest, traveled to climb Mount McKinley. In this process, nine reached the summit, and on the descent seven were caught in a storm which initiated a costly, hazardous rescue by the National Park Service. Another team talked about is the South Africans. They were the first South African expedition ever to be granted a permit to climb Everest, they were a mixed-race group that aspired to put the first black person on the summit.

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 starts out on April 8th. They are on their third night at the village. In this Chapter we are told more about Fischer and Hall. Fischer attempted Everest four times, and finally reached the top in 1994 but not in the role of a guide. Fischer and Hall had a cemented bond since 1992, when they bumped into eachother on K2.

Chapter 1

Chapter 11

The beginning of chapter 11 starts off on May 6th. They leave Base Camp at 4:30 A.M. to commence their summit bid. In this chapter we are told a bit about Goran Kropp. Goran left Stockholm on October 16th, 1995. He was on a bicycle carrying 240 pounds of gear planning on traveling round-trip from sea level in Sweden, to the top of Everest entirely under his own power. He'd arrived at the foot of Everest in early April, and then on May 1rst departed base camp for the top.

In Chapter 1, we get a look at the future and we get a preview of the events to come. It gives us a hint that the journey will not be as he first expected. Many events reviewed in this chapter take place mid book, and will be listed later on.