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Into Thin Air
- Narrated by: Philip Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
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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- Steve S
- 08-11-16
Exceeded expectations
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
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- Michael
- 22-04-16
Brilliant
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I'm relatively new to audio books but this is definitely the best so far. Starts of with historical information about the mountain and the stories of other people that have been up to the top of Everest or attempted it, which is a nice build up to the events which happened in 1996.
Nearly listened to the whole thing in one sitting but got through it on the second attempt.
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- John McCluskey
- 09-06-16
Epic Tale
Would you try another book written by Jon Krakauer or narrated by Philip Franklin?
Would definitely try another book by Jon, Into the wild was excellent as well. The narration I found pretty excruciating.
What did you like best about this story?
Close quarters account of what happened on that fateful summit attempt in 1996 from Jon's perspective. Its an opinion, and there are others but a piece of the jigsaw all the same. It was well written and we got a sense of being on the mountain, so well done. Climbers as a breed didn't come off very well as there seemed a lot of ego jostling, but I guess you need to be like that to climb the worlds highest mountain.
How could the performance have been better?
OMG, those cheesy accents, they were all over the place. I found the narration poor and it could have been edited better as there were a few double lines read. I hang in till the end though as the story was compelling.
Was Into Thin Air worth the listening time?
Absolutely. Wasn't too heavy and I was well informed.
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- Steph in Nottingham
- 27-10-16
Needs editing
Really heartbreaking story. Well read but some lines are read twice, I wonder if this was originally cds converted to digital download. If so it needs the extra lines editing out. Overall I enjoyed it and I will probably listen to it again in a few years.
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- Mr. Dj Jenkins
- 28-06-16
So gripping, so intense!
haunting, chilling, and utterly enthralling! could not stop listening, to hear the story through johns eyes was such an experience 10/10
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- Jack
- 09-10-18
Good story, annoying narrator
While the book was interesting, the narrator did very bad accents for Brits, South Africans and New Zealanders which was quite grating.
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- Robert
- 14-10-16
Real life adventure
Very interesting thought provoking a true story of goals and glory ,
Apart from a couple of editing errors ( you can't miss them , you can't miss them ) that's a clue, a sad but unavoidable story of the power of nature
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- jonÃÂ gilbertson
- 06-03-19
Audio glitches abound
Great book with a decent performance, however, there are atleast 10 occasions throughout the book where the audio loops. This isn't a deal braker by any means but it does snap you out of the great sense of immersion that J . K creates throughout.
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- Mrs D
- 16-05-16
couldn't stop listening
this is a well read interesting account of the events that took place on Everest. thoroughly enjoyed it
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- colin
- 24-11-16
Powerful
An Intensely powerful and thought provoking recount of an incredible event. I Couldn't stop listening. Accents a little dodgy!!
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