A personal account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster where eight climbers died.
It is a gripping, first-person account of one of mountaineering's most devastating events.
This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a deadly storm, battling hurricane-force winds, exposure, and altitude effects. Written by journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, a survivor of the event, the book reconstructs the expedition in immersive detail, examining the decisions and logistics that led to the tragic end.
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A personal account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster where eight climbers died.
It is a gripping, first-person account of one of mountaineering's most devastating events.
This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a deadly storm, battling hurricane-force winds, exposure, and altitude effects. Written by journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, a survivor of the event, the book reconstructs the expedition in immersive detail, examining the decisions and logistics that led to the tragic end.