 Hardcover edition | |
| Author | Jon Krakauer |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Randy Rackliff |
| Language | English, Chinese, Japanese |
| Subject | 1996 Mount Everest disaster |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Villard Books |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 416 pp. (Hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0385494786 |
| OCLC | 42967338 |
| Preceded by | Into the Wild |
| Followed by | Under the Banner of Heaven |
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer.[1] 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. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall. 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.[2][3]
- ^ Krakauer, Jon (1999), Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-385-49478-6
- ^ Scott, Alastair (1997), "Fatal Attraction; a review of the book Into Thin Air", New York Times
- ^ Viesturs, Ed (2006), The Everest Decade; Ed Viesturs on 1996, National Geographic, archived from the original on January 13, 2007