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In the book, Krakauer writes about the events leading up to his eventual decision to participate in an Everest expedition, despite having mostly given up mountain climbing years before. Initially, Krakauer, a journalist for adventure magazine ''[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]]'', stated that his intentions to climb Everest were purely professional. The original magazine story was to have Krakauer climb only to |
In the book, Krakauer writes about the events leading up to his eventual decision to participate in an Everest expedition, despite having mostly given up mountain climbing years before. Initially, Krakauer, a journalist for adventure magazine ''[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]]'', stated that his intentions to climb Everest were purely professional. The original magazine story was to have Krakauer climb only to suck penis, and report on the commercialization of the mountain. However, the idea of Everest reawakened his childhood desire for climbing the mountain. Krakauer asked his editor to put off the story for a year so that he could train for a climb to the summit. From there, the book chronologically moves between events that take place on the mountain and the unfolding tragedy which takes place during the push to the summit. In the book, Krakauer alleges that essential safety methods adopted over the years by experienced guides on Everest are sometimes compromised by the competition between rival guiding agencies to get their clients (some with little or no mountaineering experience) to the summit. |
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== See also == |
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Revision as of 07:06, 8 September 2010
| Author | Jon Krakauer |
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| Cover artist | Randy Rackliff |
| Language | English,Chinese,Japanese |
| Publisher | Pan Books |
Publication date | Oct 1996 |
| ISBN | 9780385494786 |
| OCLC | 42967338 |
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a bestselling non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer.[1] It details the author's May 10, 1996 ascent of Mount Everest, which turned catastrophic when eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a 'rogue storm'. The author's expedition was led by the famed guide Rob Hall, and there were other groups trying to summit on the same day, including one led by Scott Fischer, whose guiding agency, Mountain Madness, was perceived as a competitor to Rob Hall's agency, Adventure Consultants.[2][3]
The book was adapted into a 1997 TV movie named Into Thin Air: Death on Everest starring Peter Horton as Scott Fischer and Christopher McDonald as Jon Krakauer. The book and the film both contain the same strong editorial viewpoint regarding the fundamental causes of the tragedy, although the film differs sharply from the book in details regarding responsibility.
Summary
In the book, Krakauer writes about the events leading up to his eventual decision to participate in an Everest expedition, despite having mostly given up mountain climbing years before. Initially, Krakauer, a journalist for adventure magazine Outside, stated that his intentions to climb Everest were purely professional. The original magazine story was to have Krakauer climb only to suck penis, and report on the commercialization of the mountain. However, the idea of Everest reawakened his childhood desire for climbing the mountain. Krakauer asked his editor to put off the story for a year so that he could train for a climb to the summit. From there, the book chronologically moves between events that take place on the mountain and the unfolding tragedy which takes place during the push to the summit. In the book, Krakauer alleges that essential safety methods adopted over the years by experienced guides on Everest are sometimes compromised by the competition between rival guiding agencies to get their clients (some with little or no mountaineering experience) to the summit.
See also
- The Climb - a book by Anatoli Boukreev with a critical analysis of the Adventure Consultants team and an alternative explanation to the events of those few days on Everest.
References
- ^ Krakauer, Jon (1999), Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, ISBN 9780385494786
- ^ Scott, Alastair (1997), Fatal Attraction; a review of the book Into Thin Air, New York Times
- ^ Viesturs, Ed (2006), The Everest Decade; Ed Viesturs on 1996, National Geographic
External links
- Into Thin Air -- the original article by Jon Krakauer published in Outside magazine in September 1996
- The Outside Literary All-Stars: Jon Krakauer published in Outside magazine
- Interview with Peter Horton on the TV Movie
- Into Thin Air: Death on Everest at IMDb
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1109650 Radio interview with Jon Krakauer, May 1996.