Into thin air: a personal account of the Everest disaster (Record no. 86275)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781447200185
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 796.522092
Cutter Kra
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Personal name Krakauer, Jon
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Title Into thin air: a personal account of the Everest disaster
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Pan Macmillan
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011
Place of publication, distribution, etc London
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Number of Pages xxiii;319p.
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Dimensions 8x5
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Summary, etc One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley. Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air 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 book 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 readers to ponder timeless questions.
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          Book HBCSE HBCSE Arts & Literature 2018-06-20 81 339.15 796.522092/Kra 24690 2019-08-16 2019-06-10 399.00 Book

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