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

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hstcrow's review

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3.0

Wow, this was definitely a thrilling read and very different from what I normally gravitate towards. It was also devastating. I can’t even begin to imagine what it is like to climb Everest and to have been on the mountain at this time, but reading this I kept being struck by how hopelessly pointless this is. So many people died or were injured beyond repair for what?

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4.0

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3.5

Fun and gripping adventure story.

Honestly... I binge read this while stoned at a furry con... so I don't have more to say. But hey, it really helped pass the time.

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5.0

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4.75

I have harbored a special interest in Everest and have been a wannabe climber ever since reading a young adult series in the 6th grade. Jon does a great job melding his personal experience with a journalistic account of the 1996 Everest disaster. I listened to this book in 2 days. Excellent.

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5.0

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4.5

Non-fiction that reads like fiction, Into Thin Air is at it’s best when it explores the culture of mountaineering and Everest, the hubris of the men who pursue it, and yet the thrill and wonder of the sport. Where it could’ve improved is the actual description of the events and the people involved, I definitely felt a bit lost and confused until I watched the movie, after which the names and faces clicked for me.

I never felt that Krakauer portrayed himself as a hero, or anything more than a man who was severely out of his depth. In fact, I don’t know that I liked him for much of the book, as he judged and condescendingly analyzed his teammates’ decisions. It does set himself up for a moment of character growth, however, and by the end of the book, you get the sense that the events have weakened his self assured, almost arrogant nature. Whether that’s actually true (especially considering how he responded to the Boukreev controversy) is hard to say. That said, the controversy surrounding these events and each survivor’s perspective only serves to exemplify that each person has their own truth about what happened at 29000 feet.
In any case, though this book was meant to serve as a warning for amateurs, I feel a sudden urge to go climb a mountain.

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5.0

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3.25

Not exactly sure how to rate this one. I enjoyed the writing, but I did not feel emotionally gripped by the
self-induced
struggle of the climb.

As a friend put it... There are significantly cheaper ways to off oneself. I'm sorry Krakauer was traumatized, but I'm not sure if I am able to feel badly for the deceased.

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4.0

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