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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster 1977 HCDJ Memoir
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- Yes
- Personalize
- No
- Release Year
- 1997
- Era
- 1970s
- Personalized
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- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780679457527
- Book Title
- Into Thin Air : a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Travel, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Special Interest / Adventure, Adventurers & Explorers, Mountaineering, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 21.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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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 from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were desperately struggling for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated. Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild . On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world. A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and had led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people -- including himself -- to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement. Into the Wild is available on audio, read by actor Campbell Scott.
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679457526
ISBN-13
9780679457527
eBay Product ID (ePID)
173202
Product Key Features
Book Title
Into Thin Air : a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Special Interest / Adventure, Adventurers & Explorers, Mountaineering, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Travel, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv199.44.E85k725 199
Reviews
"Into Thin Air ranks among the great adventure books of all time . . . a book of rare eloquence and power that could remain relevant for centuries." --Galen Rowell, The Wall Street Journal From the Hardcover edition., "Into Thin Air ranks among the great adventure books of all time . . . a book of rare eloquence and power that could remain relevant for centuries." --Galen Rowell, The Wall Street Journal
Copyright Date
1997
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
96-030031
Series
Modern Library Exploration Ser.
Illustrated
Yes
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