1a. Jon Krakauer had climbed ” nearly seven hundred “, since he stopped off the glacier.

1b. Jon Krakauer says that “the rime was plastered over the rock to a thickness of two or three feet ,so I kept plugging upwards.” This shows that Jon krakauer had the confidence to climb the mountain.

1c. The frost feathers was 5 inches thick . This suggest that the ice was weak and there is a risk of getting killed .

1d. Jon krakauer hat to climb back down the mountain simply because he couldn’t go any further. Due to the ice being to thin. And he had nothing to cling on to.

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