Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster / Jon Krakauer.
by Krakauer, Jon.
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BookPublisher: New York : Villard/Random House, c1997Description: 293 p. : ill., maps (on lining papers) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0385494785.Subject(s): Krakauer, Jon | Mount Everest Expedition (1996) | Mountaineers -- United States -- Biography | Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) | Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)Summary: Journalist Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for this epic account of the May 1996 disaster.
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"Portions of this work were originally published in 'Outside'"--T.p. verso.
Journalist Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for this epic account of the May 1996 disaster.
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