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

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer with Philip Franklin (Narrator)

9 hours, 8 minutes first pub 1997 (view editions)

nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous sad tense medium-paced
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When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent...

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4.24
based on 35,706 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 88%

tense: 61%

sad: 56%

emotional: 52%

informative: 52%

dark: 41%

reflective: 39%

challenging: 36%

inspiring: 13%

hopeful: 2%

mysterious: 2%


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