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description: The gripping articles in Classic Krakauer originally published in periodicals such as The New Yorker Outside and Smithsonian display the singular investigative reporting that made Jon Krakauer famousand show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations these articles take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mt. Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of greater Seattle at any moment; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. Rigorously researched and vividly written marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop the pieces in Classic Krakauer are unified by the authors ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.
language: English
title: Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group