by Jon Krakauer · EDB NO FICCION · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440691057
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In 1996, Jon Krakauer embarked on an expedition to the Himalayas to write about the growing commercialization of Everest. His goal was to analyze why so many climbers were willing to take risks that previously only professionals took. This book narrates the tragedy that occurred when a storm surprised several climbers during the descent, resulting in the loss of lives and serious consequences. Krakauer examines the circumstances that led to this tragedy, criticizing the ambition of the guides, the inexperience of the climbers, and the trivialization of mountaineering. Beyond the controversy, 'Into Thin Air' is an analysis of the dangers of high mountains and the massification of Everest.
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.
