num_pages: 368
description: The author describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, a disastrous expedition that claimed the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survived.
language: English
title: Into Thin Air
titlecomplete: Into Thin Air
characters: Rob Hall, Jon Krakauer
genres: Adventure, Mountaineering, History, Travel, Survival, Biography Memoir, Biography, Sports, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 486889
places: Mount Everest, Nepal
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: Turtleback Books