Into Thin Air
06 July 2011Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended in the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.
In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and...
Details
06 July 2011336 pages
9780330470025Imprint: Picador
Reviews
[Krakauer] has produced a narrative that is both meticulously researched and deftly constructed.Alastair Scott, New York Times Book Review
This is a great book, among the best ever on mountaineering. Gracefully and efficiently written, carefully researched, and actually lived by its narrator.Washington Post
Into Thin Air ranks among the great adventure books of all time.Wall Street Journal
A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism.People
