Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Spellbinding.:

Into Thin Air, is a captivating and truly mesmerizing, first-hand account of the deadliest season in the history of climbing Mount Everest. On assignment from Outside magazine, Jon Krakauer, is to report about the commercialization of the world's highest mountain. He would attempt the daunting mountain under the supervision of Rob Hall and the rest of his team. As Krakauer struggles towards the summit of Everest it feels as though you, yourself are climbing side by side with Krakauer and the rest... more info

It's No Ten But Give the Guy a Break:

I met Beck Weathers a few weeks ago and, having heard about but never read Into Thin Air, bought a copy and had Beck sign it. After reading the book half way through, I was surprised that Beck would put his name, let along his signature to it. Krakauer at first was extremely judgemental of all of the paying clients in Hall's "expedition" and seemed to have contempt for anyone who could pay their way to the summit. At the time, Jon was eeking out a living as a writer and certainly could not easily afford to... more info

Couldn't stop reading it...:

This tale is Jon Krakauer's personal account of his attempt to summit Mt. Everest. Rob Hall is the leader, a guide with impeccable credentials who is also a man of caution...yet a daring individual, as anyone would have to be to climb Everest (especially time and time again). Rob leads the team up the mountain, and everything is going fairly well until that fateful day where everything seemingly went wrong. It's almost hard to read this book knowing there's a tragedy coming, but I couldn't put it down to... more info

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