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 | Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauser (a Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster) by Jon (Introduction By) Krakauer, Hamlin Garland, Into Thin Air Paperback, 333 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-385-49208-1 / 0385492081 ISBN-13: 978-0-385-49208-9 / 9780385492089 "Intrinsically irrational" is how Jon Krakauer characterizes the compulsion to climb Mount Everest in his audiobook Into Thin Air. The highly publicized fates of the May 1996 Everest expeditions, including the tragic loss of 12 lives, seem to bear out Krakauer's statement. Listening to Krakauer read | |