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

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous medium-paced

355 pages | first published 1997

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When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent...
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