Into Thin Air: Part 3

Into Thin Air is a book that most definitely shows little support of females, their capabilities, and how they are also able to achieve things like climbing Mount Everest.

Throughout the book there was little mention of females. Only two females were present as main climbers and there was minimal mention of others. Although, there was mention of a mostly female group climbing up the mountain but they were mentioned only two or three times. 

The protagonist, or author, of this novel is very neutral about his likes and dislikes for each gender. He never specifies that he thinks little of them or thinks they are incapable of things he and other men are. He does mention that they are usually smaller and weaker in situations like these but females are naturally and usually smaller and weaker than men due to natural build and original body purposes. 

Women that are mentioned in this book (usually wives and sisters of those on the expedition) have a plethora of occupations and roles. Some were climbers like their husbands, which is what brought them together. Others were housewives and stay at home mothers. One woman on the expedition was a celebrity. This concludes that women are represented some what equally through the story.

In conclusion, this novel was definitely missing some more details of females climbers and insights but, in some ways it cannot be helped that only a certain percentage of females participate in these expeditions and Jon (the author) had no control over this and just wrote with what he was given.