Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

416 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced
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Now available in paperback comes the bestselling adventure book by Jon Krakauer, the acclaimed author of Into the Wild. When disaster struck during his ascent of Mt. Everest, killing eight climbers, Krakauer survived by luck, skill, and discipline...

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Moods

adventurous 89%
tense 61%
sad 56%
informative 52%
emotional 50%
dark 41%
reflective 39%
challenging 34%
inspiring 13%
hopeful 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 59%
fast 30%
slow 10%

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