Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
Art Nr.: 1447200187
ISBN 13: 9781447200185
SubTitle: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
ReleaseYear: 2011
Published by: Pan Macmillan
Cover: Taschenbuch
Cover Format: 195x130x25 mm
Pages: 318
Weight: 273 g
Language: Englisch
Author: Jon Krakauer
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Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended in the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.
In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day, eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape.
As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions.
One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley.
Jon Krakauer's acclaimed account of a disastrous expedition on Mt Everest.
Krakauer, JonJon Krakauer is a mountaineer and the author of Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, (which was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year and was made into a film starring Emile Hirsch and Kristen Stewart) Into Thin Air, Iceland, Under the Banner of Heaven and Where Men Win Glory. He is also the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series. He has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. According to the award citation, "Krakauer combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer."
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Titel: Into Thin Air, Untertitel: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster, Einband: Taschenbuch, Autor: Jon Krakauer, Verlag: Pan Macmillan, Sprache: Englisch, Seiten: 318, Maße: 195x130x25 mm, Gewicht: 273 g, Verkäufer: BuchWeltWeit, Schlagworte: Alpinismus Berg / Bergsteigen Bergsteigen Everest Mount Everest Erinnerung / Sport, Fliegerei, Jagd Englische Bücher / Biografie, Erinnerung Expedition Forschungsreise Reisebericht Reisebericht - Reisebeschreibung Reisetagebuch mountains climbing human endeavour mountaineering disaster books mountaineering documentaries base camp Mount Everest avalanche tragedy exploration film adaptation explorers Anatoli Boukreev Scott Fischer Himalayas Tibet Nepal Outside magazine 1996 Everest disaster North face South face