Transcript Chapter 12-14 Reading Questions

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
• Grab your journal and your book.
• Take out your study guide and flip to
the side with the character chart.
• Write down one thing about each
character, anything you can
remember, and be prepared to
share.
Sandy Hill
Pittman
Scott
Fischer
Beck Weathers
Doug
Hansen
Jon
Krakauer
Andy
Harris
Rob Hall
• Chapter 12 (starts on pg. 167)
1. What factors had caused Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa to push himself
to exhaustion both below and above Camp Four?
2. As Krakauer waited in the night at Camp Four for his summit bid,
what were his thoughts about his relationship both to other
members of his own expedition, as well to others who would
make summit bids the next day?
3. What does Krakauer write is being done about the approximately
1,000 discarded oxygen canisters that littered Camp Four?
• Chapter 13 (starts on pg. 181)
1. What were some of the factors that lead to the bottlenecks
between Camp 4 and the summit?
2. Why was Krakauer critical of Boukreev in this section of the
climb?
3. Describe Krakauer's feelings about his climb both before and at
the moment of his summit.
• Chapter 14 (starts on pg. 193)
1. What transpired at the South Summit amongst Krakauer, Andy
Harris, and Mike Groom that Krakauer later feels guilty for?
2. What mistakes did Beck Weathers make that he would later
regret?
3. What mistake did Krakauer make with Beck Weathers that he too
would later regret?