The speaker’s words silenced the audience as he began, “On the night of May 10, 1996 a blizzard swept over Mount Everest, striking more than thirty mountain climbers with heavy snow, subzero temperatures, and unbelievably strong winds. In the next twenty-four hours, eight of the climbers, including three professional guides were dead. This night would become the most ill fated attempt ever to summit Mount Everest.” “Among these climbers was a 49-year old Dallas pathologist and …showed first 75 words of 1454 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1454 total…who feel they can conquer the world…(Krakauer, 286). Works Cited Associated Press. “Pathologist recovers from Everest Ordeal”. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 5 November 1997. http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/051297/patholog.html (22 September 1999) Encarta 96 Encyclopedia. Dictionary. Everett: Microsoft, 1995. Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air. New York: Villard Books, 1997. Libsy. “Surviving and Flourishing”. 18 September 1998. http://home.earthlink.net/~iwonder/thoughts.html (22 September 1999) Mudge, Alden. “Into Thin Air”. Book Page Nonfiction Review. 18 August 1999. http://www.bookpage.com/greetingsandreadings/9705bp/nonfiction/intothinair.html (22 September 1999)