Conversation so far:
What is Into Thin Air?
The book describes the climbing parties' experiences and the general state of Everest mountaineering at the time.
What year was this book written?
1997.
Was this book a bestseller?
was honored as "Book of the Year" by Time magazine, and was among three books considered for the General Non-Fiction Pulitzer Prize in 1998.
Did anyone else give praise to this book?
In a TV-movie version of the book.
What year did they create the movie for the book?
2015.
What else was this book about?
1996 Everest climbing team led by Rob Hall--the team which ended up suffering the greatest casualties in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
His account of an ascent of Mount Everest has led to a general reevaluation of climbing and of the commercialization of what was once a romantic, solitary sport..

Question: Did the author himself climb the Everest?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the author of Into Thin Air climb Mount Everest?