Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster /
Krakauer, Jon.
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster / Jon Krakauer. - New York : Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1999 - xxv, 333, [1] p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 1 map 21 cm.
New afterword by the author--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333])
Last spring, Jon Krakauer, the acclaimed author of "Into the Wild", undertook a magazine assignment about expensive adventure/thrill trips around the world. And, in May, he went with an expedition to Mt. Everest, investigating how wise or safe it is to tackle the world's tallest peak. When disaster struck, killing eight climbers, Krakauer survived by luck, skill, and discipline. Now, he has written the definitive account of this headline-making tragedy. www.alibris.com
385494785
Mountaineering accidents--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineering expeditions--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster / Jon Krakauer. - New York : Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1999 - xxv, 333, [1] p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 1 map 21 cm.
New afterword by the author--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333])
Last spring, Jon Krakauer, the acclaimed author of "Into the Wild", undertook a magazine assignment about expensive adventure/thrill trips around the world. And, in May, he went with an expedition to Mt. Everest, investigating how wise or safe it is to tackle the world's tallest peak. When disaster struck, killing eight climbers, Krakauer survived by luck, skill, and discipline. Now, he has written the definitive account of this headline-making tragedy. www.alibris.com
385494785
Mountaineering accidents--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineering expeditions--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
