02076cam a2200325 4500 388796404 TxAuBib 20090122120000.0 010530s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96030031 //r982 9780679457527 0679457526 TxAuBib Krakauer, Jon, 1954- Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster / Jon Krakauer. 1st ed. New York : Villard, 1997. xx, 293 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 293). Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996. He hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds ..." "This is the terrifying story of what really happened that fateful day at the top of the world, during what would be the deadliest season in the history of Everest. In this harrowing yet breathtaking narrative, Krakauer takes the reader along with his ill-fated expedition, step by precarious step, from Katmandu to the mountain's pinnacle where, plagued by a combination of hubris, greed, poor judgment, and plain bad luck, they would fall prey to the mountain's unpredictable fury. 20010530. Krakauer, Jon 1954- Adventure Consultants Guided Expedition 1996 Mount Everest. Mountain Madness (Firm) Everest Expedition 1996. Mount Everest Expedition (1976.) Mountaineering Accidents Everest, Mount (China and Nepal.) Mountaineering Expeditions Everest, Mount (China and Nepal.) Mount Everest (China and Nepal.)