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<p Class=null1>national Bestseller&nbsp;</p><p>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 <b>into Thin Air</b>, Krakauer's Epic Account Of The May 1996 Disaster.</p><p>by Writing <b>into Thin Air</b>, Krakauer May Have Hoped To Exorcise Some Of His Own Demons And Lay To Rest Some Of The Painful Questions That Still Surround The Event. He Takes Great Pains To Provide A Balanced Picture Of The People And Events He Witnessed And Gives Due Credit To The Tireless And Dedicated Sherpas. He Also Avoids Blasting Easy Targets Such As Sandy Pittman, The Wealthy Socialite Who Brought An Espresso Maker Along On The Expedition. Krakauer's Highly Personal Inquiry Into The Catastrophe Provides A Great Deal Of Insight Into What Went Wrong. But For Krakauer Himself, Further Interviews And Investigations Only Lead Him To The Conclusion That His Perceived Failures Were Directly Resp

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Author

Krakauer, Jon

Publisher

New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679457527

Category

travel

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Fiction

Rating

4.12 / 5 (294,556 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14