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Summary: Mega-suspense and a very stressful read...
Review: This was the first book that I read by Jon Krakauer, the second was Into the Wild - I know that I read them out of order. I don't really know much about mountain climbing, and probably never will. This book gave me a great peek inside of this extreme sport. These guys are really crazy, they love testing the limits of human ability versus the creative landscape that God has given us. This book is really good, and kept me on the edge of my seat, as I don't think I put this book down from the time I opened the front cover until I closed that back cover. Kudos, and highly recommended.
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Summary: A Very Educational Book and Exciting
Review: Into Thin Air is a very good book about what it is like in Mt. Everest. Though I wouldn't recommend it to all readers because it is a very complicated book and it has a long beginning. It is very well written and full of facts. I rate it 3 stars because it is not as action packed as I was looking for but it is a very good and interesting book about Jon Krakaur's climb/
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Summary: Not fair
Review: This is a very enetertaining book, but it does not give credits to the real hero, Anatoli Boukreev. He was the one who saved lives, not Krakauer. I recommend Anatoli's own book, "The Climb", to be read instead of this one.
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Summary: A superb account
Review: I've been disappointed by numerous accounts of the Everest Disaster. Into Thin Air is the exception. It reads smoothly and covers all the Bases, with just enough suspense for the reader to keep going. John Krakauer has also managed to include many vivid details. I read it in one sitting.
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Summary: The Greatest Adventure Novel . . . Ever
Review: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is a wonderfully exciting and dramatically moving novel. Jon Krakauer describes the history of the climbing of Mount Everest done by the locals from Nepal to the foreigners from far away places like Europe and the Americas. Jon is a journalist from Outside Magazine and is given the opportunity to climb Mount Everest and document his experiences for the magazine. He cannot refuse the opportunity to fulfill a life-long dream so he accepts the assignment (Jon had done much mountaineering before but none as challenging as what Everest could and would make him endure.) From there he produces a breathtaking first hand account of his experiences on the mountain in the middle of the infamous 1996 disaster in which 12 of the 84 climbers to reach the summit lost their lives. Into Thin Air tells of the many perils and dangers of Mount Everest, the pain one must suffer to get to the top, and the endurance and mental toughness one must have to make it up and down alive. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure, drama, or just good, interesting writing. The excitement never stops and it will always keep the reader wondering and wanting to know what happens next. I would also recommend this book because it is a brilliant account and example of what it is really like to climb Mount Everest. It really makes the reader feel like they are climbing along side the various teams struggling and striving to reach the 29,028 ft. peak (roughly cruising altitude of a commercial jet). It gives the reader interesting facts about Mount Everest and mountaineering he may not have known before. It also gives an accurate description of the history behind the high altitude glory and hardships of climbing Everest. One reason someone may not want to read Into Thin Air is that they may find it disturbing that 12 people died in such a harsh way. Some of them froze to death, some walked off cliffs because they were delirious from the high altitude and others were lost and never found. Although this is true, I do not believe that anyone should miss out on something so exciting, so interesting, and so emotionally moving. In this definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest, Jon Krakauer takes the reader step-by-step from Katmandu to the mountain's deadly peak, unfolding a breathtaking story that will thrill and terrify.
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Summary: Fun to Read
Review: This was a good book but not a great one. This account is not nearly as factual or intriguing as some of the documentaries I have seen on TV. But I did enjoy reading it.
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Summary: The best written account of the 1996 disaster yet!
Review: This review is going to be short, but sweet. If you are interested in a well written and accurate account of the 1996 Mt. Everest Disaster, then this is the book to purchase. The writer is one of the survivors of this climb, and writes in a way that brings the reader to that mountain on that doomed day. Although, he gives his personal opinion in many passages, he also gives detailed factual information as seen through his eyes and other climbers' eyes. In my opinion, this is a fantastic book. I hope you enjoy this book and thanks for reading my review.
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Summary: Jon Krakauer is a tool
Review: Jon Krakauer isnt worth the blood in his veins.
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Summary: A harrowing tale
Review: The true-to-life tale of death on Mt. Everest is more suspenseful and nerve wracking than even the best novels. Mr. Krakauer does such a wonderful job that it's easy to imagine the exhaustion, dementia, and exhiliration that are visited upon the climbers. As in many factual accounts, the true drama lies in the journey.....not the destination. An amazing book, and well worth the effort.
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Summary: Fascinating ... but flawed
Review: A truly riveting story. You'll flip through this page turner as the real-life drama draws you in, but be aware of the flaws. Krakauer confesses the guilt he feels at the end of the book, but the reader should be aware how much he used this book to assuage that guilt. He is so quick to point the finger of blame for the tragedy on a variety of people, but most notably Anatoly Boukreev, that the discerning reader will recognize the journalistic goal of objectivity was abandoned right from the start. Shakespeare would say, "Methinks he doth protest too much." Read this book, but then read Anatoly Boukreev's book, "The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest." It's not as well written, but it provides much needed perspective after reading Krakauer's indictment of Anatoly. And after reading several other accounts of this tragedy, you'll understand why "Into Thin Air" is a fascinating but flawed account from a climber who looked into the mirror that Everest held up for him ... and who didn't like what he saw.
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