Within Reach: My Everest Story By Mark Pfetzer And Jack Galvin

In the memoir Within Reach: My Everest Story by Mark Pfetzer and Jack Galvin, the author Mark Pfetzer is faced with an extremely amazing yet scary challenge of climbing Mount Everest. Each event is the story has something to do with the nature that is around them at that moment but Pfetzer shows the readers that nature can be a way of life.
“I have to admit I really like ice climbing”, this quote, shows that the person that is talking is expressing how they feel towards the activity they were doing outdoors with friends and family. This quote is also showing that the person is interacting with nature and loved ones which shows that nature can bring out the best in people. To this character ice climbing became something fun for them because

they expressed how much they like to do it and how they don’t wish to do anything else. Nature is showing this character a way out of whatever problems they may be having, which is why I chose this quote. When someone has a bond with nature I feel as if they want to encourage other people to do the same because it may become very therapeutic to someone.
“When you spring off the edge, it could crumble.”, this quote shows that the nature the person sees is very intriguing to them. They believe that the crumbles that are falling are the bad things that were happening to them and they have basically overcome their obstacles and they used nature to do so. This quote can also show how the author inserted this story into the memoir to show how peaceful and calming nature can be when you are going through a lot of things such as family troubles or stress. In this memoir the author works his hardest to achieve his goals of climbing Mount Everest with his friends and family. “Don’t ever give up on your dreams”, this quote speaks to me in so many ways because people tend to forget that your dreams are everything, you should never let anyone stop you from reaching your goals and aspirations in life.
In closing I would say all of my quotes have more of a personal meaning and I look at them differently than others. People should read this story and be inspired because it should you a lot of courage and even good life goals and or skills. All the quotes in this paper shows that nature is a great way to release a lot of built up emotions and or tension. Nature is very fascinating towards the author and others and that people because they consider nature as an outlet for their goals and our problems.