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Summary: Better than the IMAX film.....
Review: Krakauer's work is a quick read, tinged with guilt and effective self-absorption, and provides a compelling story that most will enjoy. His insights go beyond the normal "because it's there" motivation that climbers feel, and exposes the assortment of heroic adventurers to be something quite less.
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Summary: Awesome! You feel all of the emotion of the mountain.
Review: To be honest it is the best book i have ever read. It is an inspiring tale of triumph and tragedy. All of the credit goes to Krakauer for writing a masterpiece. I recomend this book to all.
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Summary: Not a book, but a Personal Vendetta
Review: What a joke. This book is not an "account" of the tragedy on Mt Everest, but, rather, an attempt by Mr Krakauer to lay all of the blame for the events at the feet of Anatoli Boukreev. Fairly ironic coming from the guy who slept in his tent while Boukreev, oxygen or not, was out searching in the blizzard in the middle of the night. I guess this was how Krakauer decided to sensationalize the book to maximize his profits from the tragedy. If you want to read a better book about it, check out "The Climb" by Boukreev. His account seems to match more closely with all of the other newspaper and magazine accounts that were written about these events. I only wish I could have given it zero stars instead of one.
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Summary: WHAT A BOOK!!!
Review: I really did enjoy this book. I did not give it a fifth star, because it was a bit slow starting. But it was very informational. Mr Krakauer did an amazing job of setting us up for the end of the novel. He described each character so well. At the half way point of the book, I simply could not put it down. I wanted to know what was going to happen to each character. I would like to thank Jon Krakauer for sharing his heroic and frightening story. And may Rob Hall, Scott Fischer, Yasuko Namba, Andy Harris, and Doug Hansen rest in peace.
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Summary: Very Fascinating!
Review: I am not a climber (far from it) but I truly disagree with the impression that most folks I speak to feel that Boukreev was bashed by Krakauer. I believe that he was expressing his (and other) opinions of the climb from a personal standpoint. In the end I WANT to read Broukreev's book not because I think he is *evil* but that I want a more rounded opinion on what happened. My confusion is that I had heard Boukreev suffered a tragic (not fatal) injury. Could someone clarify this? From what I read in the reviews it sounds as though Boukreev is no longer alive?! I had a lot of respect for anyone involved with the whole 1996 ordeal. We are SOOOO wrong to point fingers and say this and that should have happened. How many of us really know what we would do under such incredible circumstances! Shame on you! This is why I disagree with most of you who claim that Boukreev is bashed by Krakauer. Nuff said.
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Summary: An amazing personal acount of the 1996 Mt. Everest Disaster!
Review: I have read both this book, and "The Climb" by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt, but this book is so much better! This book is an amazing personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster in 1996. Jon Krakauer writes with amazing powerfulness, and gives his readers a great idea of what went wrong. You should read this book no matter what! I recommend this book to anyone who can read.
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Summary: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ-- KEPT MY ATTENTION
Review: JON'S FIRST HAND EXP. ON THIS TRIP WAS WHAT MADE THIS BOOK GREAT. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY UP TO THE TOP AND BACK DOWN WAS TOLD FIRST HAND. IT IS A GREAT GREAT BOOK.
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Summary: The best book of all time
Review: Never have I gotten so interested in a single topic so quickly.Detailed,lucid,wrenching,never boring,this shows how fragile life is and how much one man(Mr.Krakauer)must suffer.This really happened and with Into Thin Air,you can believe it.I recommend it to anyone who is tired of the Titanic craze,its the everest craze!!One more thing.Someone should make a movie about this book.I know about the IMAX film,but in this one Jon Krakauer should be the main character,and should be turned into a drama,not a documentary.Into Thin Air is both,and it can be turned into a movie,a good one.Buy the book,and pray for a movie.Later!
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Summary: This book was the BEST ever!! A must read!!!
Review: This book was probably one of the very, very best books that I have read, and that Is a lot. I say that you should read it today!!
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Summary: one terrific story
Review: I believe everyone would benefit from reading Into Thin Air. It's amazing
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