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Into Thin Air, a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Account by one of the climbers in one of the groups attempting to climb Mount Everest during the 1996 climbing season. During this season twelve climbers died, including New Zealanders Rob Hall and Andy Harris.

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  • "Mount Everest disaster"@en
  • "Into thin air"
  • "Into thin air"@it
  • "Into thin air"@pl
  • "Into thin air"@ja
  • "Personal account of the Mount Everest disaster"@en
  • "Jinru kongqixibo didai"
  • "Gab bags"@en
  • "Eberesuto no higeki wa naze okitaka"
  • "珠穆朗玛峰攀登灾难亲历记"
  • "Zhu mu lang ma feng pan deng zai nan qin li ji"

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  • "Account by one of the climbers in one of the groups attempting to climb Mount Everest during the 1996 climbing season. During this season twelve climbers died, including New Zealanders Rob Hall and Andy Harris."@en
  • "A personal account of the Everest disaster."@en
  • "When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds ... Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed Outside journalist and author of the bestselling Into the Wild. Taking the reader step by step from Katmandu to the mountain's deadly pinnacle, Krakauer has his readers shaking on the edge of their seat. Beyond the terrors of this account, however, he also peers deeply into the myth of the world's tallest mountain. What is it about Everest that has compelled so many people, including himself, to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense? Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement. --From the paperback edition."
  • "Ben shu shi mei guo zhu ming ji zhe he chang xiao shu " zou ru huang wu " de zuo zhe qiao en. ke lai kao mi dui zhu mu lang ma feng li shi shang si wang ren shu zui duo de pan de ji jie suo zuo de quan wei xing ji shu."
  • "Mr. Everest May 10 1996 personal account."
  • "L'histoire d'une des saisons les plus meurtrières qu'ait connues cette montagne. Jon Krakauer raconte le déroulement de l'expédition du 10 mai 1996, analyse en profondeur les motivations de ces hommes lancés à la conquête des sommets et met en cause la commercialisation outrancière des grandes expéditions himalayennes."
  • "The true story of the deadliest season in the history of Mt. Everest as six climbers lost their lives in their attempt to reach the summit."
  • "When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds...Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed Outside journalist and author of the bestselling Into the Wild. Taking the reader step by step from Katmandu to the mountain's deadly pinnacle, Krakauer has his readers shaking on the edge of their seat. Beyond the terrors of this account, however, he also peers deeply into the myth of the world's tallest mountain. What is is about Everest that has compelled so many poeple--including himself--to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense? Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.From the Paperback edition."@en
  • "An illustrated edition of the author's account of his climb up Mount Everest during its deadliest season, along with his insights into why people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense."
  • "Jon Krakauer's acclaimed account of a disastrous expedition on Mt Everest This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude."
  • "Tells Jon Krakauer's personal mountain climbing experiences on Mount Everest."@en
  • "Mr. Everest May 10 1996 personal account. Compact disc, read by the author."@en
  • "A history of Mount Everest expedition is intertwined with the disastrous expedition the author was a part of, during which five members were killed by a hurricane-strength blizzard. When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people - including himself - to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eye-witness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement."
  • "The author describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, a disastrous expedition that claimed the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survived."@en

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  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biographies"
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Erlebnisbericht"@en
  • "People"@en
  • "Reisbeschrijvingen (vorm)"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Vzpomínky"
  • "Memoirs"
  • "Book club kit"@en

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  • "La febre del cim : Cronica d una tragedia a l Everest"
  • "Into thin air : a personal account ot zhe Mount Everst disaster"
  • "Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster"
  • "Tragédie à l'Everest"
  • "Into Thin Air, a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster"@en
  • "Aria sottile"@it
  • "Aria sottile"
  • "No ar rarefeito um relato da tragédia no Everest em 1996"
  • "Sheng mu feng zhi si"
  • "Wszystko za Everest : katastrofalny sezon 1996 w relacji naocznego s︠wiadka"
  • "No ar rarefeito : um relato da tragedia no Everest em 1996"
  • "În aerul rarefiat : o relatare personală a tragediei de pe Everest"
  • "La febre del cim : crònica d'una tragèdia a l'Everest"
  • "Sora e : Everesuto no higeki wa naze okitaka"@ja
  • "Mal de altura : crónica de una tragedia en el Everest"
  • "Mal de altura : crónica de una tragedia en el Everest"@es
  • "Into thin air : a personal account of the Everest disaster"
  • "Into thin air : a personal account of the Everest disaster"@en
  • "Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster : the illustrated edition"@en
  • "Peklo blízko nebe : osobní výpověď přímého účastníka tragédie na Mount Everestu"
  • "Into thin air : a personal account of the mount Everest disaster"
  • "Jäätäviin korkeuksiin : murhenäytelmä Mount Everestillä"@fi
  • "V razrezhennom vozhdukhe : khronika zkspedit︠s︡ii Zverest 1996 goda, napisannai︠a︡ tem, kto vyzhil"
  • "空へ : エヴェレストの悲劇はなぜ起きたか"
  • "Tragédie à l'Everest : histoire vécue d'une catastrophe à l'Everest"
  • "Into thin air /Jon Krakauer"@en
  • "Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster"@en
  • "Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster"
  • "Into Thin Air"
  • "Into Thin Air"@en
  • "Into thin air A personal account of the Mt. Everest Disaster"@en
  • "Mal de altura"
  • "Mal de altura"@es
  • "Wszystko za Everest : katastrofalny sezon 1996 w relacji naocznego świadka"@pl
  • "La Febre del cim : crònica d'una tragedia a l'Everest"@ca
  • "Tragédie à l'Everest : document"
  • "聖母峰之死"
  • "Jin ru kong qi xi bo di dai"
  • "De ijle lucht in : het verslag van een huiveringwekkende Mount Everest-expeditie"
  • "进入空气稀薄地帶 : 珠穆朗玛峰攀登灾难亲历记"
  • "Into thin air"@en
  • "Into thin air"
  • "进入空气稀薄地带"
  • "Into thin air [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster"@en
  • "Into thin Air : A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster"
  • "Wszystko za Everest"@pl
  • "Sora e : eberesuto no higeki wa naze okitaka"
  • "Jin ru kong qi xi bo di dai : Zhumulangma feng pan deng zai nan qin li ji"
  • "Chōris oxygono"
  • "La febre del cim crònica d'una tragèdia a l'Everest"
  • "Op i det blå"
  • "Op i det blå"@da
  • "Sora e : Eberesuto no higeki wa naze okitaka"
  • "Into thin air : a personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster"
  • "Into thin air a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster"@en
  • "Into thin air a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster"
  • "Into thin air : a personal eccount of the Mount Everest disaster"

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