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Summary: The book haunted me.
Review: Into Thin Air was by far the best book that I read this summer. It truly haunted me. The enormity of detail that Krakauer used really made me feel like I was up on the South Col along with him. I could envision what the mountain was like along the way, and it truly saddened me at the end. After reading the book and the wonderful, vivid descriptions of his climbing mates, I was dreading what I knew all along, some of those wonderful people died. I almost began to cry when I read about the suffering Beck Weathers went through, in fact I did cry. To read the book was one experience and then to try to imagine living through it was another completely. I can only hope that the novel will serve people as a reminder that you can't control nature and certainly, not Mount Everest. I also hope that it will serve as a sort of a reminder of the people who died just to get to the top.
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Summary: The BEST book I've ver read
Review: An exellent read. I first heard about it from my Dad and he really enjoyed it. That says a lot for he doesn't read that much and when he does he doesn't normally enjoy a whole lot of books. Once I started reading I couldn't stop. It was that good. After I finished reading it I started looking for more information on the '96 expidition. The one thing I regret is that I would of wanted to have read it a year earlier for the IMAX show was in town all winter but we didn't go see it. I recomend this to anyone who likes nonficition action.
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Summary: A Compelling Character Study
Review: For anybody with a deep, athletic competitive streak this book is a must. Mount Everest forms an extraordinary and dramatic backdrop for this most compelling and tragic character study. In this case, it is not a critique of an individual character, but of the collective character--of guides and clients--who attempt the summit of Mt. Everest. Krakauer's honesty and rawness offer painful insights into both the character flaws and errors in judgment that led to the disaster on Mt. Everest in 1996. His love of climbing and respect for Everest show through, even in a tangled web of regrets and doubt. In the end, he offers no ready-made prescriptions for balancing brilliant ambition and self-destructive risk-taking, but his anguished tone conveys to readers his own confusion and pain in a poignant and heart-wrenching manner.
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Summary: There's more to the story!
Review: I was fascinated by this story. Jon Krakauer wrote a vey interesting tale. When I discussed this book with someone else, she told me that I HAD to read The Climb (written by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt). This book is co-written by the Russian guide who was on the mountain working as a guide in Scott Fischer's group. Mr. Krakauer leads the reader to believe that Boukreev left the group to save himself, only to later emerge and singlehandedly save a number of people. Even though, Into Thin Air, is fascinating there are a number of FACTS that Mr. Krakauer leaves out (that have been substantiated by other people on the mountain and in Mountain Madness) that tell the whole story. Anatoli Boukreev is a true hero and it infuriates me that he isn't portrayed that way. If you liked Into Thin Air (don't get me wrong it was a great book) please read The Climb to get a complete picture of what happened.
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Summary: AMAZING! It was phat!
Review: This book, Into Thin Air is one teriffic book!! i LOVED IT AND IT WAS So filled with suspense and stuff like that. And it was fat. I t was phat! Go for it and read it!
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Summary: haunting
Review: A fascinating account of ourselves. I was haunted by this book, and wondered what I would have done. I thought Jon Krakauer showed guts in telling his version of the story, knowing that many readers may condemn some of his actions or lack there of. I felt like I knew the members of Rob Hall's team and I climbed that mountain with them. I enjoyed this book, it was a good adventure but mostly it defined what it means to be human.
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Summary: WELL WRITTEN, VERY UNDERSTANDABLE, FAIR
Review: This is one of the best all around adventure books I have read. Jon Krakauer is an excellent writer in many ways. He explains equipment and technique that is strange to the reader in very clear terms without being tedious at all. In my estimation he was fair and sympathetic to his fellow climbers and the guides. He makes the reader feel the difficulties and the reasons for being there.
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Summary: A terrific story that touches you in a very emotional way.
Review: My husband and I both could not put this book down once we started. We felt we were on the mountain with that climbing group. It was a beautiful story but very disturbing. Being on Mt. Everest seems to be everyman for himself in the end.
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Summary: Chillingly real
Review: Gives you the Everest you never knew. The writing is so excellent, you feel as though you were there. Incredible book.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: This story is an absolute page-turner. I couldn't put it down. I gave it to my husband to read and he couldn't put it down either. Even though its fact, it reads like fiction. It left me with an excellent overview of mountain climbing. The IMAX movie "Mount Everest", which was based on the same climb, did not come close to describing the experience.
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