Into Thin Air Book Photos. It was a classic act of triage. Jon krakauer does an exceptional job portraying the horrors of the 1996 mt.
On assignment for outside magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the himalayas as a client of rob hall, the. Everest disaster in this eyewitness account. “into thin air” chronicles the events of 1996, in which eight climbers were caught in a blizzard on mt.
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Everest, which many have called one of the biggest disasters in mountaineering history. A stunning account of a remarkable young man's heroic life and death, from the bestselling author of into the wild, into thin air, and under the banner of heaven. Everest disaster in this eyewitness account. Names of students who borrowed the book are written inside front cover.