Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

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A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780385494786
ISBN10	0385494785
Series/Work	OL1974548W View on OpenLibrary
Pages	368
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	April 18, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

796.52/2/092 Accidents Accidents and injuries Adventure Consultants Adventure Consultants. Guided Expedition Adventure Consultants Guided Expedition (1996 : Mount Everest) Adventure Consultants. Guided Expedition (1996 : Mount Everest) Biography & Autobiography Everest, mount (china and nepal) Expeditions Gv199.44.e85 k725 1998 History Krakauer, jon Large type books Mountaineering Mountaineering accidents Mountaineering accidents--everest, mount (china and nepal) Mountaineering expeditions Mountaineering expeditions--everest, mount (china and nepal) Mountain Madness (Firm)

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