During both of their adventures, Krakuer and Odysseus both face hardships. Some of them are similar, but they aren’t the same. They have both face guilt, upset about their peers, and they are both feelings selfish for similar but different reasons. Odysseus set out with 6 ship full of men to fight a war, his plan was to come home to his wife and son to his village. Similarly, Krakauer set out to summit the highest mountain in the world, Everest. Both Krakauer and Odysseus have faced situations, whether it’s controlling gods or weather difficulties. Along their way, they both had some of their peers who had died. Odysseus had lost his men, and Krakuaer had lost his men and his guide. Both men felt guilty that they had survived; but their peers had not. They wanted their people there with them to celebrate their victory, but they were not there. Both men were grieving, but in different ways. They both cried. But Odysseus had kept moving forward because he wanted nothing more than to see his wife Penelope. But, Krakauer, had used drugs to cope with it, and had …show more content…
They had faces numbers of guilt during their expedition. Odysues had felt guilty leaving his wife at home with no husband and a son with no father. He felt guilty when he watched his men die. For example, watching the cyclops eat them right in front of his face. HE felt guilt, but he kept pushing on because he knew he had to save the rest of his men, or as many as he could. Krakuer, had watched people suffer from frostbite, hypoxia, etc. For example, Beck Weathers had crawled his way back to camp, severely frostbitten. He felt guilt, but to make it worse, he went and checked on Weathers, and the sleeping bags and his tent had flown away. So, he had to stand there to see a teammate almost dead, suffering in the cold. He had lied to weathers and told him it was going to be okay, but Krakauer knew Beck wouldn’t be the same