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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

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  1. riverwillow recommends The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm by Matt Dickinson
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  3. kraaivrouw recommends The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
  4. cjoats recommends Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
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  6. oregonobsessionz recommends The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev, "While The Climb is not an easy read like Into Thin Air, it does provide a different perspective on the disaster, and answers some of Krakauer's (see more) criticisms of Boukreev's actions."
  7. marzipanz recommends The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev, "It may seem like an obvious recommendation, but I would really urge everybody to read The Climb instead of or in addition to Into Thin Air. It really sheds (see more) a completely new light on some of what Krakauer writes, and - to me - seemed a far more convincing account of some of the events."
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Very interesting story of mountain climber and his climb to the top of Mount Everest. ( )
  janismack | Nov 23, 2009 |
In 1996, sponsored by Outside magazine, Krakauer went on a guided climb of Mount Everest, reaching the summit on a day that turned out to be one of the most deadly in Everest's history. A sudden storm trapped members of several expeditions near the summit, and eight people died. Krakauer's chronicle of these events is harrowing and gripping. ( )
  codyne | Nov 19, 2009 |
A classic for the arm chair adventurer, outdoors enthusiast, or true adventurer.

The story has its detractors. In particular, other who end up in Krakauer's version of the story. My grumbling is that the author comes off sounding very proud of himself and finds few of his own errors. ( )
  dougcornelius | Nov 12, 2009 |
Krakauer was a member of a commercial guided expedition to Mount Everest in 1996. He was assigned to write about the commericalization of Everest, but his expedition and another were caught poorly prepared in the summit trek, and 8 perished, including the two organizers of the expeditions. The narrative was superbly fastpaced, and gripping, especially in the description of the horrible endurance required when the oxygen is low above 25000 feet. The mountain is a regular tourist trap, with used supplemental oxygen cylinders accumulating on the summit, and horrible hygenic conditions on the way up. It did nothing to encourage me to take up rock climbing, let alone high althitude climbing ( )
  neurodrew | Oct 4, 2009 |
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Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from my oxygen mask, hunched a shoulder against the wind, and stared absently down at the vastness of Tibet.
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0385494785, Paperback)

Into Thin Air is a riveting first-hand account of a catastrophic expedition up Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions.

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