Author Jon Krakauer is being trolled for his role in the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy

On May 10, 1996 , 43 climbers attempted to reach the summit of Mount Everest .

By the following day , five of them were dead.

People have been arguing about the catastrophe ever since, from the 1997 book The Climb to a YouTube campaign against Jon Krakauer .

The most immediate cause of the tragedy was a fearsome blizzard.

Tracy argues that the cause of the disaster was, essentially, “arrogant guides” who didn’t provide enough oxygen bottles, he says.

Tracy objects to what he asserts is Krakauer ’s preferred “narrative”: that “inexperienced climbers” were “the root of all evil on the mountain”.

Real journalists admit their mistakes and correct them because they have a commitment to the truth.

At our worst, human beings rebel against such situations. We want to believe that clear-cut blame can be determined because it brings the terrifying forces that sometimes crush us under our control.

We just love picking a villain, then doubling down on the choice until we’ve transformed them into an absurd caricature of wickedness.