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

adventurous emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.75

I've never wanted to climb Everest, and now I for sure never will. I just don't have that in me. But Krakauer helped me to understand what could possibly compel people to summit this monster of a mountain. Do you want to be shocked? Do you want to be scared? Do you want to feel utterly baffled as to why anyone would put their bodies through this? This book has all of that and a lot more. There were a lot of moments where I found myself reading with my mouth open and eyebrows raised as Krakauer recounted nearly unbelievable experiences.  It was an eventful read and a heartbreaking story. 
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