tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393767047761198934.post8854667212838727361..comments2014-07-09T00:29:40.725-04:00Comments on Reading the Extreme in World Adventure Narratives: Everest! ...Everest?jashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04174652571648541889noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393767047761198934.post-63132023461729804032013-02-21T12:30:09.946-05:002013-02-21T12:30:09.946-05:00I definitely felt the same way. It seems like Krak...I definitely felt the same way. It seems like Krakauer didn't get much out of his adventure. At least some of the others on his expedition had a new found appreciation for life. It didn't feel to me like Krakauer had anything positive to say, despite the anticipation for the climb he describes in his first few chapters. I know it's wrong to assume authorial intent in any way, but do you think maybe this was Krakauer's attempt at discouraging a climb up Everest? He never comes out and blatantly says do or don't, so I feel we have to look for other clues within the text. Maybe this is evidence of his being on the side of don't?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146437335794972624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393767047761198934.post-51469404755230165622013-02-20T21:14:56.625-05:002013-02-20T21:14:56.625-05:00I think you make a really good point about the exp...I think you make a really good point about the expectation of mountains in opposition to their reality. I, too, expected many of the texts of this course to be like re-treads of Shelley's "Mont Blanc" ("and above it stood Mont Blanc in all its awful majesty"). But what's interesting about the notion of the "sublime," particularly in regards to Shelley, is that he never climbed the mountain he was so in awe of. And here we are, "armchair adventurers," expecting a sublime, awe-inspiring experience, and what we are instead left with is drudgery at best and death at works. Which of course begs my favorite question-"Is it worth it?"Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070619566410583743noreply@blogger.com