Into Thin Air

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Summary: Riveting account of the Everest disaster
Review: I was absolutely entranced with this book from the first page, rereading portions of it over and over again, and constantly referring back to the maps and pictures as the story unfolded. I suppose the only question I was left with was WHY do people do this dangerous thing? The climbers themselves seem less the heroes than the sherpas and guides who go before them to establish the ropes and ladders that make the dangerous trip possible. I just can't see what people get out of this dangerous thrill-seeking hobby.

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Summary: makes you want to know more
Review: i liked this book but i didnt love it. i found it hard to follow at times. the subject matter was very interesting and sparked my interest in climbing (more specifically why people climb) and geography. i'd like to see the imax movie.

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Summary: Too Much Hype
Review: This is a good book althougt it does not diserv all the praise that it is getting. There are many other much more talanted authers in the mountianeering world, naimly Joe Simpson's Touching the Void. Every one who reads this book(that I have talked to) have not been able to put it down. This is the book that diserves all the prase and not Into Thin Air if people are ranking this a five star thin touching the void is a 12

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Summary: Good, illustrative account that maintains sober perspective.
Review: A good book that, while recounting the tragic accounts that unfolded over the course of only a few days, never falls into a burdening and depressing tone. The most memorable "travelogue" since the more reflective, lighter "I Should Have Stayed Home". Mr. Krakauer was exceedingly wise in holding lyricism at bay, however. The words of Neil Beidleman that conclude the text are very chilling and remain to be the most ambitious conclusion Krakauer could have chosen.

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Summary: Stunning!
Review: Krakauer makes you feel like your on the mountian alongside him, you feel the deaths of Hall, Fischer and everyone else*****A++ can't write enoughgood things abot this book

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Summary: a fantastic book
Review: i recomend this book to anyone. it starts slowly, the first 70 or so pages are just facts of the history of mt. everest, but once you pass that, you won't want to put it down

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Summary: One man's dream of ascending Everest becomes a nightmare.
Review: I thought this book was riveting and I could not put it down (I've read it twice, already). I'd love to hear from Mr. Krakauer because I'm his second cousin, on his dad's side (his dad and mine were first cousins). Anyway, I thought the book was terrific and eagerly await his next.

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Summary: The Death of Romance in Mountaineering
Review: I used to pour over books of great mountain expeditions that romanticized the danger and treated death with a sort of callous accceptance. No more. Krakauer brings home the full horror of death on the mountains.

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Summary: It Was great!
Review: i just finnished the book today and i loved it. he is a great auther. he made me feel as thou i was there. i would recomend it to anybody.

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Summary: An Incredible and emphatic story
Review: The most important aspect of this book that I can relate to readers of this review is the feeling that they will get as they proceed through it. Krakauer writes in a way that makes the reader feel that he, the reader, knows these characters. I felt like I knew Rob Hall, Scott, Harris, and the others. I felt a sense of loss as they each perished. I never knew how difficult it can be climbing a mountain like Everest. This book gave me a tremendous, although vicarious feeling, of what it is really like. While I am sorry about the deaths of the numerous mountaineers, I am especially sorry about Rob Hall. In my opinion he died a hero up there and that is how he should be remembered. I truly think that this book is worth reading. It is a fast reading at that.