Krakauer asked his editor to put off the story for a year so that he could train for a climb to the summit. However, the idea of Everest reawakened his childhood desire to climb the mountain. The original magazine story was to have Krakauer climb only to base camp, and report on the commercialization of the mountain. Krakauer, a journalist for the adventure magazine Outside, said initially his intention to climb Everest was purely professional. This was the third-highest recorded number of deaths on the mountain in a single day the April 2015 Nepal earthquake caused the most at 21. The 1996 expedition season recorded eight deaths, including that of Krakauer's guide Rob Hall. Krakauer describes the events leading up to his eventual decision to participate in an Everest expedition in May 1996, despite having mostly given up mountain climbing years before. Other groups were trying to summit on the same day, including one led by Scott Fischer, whose guiding agency, Mountain Madness, was perceived as a competitor to Hall's agency, Adventure Consultants. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall. It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. 'A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism.Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. 'Into Thin Air ranks among the great adventure books of all time.' - Wall Street Journal One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape.Īs the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day, eight people were dead. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air 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, which ended in the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.
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