Krakauer transports the reader to the Himalayas for a death-trip on the world's tallest mountain. Krakauer ponders why people do this most extreme of extreme climbs; the customers are nearly all affluent, the guides are mostly not, and a lot of money is at stake. He explores the ethics of climbing: from trash-littered mountain sides to what does a guide owe to the customer, including when to say 'no more, you must turn around'. People make mistakes and die for them or cause others to die. Some survive against simply phenomenal odds. Highly recommended for anyone who likes tales of adventure, disaster, the great outdoors, or all three.
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.
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By writing Into Thin Air, 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 responsible for a fellow climber's death. Clearly, Krakauer remains haunted by the disaster, and although he relates a number of incidents in which he acted selflessly and even heroically, he seems unable to view those instances objectively. In the end, despite his evenhanded and even generous assessment of others' actions, he reserves a full measure of vitriol for himself.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Info
- Paperback: 332 pages ( Download PDF :
) - ISBN-10: 0385494785
- ISBN-13: 978-0385494786
- Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
- Author: Jon Krakauer
- Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (October 19, 1999)
- Language: English
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