description: Into Thin Air is the definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Mount Everest--told by acclaimed journalist, and bestselling author of Into the Wild and Eiger Dreams, Jon Krakauer. On assignment for Outside magazine, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas to report on the growing commercialization of the planet's highest mountain. Even though one climber in four dies attempting to reach the summit of Everest, business is booming as guides take the rich and the adventurous up the mountain for a fee of $65,000. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people--including himself--to throw caution to the wind and willingly subject themselves to so much danger, hardship, and expense.
language: English
title: Into Thin Air
titlecomplete: Into Thin Air
characters: Jon Krakauer, Rob Hall
genres: Mountaineering, Travel, Nonfiction, History, Sports, Survival, Memoir, Biography Memoir, Adventure, Biography
ratings_count: 487153
places: Nepal, Mount Everest
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Boardman Tasker Prize
category: Mountain Literature
publisher: Random House Audio