Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Book Review: Left at a loss for words
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this piece cover to cover without putting it down once. So many mistakes were made on this journey that you had to wonder how anyone, except Beck Weathers, survived. The thought that he was left for dead on two occasions makes me sick to my stomach, yet what an incredible will to survive through it all. ( I have to wonder if Weathers would have waited in his tent while other members of his party died a slow death? )You, Krakauer, concerned only with saving yourself, make me wonder if you will feel the guilt for your dead companions for the rest of your life. Any profits made from this book should go to the families of the deceased. I believe you truly feel guilty for the loss of some of the members of your party, however, I hope you never let this feeling go away. It concerns me, that once again your climbing mountains, instead of staying at home with your wife and raising your children. If Everest taught you anything at all, you might think it had something to do with your priorities in life.Book Review: Read this if you like sofa adventures
Summary: 5 Stars
John Krakauer succeeds in telling the tale of his Mount Everest Disaster very vividly. The question: "Could I have done other than I did to help my fellow mountaineers" is covered with a fair amount of honesty.Book Review: laptop mountaineers
Summary: 5 Stars
Jon Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air" is a remarkable piece of journalism. Yes, it is a means by which Mr. Krakauer unburdens himself of his survivor's guilt, but that does nothing to dilute the quality of his reportage. For those who judge Mr. Krakauer from behind laptop screens - months, thousands of vertical feet and thousands of miles away, can you honestly say you would have behaved with the same basic human decency Mr. Krakauer displayed in the given circumstances?Book Review: Great book - hard to follow with Books on Tape
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a good book (kept me awake on night drive from MSP - STL!) but there were ALOT of characters and perhaps having the book in regular format would have been easier. I found that there were times when I was confused on which team a character was with when he would discuss the fate of a climber.Book Review: a good book about stupidity and desperation above 26,000'
Summary: 4 Stars
Man, i snatched this book up the second i saw it because the newspaper made me cry when i read it just after the tragedy occured. I think Mr. Krakauer is being 100% honest about what he can remember from his hypoxia,...but that is just the point. He was in the realm where only 747 jets can survive, without oxygen (DUH), and these amateurs started droppong like flys as the profit minded guides struggled to save them. Why did these men they trusted go wothout oxygen? Forgive the language, but you can't polish a turd, and this is just what they tried to do. They ended up with a shiny turd. (dead heroes). I just know ill never try to climb Everest because nature laughs at those who mock it, just ask the people who said the Titanic was unsinkable.