Into Thin Air

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Into Thin Air is Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, detailing the deadly expedition he joined and the broader risks and ethics of high-altitude climbing.

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instanceOf nonfiction book
adaptationType television film
author Jon Krakauer NERFINISHED
awarded Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize NERFINISHED
Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature NERFINISHED
Time magazine Best Book of the Year (nonfiction) NERFINISHED
basedOn Jon Krakauer’s experience on 1996 Everest expedition
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive
describesEvent blizzard on Mount Everest in May 1996
deaths of climbers during 1996 Everest season
expandedFrom “Into Thin Air” article in Outside magazine
featuresOrganization Adventure Consultants NERFINISHED
Mountain Madness NERFINISHED
featuresPerson Anatoli Boukreev NERFINISHED
Doug Hansen NERFINISHED
Rob Hall NERFINISHED
Scott Fischer NERFINISHED
Yasuko Namba NERFINISHED
followedBy Into the Wild (in Krakauer’s major nonfiction works) NERFINISHED
genre adventure literature
mountaineering literature
nonfiction
hasAdaptation Into Thin Air: Death on Everest NERFINISHED
isbn 0-679-45752-6
language English
mainCharacter Jon Krakauer NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor controversy over portrayal of Anatoli Boukreev
detailed account of 1996 Everest disaster
pageCount approximately 300
publicationYear 1997
publisher Anchor Books NERFINISHED
Villard NERFINISHED
sales bestseller in the United States
settingLocation Mount Everest NERFINISHED
Nepal NERFINISHED
settingTime May 1996
subject 1996 Mount Everest disaster NERFINISHED
Mount Everest NERFINISHED
high-altitude mountaineering
mountaineering ethics
theme commercialization of Everest
decision-making under stress
ethics of guided expeditions
risk in extreme sports
survivor guilt

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Everest (2015 film) basedOn Into Thin Air