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kaitlincarroll's review against another edition
3.0
I think this would be easier to understand if I knew literally anything about Everest. I had to keep stopping to look up terms and pictures of locations. And I think we all know this but I’ll say it: I do not have what it takes to climb Mt Everest
camicarreno's review against another edition
4.0
Esta historia es terrible. Creí que iba a entender el porqué de querer escalar el Everest y creo que lo entiendo menos que antes. Es demasiado difícil, es terrible para el cuerpo, apenas están en la cumbre y pueden morir en cualquier momento. Hay algunas partes que reflejan demasiado la maldad y la miseria humana, como cuando alguien prefiere llegar a la cumbre que ayudar a un herido; pero hay otras que muestran lo buenas y generosas que son algunas personas. Me gustó mucho el libro.
readingphoebe's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
lilbuzzball's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.5
emilyann4500's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
physicalsecrets's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75
laurenofgreengables's review against another edition
5.0
I’m in a complete book hangover from Into Thin Air. I simultaneously want to go down a rabbit hole of related videos, articles and interviews, but also want to forget I ever read it because I feel so emotionally drained.
Into this Air is Krakauer’s true life account of his 1996 climb of Mount Everest, and the tragedies that struck his climbing group. Into the Wild by Krakauer is one of my favorite books, but this is even better.
The structure is almost too perfect. You go on a journey with Krakauer, from when a magazine assigns him an article to write about Everest’s guided climbs and the increasing commercialization of Everest. You meet the group that you know will be doomed, and their month-long preparation to reach the summit. A slow sense of dread builds up because you know many of the climbers will die, but you don’t know who and how.
I knew nothing about mountaineering or Everest before this. Krakauer does a good job explaining things in simple terms, but I did have to Google Image search more than a view locations to better understand what they encountered on Everest.
Fair warning, if you’re a sensitive reader this will be hard to get through. You come to know and love these people, and Krakauer writes about their deaths with no details spared.
Overall an incredible read and of the best books I’ve read this year.
Into this Air is Krakauer’s true life account of his 1996 climb of Mount Everest, and the tragedies that struck his climbing group. Into the Wild by Krakauer is one of my favorite books, but this is even better.
The structure is almost too perfect. You go on a journey with Krakauer, from when a magazine assigns him an article to write about Everest’s guided climbs and the increasing commercialization of Everest. You meet the group that you know will be doomed, and their month-long preparation to reach the summit. A slow sense of dread builds up because you know many of the climbers will die, but you don’t know who and how.
I knew nothing about mountaineering or Everest before this. Krakauer does a good job explaining things in simple terms, but I did have to Google Image search more than a view locations to better understand what they encountered on Everest.
Fair warning, if you’re a sensitive reader this will be hard to get through. You come to know and love these people, and Krakauer writes about their deaths with no details spared.
Overall an incredible read and of the best books I’ve read this year.