Into Thin Air

by

Jon Krakauer

Yasuko Namba Character Analysis

Japanese personnel director who, along with Jon Krakauer, joins Rob Hall’s expedition to Mount Everest in 1996. Namba is one of the most inexperienced people on the expedition, and on the afternoon of May 10, she becomes too exhausted to return to tent, and ultimately freezes to death in a snowstorm. Namba’s death is especially tragic for Krakauer, because it appears that she stumbled to within a few hundred feet of Krakauer’s tent.

Yasuko Namba Quotes in Into Thin Air

The Into Thin Air quotes below are all either spoken by Yasuko Namba or refer to Yasuko Namba. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13 Quotes

Now, as Beidleman clung precariously to the rock 100 feet above the clients, the overly eager Yasuko clamped her jumar to the dangling rope before the guide had anchored his end of it. As she was about to put her full body weight on the rope—which would have pulled Beidleman off—Mike Groom intervened in the nick of time and gently scolded her for being so impatient.

Related Characters: Jon Krakauer (speaker), Yasuko Namba, Neal Beidleman, Mike Groom
Page Number: 184
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Chapter 14 Quotes

Beck was nearly persuaded to descend with me when I made the mistake of mentioning that Mike Groom was on his way down with Yasuko, a few minutes behind me. In a day of many mistakes, this would turn out to be one of the larger ones.

Related Characters: Jon Krakauer (speaker), Beck Weathers, Yasuko Namba, Mike Groom
Page Number: 199
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Chapter 19 Quotes

There was only one choice, however difficult: let nature take its inevitable course with Beck and Yasuko, and save the group's resources for those who could actually be helped. It was a classic act of triage. When Hutchinson returned to camp he was on the verge of tears and looked like a ghost.

Related Characters: Jon Krakauer (speaker), Beck Weathers, Stuart Hutchinson, Yasuko Namba
Page Number: 260
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Epilogue Quotes

For Neal Beidleman's part, he helped save the lives of five clients by guiding them down the mountain, yet he remains haunted by a death he was unable to prevent, of a client who wasn't on his team and thus wasn't even officially his responsibility.

Related Characters: Jon Krakauer (speaker), Yasuko Namba, Neal Beidleman
Page Number: 300
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Yasuko Namba Quotes in Into Thin Air

The Into Thin Air quotes below are all either spoken by Yasuko Namba or refer to Yasuko Namba. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Danger and Mortality Theme Icon
).
Chapter 13 Quotes

Now, as Beidleman clung precariously to the rock 100 feet above the clients, the overly eager Yasuko clamped her jumar to the dangling rope before the guide had anchored his end of it. As she was about to put her full body weight on the rope—which would have pulled Beidleman off—Mike Groom intervened in the nick of time and gently scolded her for being so impatient.

Related Characters: Jon Krakauer (speaker), Yasuko Namba, Neal Beidleman, Mike Groom
Page Number: 184
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 14 Quotes

Beck was nearly persuaded to descend with me when I made the mistake of mentioning that Mike Groom was on his way down with Yasuko, a few minutes behind me. In a day of many mistakes, this would turn out to be one of the larger ones.

Related Characters: Jon Krakauer (speaker), Beck Weathers, Yasuko Namba, Mike Groom
Page Number: 199
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 19 Quotes

There was only one choice, however difficult: let nature take its inevitable course with Beck and Yasuko, and save the group's resources for those who could actually be helped. It was a classic act of triage. When Hutchinson returned to camp he was on the verge of tears and looked like a ghost.

Related Characters: Jon Krakauer (speaker), Beck Weathers, Stuart Hutchinson, Yasuko Namba
Page Number: 260
Explanation and Analysis:
Epilogue Quotes

For Neal Beidleman's part, he helped save the lives of five clients by guiding them down the mountain, yet he remains haunted by a death he was unable to prevent, of a client who wasn't on his team and thus wasn't even officially his responsibility.

Related Characters: Jon Krakauer (speaker), Yasuko Namba, Neal Beidleman
Page Number: 300
Explanation and Analysis: