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Cardiologist who, along with Jon Krakauer, joins Rob Hall’s expedition to Mount Everest in 1996. Hutchinson is an inexperienced climber, but after the events of May 10, he becomes the de facto leader of the group, since, as a cardiologist, he’s used to keeping a clear head in a crisis. He continues to lead the remaining members of the group down the mountain and back to safety.
Stuart Hutchinson Quotes in Into Thin Air
The Into Thin Air quotes below are all either spoken by Stuart Hutchinson or refer to Stuart Hutchinson. 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 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.
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In this challenging passage, Stuart Hutchinson has organized the remaining members of Rob Hall’s expedition into a search party. Together, he and the other clients venture out into the snow to search for their peers, including Beck Weathers and Yasuko Namba, neither of whom has made it back to the tents. After some searching, Hutchinson and the rescue party find Weathers and Namba in the cold, slowly dying. Here, Hutchinson, recognizing that Namba and Weathers are probably going to die whether they’re rushed to the hospital or not, makes the difficult decision to continue searching for other people with a Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et
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Stuart Hutchinson Character Timeline in Into Thin Air
The timeline below shows where the character Stuart Hutchinson appears in Into Thin Air. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...mother of four, Yasuko Namba, a personnel director from Tokyo, Beck Weathers, a pathologist, Stuart Hutchinson, a cardiologist, John Taske, an anesthesiologist, Frank Fischbeck, a publisher from Hong Kong, and Doug...
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Chapter 4
The team eats dinner, and Krakauer notices that Hutchinson, Taske, and Weathers, the three doctors in the group, dominate the conversation. Taske and Weathers...
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Chapter 6
...has noticed that Frank Fischbeck, the Hong Kong publisher, is a particularly talented climber. Stuart Hutchinson, on the other hand, is too eager to finish first—on the trek through the Khumbu,...
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Chapter 13
...turn-around time—he’d suggested either 1 pm or 2 pm, but hasn’t committed to either one. Hutchinson, Kasischke, and Taske assume that the turnaround time is 1 pm—as a result, they decide...
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Chapter 15
Back at Camp Four, Krakauer is sitting in his tent, very cold. Stuart Hutchinson, who’s been back since 2 pm, tells Krakauer to come outside and bang pots and...
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While Hutchinson beats pots and pans, Beidleman tries to remain vigilant. Around midnight, the storm clears up,...
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Chapter 16
At 6 am on May 11, Stuart Hutchinson wakes Krakauer from a deep sleep. Hutchinson explains that Andy Harris isn’t in his tent,...
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Hutchinson tells Krakauer that Beck and Yasuko Namba must be dead, and that Scott Fischer has...
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Chapter 19
Around this time, Stuart Hutchinson becomes the de facto leader of the team. Hutchinson is a successful doctor from Montreal,...
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Back at Camp Four, Hutchinson confers with the remaining team members about what to do. Taske is adamant about staying...
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...deducing that camp lay ahead. After an hour of walking, he reached Camp Four, where Hutchinson, amazed, bundled Beck in a sleeping bag and, with the help of Pete Athans, an...
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...Camp Four, Krakauer breathes some bottled oxygen and begins to feel better. Together, he and Hutchinson try to reinforce the tents, which are in danger of being blown away in the...
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