While in the beginning stages of his journey, Jon felt very confident about himself. This is where his arrogance began. After a little persuasion from Rob Hall Jon felt very assured that he could reach the summit and was quick to criticize his other team members and other groups before he had formally met them. Jon shared many opinions with Rob. "I don't want to be anywhere near the upper mountain when those punters are up there" (Pg. 183), Rob Hall said after stating his opin

In great contrast to his feeling of confidence at the beginning of the climb, after the disaster he became a broken man. He could not forgive himself for he believed that he could have done more to help save the lives of his fellow climbers. He could not let out of his mind all of the mishaps he observed on the climb toward the summit that he just let go. That fact that most greatly disturbed him afterwards was his inability to catch on to some of the deciding factors of the disaster. " The thought never entered my crippled mind that Andy might in fact be in terrible straits-that a guide urgently need help from me (Pg. 245)." Jon greatly blamed himself for his shortcomings in the effort to avoid a catastrophe.

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ion on the incompetence of the other climbing expeditions. Jon shared his views of the other group's incompetence, stating, "The presence of the Taiwanese on Everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on

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