I connect to the quote “You think about that little baby of yours. You’re going to see it’s face in a couple months, so keep going” because he knows that Wilton is giving up from the fear in his voice and Krakauer reminds him of his child as motivation and to not give up. I relate to this because whenever i’m going through a rough time i always remember something that motivates me and that is what I work for in order to be successful.

Three quotes that spoke to me were “As i gazed numbly at the sky, it seemed to have turned a preternaturally pale shade of blue, bleached of all but the faintest remnant of color” and “I dragged my haggard ass into camp Two around 1:30 p.m. Although by any rational standard I was still at high altitude.

To me gratitude means to always be kind or return kindness to others and to be great full for what you have.

Gratitude has come in to play in my life many times. In volleyball out coach has a talk with us every year about Grit and Gratitude not just in volleyball but all the time. Coach Miser explains that having Gratitude will get you so much further in life just by being kind and doing the right thing even when no one is looking. To be a leader Gratitude is very important to have and to give. In volleyball practice we practice gratitude all the time such as when a ball is shanked and rolls across the gym both you and your partner run to get the ball together or when someone else’s ball is closest to you, stop what you’re doing and grab their ball. Small acts such as doing something nice for someone in return is a great way to have gratitude and it’s not thought about as much as it should be

“The wind kicked up huge swirling waves of powder snow that washed down the mountain like breaking surf, plastering my clothing with frost. A carapace of ice formed over my goggles, making it difficult to see. I began to lose feeling in my feet. My fingers turned to wood. It seemed increasingly unsafe to keep going up in these conditions. I was at the head of the line.” (Krakauer 129). Jon Krakauer was the individual who said this quote. The quote was not said to any person specifically, it was said as a thought that Jon Krakauer was having to give a better understanding of the situation. The context of this quote was to better explain what was happening to his body while climbing this mountain that he has been dreaming and preparing to climb for a very long time and explaining the reality and feelings that he is feeling and seeing while on this difficult challenge. He uses literary devices in this quote such as imagery when he says “waves of powder snow that washed down the mountain like breaking surf” as a way to try to help the reader imagine how the hard and fast the snow was moving on the mountain while they were climbing and to also help to try to imagine the harsh conditions. Jon Krakauer added this quote to put emphasis on the conditions that he had been facing on this climb that he has been planning for a long time. Possibly not expecting these conditions in this situation, Jon Krakauer is in a rough predicament but in the quote is still explains that he is at the head of the line and is not giving up on doing what he came to do and it shows that he is pushing through to climb the biggest mountain ever and is going to continue no matter what the conditions are

Sofia Garcia

Villegas-4

English 2

In the book Into Thin Air Krakauer talks about the harsh conditions their bodies were facing while on their Mount Everest expedition. He uses the quote ¨By morning my eyes were burning and bloodshot, my nostrils were clogged with black soot, and I´d developed a dry, persistent hack that would stay with me until the end of the expedition¨ (Krakauer 54). This quote is relate able to me because one time I went camping with my whole family over night when I was younger I had gotten very sick and it was the most miserable thing i had every experienced. I needed rest and medicine but there was not any that my parental guardians had brought along this family bonding trip. As the outdoor camping trip went on i began to get even more sick and being in the outdoors did not make it better. Being in the outdoors and not having anything to make me feel normal again and not sick was a terrible feeling and you feel very helpless and tired. When you are placed in a situation in that type of environmental place all you want to do is go home and take a bath and sleep for hours. I can not imagine being that ill and on top of the biggest mountain ever. Being sick is not fun, especially when you’re in an unusual environment, and that environment was the cause of you getting sick. The way Krakauer was explaining his health in that condition was just as bad as the environment condition and he wasn’t even to the top yet so he still had a way to go and couldn’t turn back just because he was getting sick. Unlike me my family decided to go home as soon as i began to get worse.

My vlog starts off with what I have spent most my life doing with is volleyball with all my best friends that i’m always weird with. Next is my new puppy named Junebug she takes up most of my time with all her energy but I love her. Last is just what I do in my free time if I have any and I just hangout with my friends.

We out here in French Polynesia, a beautiful lagoon that is also a very relaxing travel spot. Here in paradise i have been hammocking in some coconut trees, swimming with dolphins, parasailing, adventuring in caves, and relaxing on the beautiful sparkling white sand and laying in the sun. It is such a breathtaking view no matter where you are.

To: Kingwood Park high school

From: French Polynesia

“Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer is a novel about a personal account of a Mount Everest Disaster. It starts off as a man climbing Mount Everest and experiencing all of the miserable things about the climb. Krakauer explains the fantasizing moment but also the 6 weeks of pain and energy being taken for the one moment of being at the summit of Mount Everest.

Krakauer explains in his book the pain he was feeling during the roughest part of the climb. he then reaches the summit of Everest and does not even have the energy to realize his accomplishment and that feeling was not what he was expecting at that moment. “I understood on some dim, detached level that the sweep of earth beneath my feet was a spectacular sight. I’d been fantasizing about this moment, and the release of emotion that would accompany it, for many months. But now that I was finally here, actually standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn’t summon the energy to care.”

Just like Krakauer was feelings at that moment, the tiredness and miserable feelings is relatable to me with volleyball. It was almost the end of the season and we had made it to the State Tournament. When we finally made it to our hotel and slept for a few hours we began to work for that win. It was the last game of the tournament to determine if we were state champions. We ended up beating the team in 3 games! But we were all so delusional that it took us a few days to realize that we were state champions. In the moment it was cool butte were not able to realize how amazing, important and valuable that accomplishment was. Can tiredness affect how we view things in life at the moment? Yes it can because we knew that winning was something we needed to do and that was our goal but then after taking time to think about that accomplishment made us realize that working for something hard enough can get you there so that experience taught everyone something very important and new that everyone needs to know and learn about.

Three songs that i am able to relate to are “Young, Wild & Free” by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa (ft. Bruno Mars), “Weekend” by Mac Miller (ft. Miguel), and “Bad and Boujee” by Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert).

In “Young, Wild & Free” the lyrics say “Uh, now i’m chilling fresh outta class feeling like i’m on my own and I could probably own the building Got my own car, no job, no children” and i like these lyrics because i don’t like being in class and it is the best feeling when you’re finally able to leave even though i have nothing better to do. The song also says “…We’re just having fun we don’t care who sees so what? We go out That’s how it’s suppose to be Living young and wild and free” i really just love this and can relate to it 100% because I feel like we should be able to have as much fun as we can while we are young. We only have a limited time and we shouldn’t care what other people think about our decisions and actions as long as you are making good memories and only worrying about yourself.

My next song that i really love and relate to is “Weekend” by Mac Miller. This song talks about being stressed with everything in life and not knowing what to do but knows the weekend will take all that stress away and make things better. A lyric I love is “Too much on my plate Lord I need me a break But i’ll be good by the weekend Everything good by the weekend” because with all the stress I deal with on the daily this song helps me realize the weekend is coming and will help me relax.

The last song is “Bad and Boujee” and this song hypes me up because it says “Boy, you so fake like my collar you snakin; I swear to God that be that Gucci, aye And you know we winnin’ Yeah, we is not losin’ ” this lyric hits home because I love to have nice things such as Gucci and it makes me feel boujee and I like to win because I am a very competitive person.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton