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PRE-COURSE READING EXTRACTS FROM INTO THIN AIR – JON KRAKAUER (1997) Background to the 1996 Everest Expedition In the early 1990’s Rob Hall made a considerable name for himself in the mountaineering fraternity by summitting the highest mountains on each of the seven continents in only seven months. In an attempt to capitalise on this and generate long term prospects in professional climbing, he and a partner established a company called Adventure Consultants. This company would specialise in high altitude guiding – taking paying clients up and back down the ‘seven-summits’. Convinced that the