Into thin air, a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster, Jon Krakauer
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Into thin air, a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster, Jon Krakauer
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 293)
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Into thin air
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Jon Krakauer
Sub title
a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Summary
The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense
Target audience
adult
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
- Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal))
- Mount Everest Expedition, 1996
- Adventure Consultants, Guided Expedition, Mount Everest), (1996 :
- Krakauer, Jon
- Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History
- Mountain Madness (Firm), Everest Expedition, (1996)
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject7
- Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
- Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal))
- Mount Everest Expedition, 1996
- Adventure Consultants, Guided Expedition, Mount Everest), (1996 :
- Krakauer, Jon
- Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History
- Mountain Madness (Firm), Everest Expedition, (1996)
- Content1
- Author1