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Into Thin Air

Yazan: Jon Krakauer
Seslendiren: Philip Franklin
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One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley.

This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.

In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead.

Krakauer's audiobook is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads his listeners to ponder timeless questions.

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Purchased this on a whim as it was in the sale. Wasn't expecting much, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and didn't want it to end. It's been a long time since I have said that about an audiobook!
The book is written in such a way that you almost feel like you are there with the climbers. You get drawn in to the unfolding disaster, as though you were part of it.
Note that it is not necessary to have any interest in climbing to enjoy this book. I certainly haven't, but I did! Enjoy

Exceeded expectations

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An Intensely powerful and thought provoking recount of an incredible event. I Couldn't stop listening. Accents a little dodgy!!

Powerful

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A compelling account of an event that made world headlines. This story manages to take a complex disaster and break it down to a personal , (sometimes) understandable, terrible series of accidents, bad decisions and regrets . I recommend this book to any one even half interested in Everest and some of the people who want to climb it. It lead me to research the characters further to see where some of the survivors are now.

However This book was let down by the audio editing which in at least 3 places repeated a line of narration. Irritating!!!!

Great story well told, shame about the audio edit

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I remember this happening, it was all over the international news. Not just a first hand account of doomed climbers on Everest, but possibly a morality tale. The author's struggle with survivor's guilt and a telling Internet posting from a Nepalese orphan right, at the end of the book, throws a very different focus on to the "right" humanity to be on the mountain providing a new angle.

The original climbers to summit Everest were very experienced, but nowadays inexperienced people are "guided" up for vast sums of money, adding to the litter, pollution and corpses on this remote, savage and beautiful place. A very different ethic.

Beautifully written and well read.

Still shocking to listen to two decades later.

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I watched the 2016 blockbuster film about the '96 disaster, and as per usual the audiobook is better. Great story, great performance (although the audio track did repeat itself for 20 seconds half a dozen times). Well worth a listen

Watched the film and this book is even better

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