Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

RRP: £8.99

Publisher: PAN

Publication Date : 07/08/1998

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

The detailed and harrowing story of a 24-hour period on Everest when members of three separate expeditions were caught in an atrocious storm, and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure and the effects of altitude. Krakauer reveals the complex network of decisions which left a group of amateurs fighting for their lives in the sub-zero cold above 26,000 feet - in what experienced climbers call "the death zone". 8pp colour illus.

Publisher's description:

This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.

ISBN: 9780330353977