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Into thin air
a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
By Krakauer, Jon
- ISBN
- 978-0-67945-752-7
- Publisher
- New York : Villard, c1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1997
On May 19, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay achieved the impossible, becoming the first men to stand on top of Mount Everest. But by May 10, 1996, climbing the 29,000-foot "goddess of the sky" had become almost routine; commercial expeditions now littered Everest's flanks. Accepting an assignment from Outside magazine to investigate whether it was safe for wealthy amateur climbers to tackle the mountain,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1997
YA Krakauer's story is one of foolishness and fatal error, heroism and sacrifice, triumph over adversity and human frailty. What started out as an assignment for Outside magazine on "commercial" expeditions to Mt. Everest suddenly turned into a bone-chilling tale of man against nature when a hurricane-strength blizzard battered the slope...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
