Format:
Book
Author:
Krakauer, Jon.
Title:
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster / Jon Krakauer.
Edition:
1st Anchor Books trade pbk. ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1999.
Description:
xxv, 332, [1] p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 1 map ; 21 cm.
Summary:
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster.
Subjects:
Krakauer, Jon.
Adventure Consultants. Guided Expedition (1996 : Mount Everest)
Mountain Madness (Firm). Everest Expedition (1996)
Mount Everest Expedition (1996)
Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Notes:
"New afterword by the author"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]).
LCCN:
* 97042880
ISBN:
0385494785 (pbk.)
9780385494786 (pbk.)
Other Number:
42967338
System Availability:
37
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
2035459
Call Number:
796.522092
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
36