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

5.0

a devastatingly incredible account of what happen on everest in 1996. early on in the book they discuss how the bodies on mount everest are ignored as an unspoken rule. by acknowledging these bodies one has to face their own mortality and, as stated in the final chapter, they have to recognize that survival on everest does not boil down to learning from mistakes. at high altitudes one cannot think clearly and can make impaired judgments, no one is exempt from this fate. jon directly challenges this by taking the time to bring attention to the 12 people who died’s humanity. he tells this traumatic event in a moving way to make us realize what it means to be human and how we can go about living after tragic events. this book is incredibly touching.