Post #3

The tone conveyed in the ending of the book is somber and depressing. As Krakauer and his crew descend to base camp, he starts to reflect on his journey. "Safe now, the crushing strains of the preceding days lifted from my shoulders, I cried for my last companions, I cried because I was grateful to be alive, I cried because I felt terrible for having survived while others had died." (Pg. 279)
The chapter remains pretty sad up until the part where he talks about past expeditions, and the reader is then left with the feeling like they, too, witnessed a friend dying.