Into Thin Air

Author Jon Krakauer was on the climbers that was attempting to reach the peak of Mt Everest on May 11, 1996. Before the day was over, the mountain would claim the lives of eight people. This book is an astonishing account of the events of that day, and the days leading up to it. Krakauer is a skilled writer and he combines it with the attention to detail of journalist. The result is a book that takes you into the heart of the disaster and describes in excruciating detail the stuggle that is the ascent of Everest. The events of the book prove that real events, people and the wrath of our unpredicatable environment are more compelling and astonishing than any fiction could possible be.



Jon Krakauer
Into Thin air
London: Pan Books, 2011