I believe that the cover art for the movie "The Perfect Storm" sums up what happened on the summit of Everest in this novel. In the movie, a combination of events leads to what people call "the perfect storm" which leads to the demise of the entire crew of a vessel. I thought of this movie because a similar set of circumstances happen in the novel. The perfect storm in the book exists as well as the climbers were unprepared and the weather conditions were perfect for disaster. Just as the climbers were making their final push the storms struck and devastated the climbers. From the very beginning of the novel when Krakauer talks about the disaster, I took note of all the things along the way that contributed to it. Perhaps the entire thing could have been avoided with the slightest change in discretion. In one of my earlier posts, Krakauer mentions his apprehension regarding the skill level of some of the climbers. If instead of only thinking these thoughts, he had acted on them, then the entire disaster could have been avoided.
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