I think that Krakauer's choice in title is very clever. Into Thin Air references both their journey to the summit of Everest as well as summing up the treacherousness of the trip. When I think of thin air I not only think of climbing and high altitudes, but I conjure up images of a dangerous trip. I also think that there is a certain level of vanishing in the title. When someone wants to explain how something vanishes, they usually say that that something vanishes into thin air. The many men that died on the Everest trip can be said to have vanished into thin air.
If I had to come up with my own title, I would have a difficult time coming up with something as clever as Krakauer. Something like The Everest Calamity could work because I believe it successfully sums up what occurred on the mountain. My overall impression of the novel is that the entire trip was a disaster and I think that this should be included in the title. The name of Krakauer's article that was published in Outsider magazine was "The Mess on Everest" and this seems to be more similar to my title that I proposed.
Overall, I like Krakauer's title and I wouldn't change it, but if I had to I would make it include something about how the entire thing was a disaster.
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