by Jon Krakauer · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 0030314007990
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«Into Thin Air» is Jon Krakauer's first-person account of the 1996 Everest disaster, published by Doubleday in paperback.
Jon Krakauer, a direct witness to the expedition, narrates how human decisions, bad weather and exhaustion turned the 1996 ascent of Everest into a catastrophe. The account combines the tension experienced on the mountain with a reflection on ambition, motivation and the human cost of pursuing the top of the world.
The cover presents Jon Krakauer as the author of «Into the Wild» and «Eiger Dreams», mentions «#1 national bestseller» and indicates that the edition adds a new epilogue by the author.
A book for enthusiasts of mountaineering and nonfiction accounts who want the point of view of someone who lived through the tragedy.
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest, which would become the subject of Into Thin Air.
