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Situated at the entrance to a magnificent natural amphitheatre formed by Everest and its two sisters, Lhotse and Nuptse, was a small city of tents sheltering 240 climbers and Sherpas from 14 expeditions, all of it sprawled across a bend in the Khumbu Glacier.
15 lip 2021 · Language. English. Item Size. 209.9M. By writing Into Thin Air, Krakauer may have hoped to exorcise some of his own demons and lay to rest some of the painful questions that still surround the event. He takes great pains to provide a balanced picture of the people and events he witnessed and gives due credit to the tireless and dedicated Sherpas.
INTO TH IN AIR “ A book th a t o er s r ea der s th e em oti on a l i m m edi a c y of a s u r v i v or ’ s tes ta m en t a s w ell a s th e pr ec i s i on , deta i l, a n d qu es t f or a c c u r a c y of a g r ea t pi ec e of jou r n a li s m .… I t i s i m pos s i ble to r ea d th i s book u n m ov ed.”
INTO THIN AIR. by Jon Krakauer . For Linda; and in memory of Andy Harris, Doug Hansen, Rob Hall, Yasuko Namba, Scott Fischer, Ngawang Topche Sherpa, Chen Yu-Nan, Bruce Herrod, and Lopsang jangbu Sherpa . Introduction . In March 1996, Outside magazine sent me to Nepal to participate in, and write about, a
This updated trade paperback edition of Into Thin Air includes an extensive new postscript that sheds fascinating light on the acrimonious debate that flared between Krakauer and Everest...
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster. 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.
13 lip 2024 · Into thin air. a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster. 1st ed. by Jon Krakauer. ★★★★ 4.4 (32 ratings) ·. 309 Want to read. 22 Currently reading. 41 Have read.
