Into Thin Air

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Summary: Pretty good
Review: Into Thin Air was not the best book I've ever read, but is still a good read. Jon Krakauer uses good tone and imagery, and is very descriptive. A good book to read just to pass the time.

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Summary: Into Thin Air
Review: This book was tough to begin reading. I couldn't get past the first 10 pages. There was no need for the useless information given in the first chapter. Once you get into the action, the book gets interesting. Jon Krakauer portrayed a feeling of determination throughout his journey up Everest. It was his lifelong dream and he wasn't about to give it up. Kraukauer proved he had it in him and completed his climb to the summit. In the process, Krakauer did things he would regret and he lost some very close friends. This book reminded me of a time when I didn't think I would be able to complete all of my work for the day, but I kept my determined mind-thought, and I stuck with it, and finished everything. Krakauer's inspiration helped me and I'm sure it will help more people in the future.

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Summary: Excellent book by this author!
Review: Into Thin Air is the first hand accounting of how the summit team that Krakauer was a part of ran into trouble on Mt Everest and the terrible tragedy that unfolded. Read this book! True heroism in the face of terrible adversity.
Also read Krakauer's Into the Wild. THis former OUTSIDE Magazine writer along with fellow alumni Sebastian Junger have taken adventure and travel writing to a whole new level

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Summary: Great book about 1996 disaster on Everest
Review: I got this book as a birthday gift. When I started to read it I was imediately trapped. Jons description of the disaster on Mount Everest in May 1996 is a very fascinating story with some extrodinary people. It is amazing how many disasters and miracles that can occur on a single mountain in one day. After reading this book I wanted more, so I bought "The ultimate high" by Göran Kropp and later also "Left for dead" by Beck Weathers. These books will give you three different views from people who were there on Everest at the same time. They are all good books, but this one is the best of them.

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Summary: Good book
Review: Pretty good book but kind of a hard read for my age. I liked it though.

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Summary: The Mountain That Inspires
Review: Recently I read Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air and found it to be one of the most insprational books I have ever read. Krakauer's vivid descriptions and concrete language made it feel as if it was I who was inching up the mountain with labored breathing and dulled wits. I seemed to be able to struggle up the mountain and through the storm with each of the climbers, fighting against all odds to make it to the summit and back to camp through the storm. But not only did Krakauer include this one journey of his climbing companions, but he also described the quests of myriads of men who had gone before him, and how they too were set on fufilling a dream, conquering the unconquerable. Krakauer's stark description of the massive mountain with its cold, unforgiving beauty gives the reader a sense of both wonderment and fear it invokes in those brave enough to climb it. This book transports the unexplainable inspiration and will to survive the climbers felt into its readers. After reading this book, I felt ready to climb a mountain in my own life, whether success or failure.

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Summary: The Path to the Top of the World
Review: Into Thin Air is a compelling and entrapping book that keeps the reader guessing and terrified through the whole book. The book starts off with Jon Krakauer already being at the top of Mount Everest, considered the top of the world, and heading back down for more oxygen. When heading down though one of his friends accidentally messes up his oxygen tank and he has to go down to the second level without oxygen at all. Jon Krakauer starts the book with this beginning event that makes the reader want to know what happens next. This type of story and writing made me read the whole book in one sitting. When I thought I was coming up on a breaking point in the book, another tragedy would seem to happen. Also Jon gives great details about what you should do and what you shouldn't do when climbing Mount Everest. As he is giving his terrifing experience as a Russian guide to the top of Mount Everest, he talks about other events that have happened on the mountain. He tells the story about Goran Kropp biking and climbing Mount Everest on the side as he keeps telling his own struggle up the mountain. I loved how he describes the climb where the reader can feel like he's doing it too. Jon will wipe his goggles or talks about pain that feels like being kicked in the ribs, and these details allow the reader to follow right along in the book. Even though this book wasn't my favorite, I still loved it and would recommend it to any reader who loves an exciting and real life thriller that keeps you flipping the pages till the very end.

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Summary: Defying the Dangers of Altitude
Review: Jon Krakauer, an ill-fated mountaineer, wrote an amazing account of his death-defying mountaineering trek to Mount Everest in his novel, 'Into Thin Air'. This story about his miraculous survival is one of the best mountaineering novels ever written. Krakauer captivates the reader with graphic details in which the reader can almost comprehend what life is like at the altitude of the highest point on the planet. From almost the beginning of the journey, things started to go wrong. By the time he left the mountain summit, he was running out of oxygen in his oxygen tank, and his friends were dropping like flies. After the sleep-deprived Krakauer turned away from the 29,028ft. summit, the weather became devastating. Krakauer amazingly managed to climb down another 300 feet where he collapsed in his tent, but alive. Six of his fellow climbers, he learned the next morning, were desperately fighting for their lives, of which, five died by the time the storm passed. This novel is a story of how Krakauer's life-long ambition turned into a living nightmare. This well-written survival story is an excellent read for both climbers and non-climbers and is highly recommendable.

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Summary: The Emotions on Everest
Review: Jon Krakauer, the author of Into the Wild and Eiger Dreams, writes a casual yet informative account on his emotional climb of Mt. Everest, the "mother goddess of the earth", in the riveting story, Into Thin Air. Into This Air expresses to the reader an emotional fight, minute by minute, up the mountain through its deadly obstacles. The guides of the two major expeditions in the spring, Rob Hall and Scott Fisher, prove even through years of experience,nature is supreme and spontaneous. The book twists your emotions in having hatred for characters such as the Sherpas(the indigenous people of Tibet who went on many expeditions to help the guides) at one minute and a sense of gratitude the next minute. As well as accounting his own experience, Krakauer brings you into the other climber's emotions and allows you to form an opinion about each one of them. Into Thin Air, is also educational in the sense that you learn of the obstacles that all climbers face on mountains and you are able to have more respect for mountain climbers everywhere. It's very interesting because when Jon Krakauer actually reaches the top of Mt. Everest, he does not give himself the gratitude he deserves, because he knew the real challenge would be getting down the mountain (which is the second half of the book). Being able to see Jon Krakauer after the Everest experience, the reader has a sense of reality that this is a true story that he had to fight and is still fighting today through letters of respect and even hatred. Into Thin Air was a beautifully written account that proves the extent of human frailty and existence.

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Summary: Tragedy Strike at 29,028 Feet
Review: I found Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air to be a riveting account of the tragedy that struck Mt. Everst in 1996. Jon is a journalist and skilled mountaineer who along with seven other clients followed Rob Hall, the head guide of Adventure Consultants to the top of Mt. Everest. His detailed style makes you feel as if you are stand on the mountain with him. Throughout the novel, Krakuer relates his past experiences to things that are happening on the mountain. Krakauer includes the journey of Scott Fisher's team as well as other expeditions such as the IMAX team. Krakauer graphically describes the terrifying storm that struck and death and agony that followed. He tells of the heroic live saving measures that were taken to try and save those caught in the storm, such as when Anatoli Boukreev tried to climb up the mountain and rescue Scott Fisher in a snow storm with nearly zero visibility. In Into Thin Air Jon showed that tragedy can strike at one of the most fascinating places on earth.