Into Thin Air

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Summary: Into Thin Air - WOW!
Review: This book is an absolute must read! It is a true story of the 1996 trajedy on Everest, however the book reads like a novel. I also reccomend "The Climb" which also give another perspective on the same days on the mountain. I didnt however like his personal slander toward Scott Fischer of Mountain Madness. I could have done without that.

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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: I read this book after seeing the Imax movie about Everest. This book was amazing. It was written very well. I could not put it down, once I started it.

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Summary: Non stop thriller
Review: Jon Krakauer brings Mt. Everest right into your lap. I suddenly have the urge to take up climbing.....

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Summary: Deeply moving, and a cliff-hanger (sorry......)
Review: I am a novice trekker and fascinated by Everest. Jon Krakauer's book was an absolute Can't-Put-Down for me. However, I believe you don't need any knowledge or love of climbing to be deeply moved and taken by this book. Krakauer writes with first hand knowledge and the empathy that could only come from having been there. His insight is deepened by the strong tie that comes from working and living intensely within the microcosm of an Everest summit climb, with people upon whom your very life rests. Not only was his experience and loss very personal, but it almost bleeds as the symbiotic bond between this group of people are rent apart. The author spares himself not at all in his analysis of the fateful last days high on the mountain. A must read!

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Summary: Breath taking figurely, I feel like I climbed Everest
Review: Words are difficult to desribe what I am feeling after completing this book. It is a five star experience, I hunger to want to know more about really happened in the thin air of Everest. I find my self wanting to meet Jon, sit down and talk with him about the experience. I also believe him to be VERY creditable, his personal knowledge of climbing, and a trained eye to detail brings this account right into our hearts and tugs hard. I guess the question never to be answered is why did Hall violate his own Time deadline? Thank you Jon for having the courage to write an account that has cost so much in human life.

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Summary: descriptive, informative
Review: A very good book to read. When I first checked it out of the library, I finished it in one night and asked for it for Christmas, because I was riveted by it. Jon Krakauer wrote such a descriptive, detailed book that I felt like I was almost there and knew the people who passed away. While reading about the journey was interesting, I really enjoyed learning about the history of Everest, the different attitudes people have about the mountain, and the high altitude guiding business. I can never put the book down and always feel sorry at the end. By writing the book, Krakauer not only takes us on a terrifying journey but also reminds us that Everest cannot be taken for granted and one can never conquer the peak; the mountain lets you climb to the top but it can be deadly and not even the best climbers in the world have a chance when the mountain acts up.

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Summary: A Great Book!!!!
Review: Jon Krakauer has created an obsession! I cannot get enough of Everest. After reading this book, I feel as if I've actually climbed the mountain (thank God without the oxygen deprivation!). One of the best books I've ever read -- I couldn't put it down (and that's from someone who hates reading). It has now been read by my spouse and two of our friends who feel the same way (we all recently saw the Omnimax film about the climb). Can't wait for his next one!

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Summary: Death at the top of the world
Review: A vivid, beautifully written account of the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster. While Krakauer's book and the Outside Magazine article on which it was based generated quite a bit of controversy, upon reading the book, it's hard to understand why. Krakauer is a scrupulously fair reporter, removing himself from the subject to the point that he reports on his own conduct on the mountain with a good journalist's dispassionate eye. If he is critical of himself and others, he also writes with great compassion and feeling about his comrades, living and dead, and about the mountain itself, which seems alive in the pages of this classic book. This is a must for anyone who loves good books.

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Summary: This book knocked me out of my climbing shoes.
Review: I read Into Thin Air the week it came out ,because I had intently followed the whole story from when it had begun to unfold.I was so excited when Jon decided to turn the magazine article into a book. As a climber the book ,oddly, seemed to completly fuel my own personal dreams of climbing big mountains. It has something to do with Krakauer's keen ability to put the reader in the middle of what is going on.Into Thin Air is an excellent detailed representation of the events and people surrounding the May 9 tragedy.

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Summary: It was the most amazing experience that I've ever read
Review: Into Thin Air was a page turner which was gripping in every way. It kept me interested in books. I am not one for reading but Into Thin Air has made me realize the greatness of reading. It was compelling and it made me feel like I was really there traveling with the teams. I have never had a greater experience in my life. When I finished the book I felt like I myself had climbed to the top of the world also..going through all the horrors and expereincing all the joys and wonders. It truly is a classic!