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

320 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray.A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but jo...

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adventurous 91%
tense 60%
sad 54%
informative 53%
emotional 49%
dark 40%
reflective 39%
challenging 32%
inspiring 13%
hopeful 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 56%
fast 31%
slow 11%

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