Jon Krakauer's acclaimed account of a disastrous expedition on Mt Everest. This 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 the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.
The film adaptation, titled Everest, stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley, , Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, and Sam Worthington star as the hikers and is due to be released in the UK on 18 September 2015. Click below to view the trailer.
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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.
Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster features in the following genres: Travel, Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster is available in Paperback
Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster was written by Jon Krakauer and published by Pan Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster has 352 pages
