How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Solitude was a rare commodity on Everest, and I was grateful to be granted a bit of it on this day, in such a remarkable setting. (12.7)
There are so many people on Everest that it's difficult to get some alone time. That's insane. Don't you think that might ruin your enjoyment of the majesty of nature? Wouldn't that make you feel like you were at a mall rather than on the world's tallest mountain?
Quote #8
The world […] was stupendously vivid but seemed not quite real, as if a movie were being projected in slow motion. (13.30)
Of course, some good, old-fashioned oxygen deprivation will make things feel even more magical. As Krakauer's brain goes haywire, the poor dude is swept up in a hallucinogenic blur that might as well be a deleted scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Quote #9
Reaching the top of Everest is supposed to trigger a surge of intense elation; against long odds, after all, I had just attained a goal I'd coveted since childhood. (13.35)
So why does Krakauer feel so numb (no pun intended) after reaching such a "coveted" goal? Is it that he's just plumb tuckered-out by the long climb up? Or is he still wrapping his head around the fact that he still needs to climb down? Either way, this moment doesn't affect him as much he had expected.