![]() (Do you see, too? No? Swing by Hall's page elsewhere in this section.) ![]() This not only places a lot of pressure on Hansen to make it to top this time around, but also on Hall, as "it would have been especially hard for him to deny Hansen the summit a second time" (17.10). On top of that, Hansen made an attempt on Everest a few years earlier with Hall but was forced to turn around within spitting distance of the summit. We can imagine that this places a lot of pressure on the guy to succeed-nobody wants to let tiny children down. That gives us more warm fuzzies than the cutest panda video on the planet. ![]() In fact, he's only able to afford this expedition because "the students of Sunrise Elementary School sold T-shirts to help fund his climb" (5.49). First, he's one of the few clients who aren't rich as sin, and he works as a postal worker back in Seattle. ![]() It's like if Rudy ended with its titular character warming the bench or Remember the Titans ended with everyone actually forgetting those… those… what do you call 'em again? In other words, Doug Hansen is going to break your heart Doug Hansen's story is perhaps the most devastating in all of Into Thin Air. ![]()
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