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A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Anchor
October 1999
On Sale: October 19, 1999
368 pages
ISBN: 0385494785
EAN: 9780385494786
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Non-Fiction
When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mount 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 us shaking on the
edge of our seat. Beyond the terrors of this account,
however, he also peers deeply into the myth of the world's
tallest mountain. What is it about Everest that has
compelled so many people -- 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
unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of
what happened on the roof of the world is a singular
achievement.
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