Into_Thin_Air_and_H.M.S._Titanic

From the story, “Into Thin Air” and “R.M.S. Titanic” had had a very terrible tragedy ending. Both of these stories were non-fiction and have happened a long time ago, “Into Thin Air” happened in 1996 and “R.M.S. Titanic” happened in 1912. Jon Krakauer took a group of unexperienced people with him to the mountains and they did not notice that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. While he found shelter his other group members did not make it back to their camp. The captain knew that he and his crew had to look out for an iceberg but he ordered more speed. One of the first lifeboats to leave the titanic carried only 28 people; it could have held 64 people. One of the problems from “Into Thin Air” is that they did not take precautions. When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he had not slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned that six of his fellow climbers had not made it back to their camp and were desperately struggling for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated. Well the solution for this problem would be that they should have been more cautious of what they were doing and looking out that the things that are surrounding them. Clearly, the climbers were not looking at the sky while climbing; probably if they have notice, they would have stop and rest. After the storm was over or what the climate was, they could have gone out of the tent or the shelter that they were in. In addition, they should have a way to communicate with each other in case of an emergency or anything at all. This way the other climbers could help the others and would survive. The second problem from “Into Thin Air” is that they did not carry enough supplies. While Mr. Krakauer recoiled from such sights, his mind was also full of other concerns: ''I was not sure what to make of my fellow clients. In outlook and experience, they were nothing like the hard-core climbers with whom I usually went into the mountains. But they seemed like nice, decent folks.'' Among them were a ''gentlemanly lawyer'' from Michigan, a 56-year-old Australian anesthesiologist, a 47-year-old Japanese woman (who was bagging the highest peaks on each continent and would be left behind on this one) and an American postal worker who had almost conquered Everest the previous year. The other climbers that he was with, no mountaineering experience and had paid $65,000 each, excluding airfare and equipment costs. The answer for this trouble would be that Jon Krakauer should have had an experienced group. He should have had an experienced trainer or helper with him and his group to help them out when they are climbing the mountain. In addition, because the other climbers had paid $65,000 each, excluding airfare and equipment costs they did have kind of enough equipments but not experience. Having walkie-talkies is part of a supplies because that why they could communicate and help each other at the mountains. A problem that “R.M.S Titanic” had was that they did not pay attention to the warning that other ships have warned Titanic. The captain knew that he and his crew had to look out for an iceberg but he ordered more speed. Even though he knew that, there was an iceberg and his crew had to look out. The telegrapher that the Titanic had fell asleep when another ship tried to warn Titanic about the iceberg. Probably if he did not fell asleep, probably the Titanic would not have sink and many people would not have die. An explanation would be that the captain should have slowed down and keep a real close eye on the icebergs. Probably by daytime, he should have used full speed and at night should have slowed down that why they would not hit the iceberg. The iceberg that the titanic struck was not a very big one. It did not even come up as high as the bridge of the ship. Many people did not want to die, they wanted to visit the United States, and they wanted to live not die. The second problem is that did not have enough supplies, boats. One of the first lifeboats to leave the titanic carried only 28 people; it could have held 64 people. One thousand and seventeen people died when the titanic started to sink. This disaster only left 706 survivors. Sits not used on 472 lifeboats. Even though people said that the Titanic is unsinkable, they should still have enough boats. At least to be safe, there could be problems that maybe they would need to use the lifeboats. If they had, enough lifeboats as if they are suppose to have then not many people would have die and there would have been many survivors. People would still have died but not a lot of them. When people get on ships, it should be legal to have more than enough on the boats because we do not want to have a similar problem lie Titanic. At the end, “Into Thin Air” and “R.M.S. Titanic” were very horrible tragedies; many people die because they were not prepared to what was coming to them. Twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. The other climbers that he was with, no mountaineering experience and had paid $65,000 each, excluding airfare and equipment costs. The telegrapher that the Titanic had fell asleep when another ship tried to warn Titanic about the iceberg. This disaster only left 706 survivors.