Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (Modern Library Exploration)

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (Modern Library Exploration)

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Beschreibung

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were desperately struggling for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated.

Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild. On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world. A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and had led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996.

Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people -- including himself -- to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.

Into the Wild is available on audio, read by actor Campbell Scott.
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„Into thin air“ was taking my breath. Writing this story must have been tough for Krakauer. After reading the last page, I went straight to youtube watching mount everest documentarys.

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Gripping, plausible.

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Als jemand, der sich nicht besonders für Klettern oder interessiert, wäre dies normalerweise kein Buch, das ich lesen würde. Aber ich bin so froh, dass ich es getan habe. Es liest sich definitiv eher wie ein Memoir, da der Autor selbst bei den Ereignissen anwesend war. Das machte es für mich viel angenehmer zu lesen, als ein Buch über ein Ereignis, bei dem der Autor nur recherchiert, aber keine eigenen Erfahrungen hat. Nach der Lektüre dieses Buches würde ich definitiv mehr von Krakauer lesen, weil er ein so erstaunlicher Geschichtenerzähler ist. Ich habe mich beim Lesen dieses Buches nie gelangweilt. Er verbindet Geschichte und persönliche Erlebnisse zu einer fesselnden, entsetzlichen und faszinierenden Geschichte. Es ist wirklich schrecklich, aber ich konnte es nicht aus der Hand legen. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, wie ich mich dabei fühle, so sehr an einer Tragödie wie dieser interessiert zu sein, aber ich denke auch, dass es mir die Augen für so viele neue Dinge geöffnet hat, dass die Geschichte definitiv Wert hat. Außerdem kann ich mir nur vorstellen, dass es eine Geschichte war, die Krakauer nach dem Durchleben dieser Ereignisse unbedingt erzählen musste

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