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Loading... Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disasterby Jon Krakauer
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Member recommendations:DreamCatcher recommends Dead Lucky: life After Death of Mount Everest by Lincoln Hall 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." 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." alaskabookworm recommends Snowstruck : in the grip of avalanches by Jill Fredston alaskabookworm recommends Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War by Robert Kurson, "Couldn't put "Shadow Divers" down; one of my favorite nonfiction adventure books of all time." ( see more recommendations and anti-recommendations for this book )
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0676584020, Hardcover)When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds...Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed Outside journalist and author of the bestselling Into the Wild. Taking the reader step by step from Katmandu to the mountain's deadly pinnacle, Krakauer has his readers shaking on the edge of their seat. Beyond the terrors of this account, however, he also peers deeply into the myth of the world's tallest mountain. What is is about Everest that has compelled so many poeple--including himself--to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense? Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement. From the Paperback edition. (retrieved from Amazon Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:58:09 -0500) |
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