Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster - Tapa blanda

Krakauer, Jon

 
9780385492089: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
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ISBN 10: 0385492081 ISBN 13: 9780385492089
Editorial: Anchor Books, 1998

Sinopsis

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.

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Acerca del autor

Jon Krakauer is a part-time mountaineer and a full-time writer. He is a contributing editor at Outside magazine and writes for many national magazines and newspapers. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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Editorial
Anchor Books
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0385492081
ISBN 13 
9780385492089
Encuadernación
Libro de bolsillo
Número de páginas
378
Contacto del fabricante
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9780385494786: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster [Idioma Inglés]

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0385494785 ISBN 13:  9780385494786
Editorial: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1999
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