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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

1486 reviews
Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 1999

Seeking a state of grace
I remember the spring of 1996 and the Everest disasters very well. I was stuck in traffic when a writer named Jon Krakauer was briefly interviewed on NPR when he first returned as one of the survivors of a deadly climb. I had never given mountaineering or Everest much thought but the drama, and especially Krakauer's traumatized voice, inspired a curiosity I've only now actually pursued by ...

High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places

72 reviews
David Breashears

Simon & Schuster, 2000

What an incredible book.
What an incredible book. Once you start reading it, you won't be able to set it down. I even got yelled at by my boss for reading the book on company time. I've read it 4 times and each time is like the first time. There is alot of information to process so get ready be blown away. It's awsome. Also, if you missed reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates, go and read it.

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

60 reviews
Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 1997

What an incredible book.
What an incredible book. Once you start reading it, you won't be able to set it down. I even got yelled at by my boss for reading the book on company time. I've read it 4 times and each time is like the first time. There is alot of information to process so get ready be blown away. It's awsome. Also, if you missed reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates, go and read it.

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

714 reviews
Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2004

Religion Gone Too Far
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith I read this book in shock and awe BEFORE the news of the raid on the YFZ ranch in Texas. At times it was tough reading because I found myself being heartsick and angry that such atrocities are condoned in the United States today. Jon Krakauer has turned from extreme adventure to extreme religion in this inside look at a fundamentalist ...

In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic

30 reviews
Valerian Albanov

Modern Library, 2000

Exciting true life adventure
I've always been fascinated about Arctic & Antartic exploration, and try to read any books about it that I can find. This first-person work by a Russian officer on an ill-fated Arctic journey from 1912 to 1914 is certainly a very exciting one, even though the author tends to be laconic at times about his exploits. He tells the story of his ship becoming icelocked, and then of his trek, with ...

Iceland: Land of the Sagas

16 reviews
Jon Krakauer, David Roberts

Villard, 1998

Excellent reading and beautiful photographs
I recently visited Iceland for a a couple days enroute from Europe to the US and found myself enchanted by the country and its people. Returning home, I immediately wanted to purchase a book that would give me a better understanding of the culture, the land, and the history. This book has it all, and has filled me with interesting facts and stories, not to mention the beautiful visuals the ...

Into the Wild

4 reviews
Jon Krakauer

Villard Books, 1996

"A Story That Touches One's Soul"
This slim account of the quixotic life and tragic death of Chris McCandless is a remarkable book. I was transfixed by this story, one that chronicled the wanderings and explorations of a young man across the American West and into the wild of the Alaskan interior. I found the book moved me in ways I hardly expected. This is surely a testament to the skilled and sensitive writing of ...

High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (The Adrenaline Series)

11 reviews
Jon Krakauer, Matt Dickinson, ...

Adrenaline Audiobooks, 1999

damn good read
This is the first book i've read that was a collection of excerpts from other books. It is a real page turner and you will work through it quickly, desperately wanting more non-fiction adventure reading to follow. Well anyways, just buy it. you won't be disappointed.

Into the Wild

1189 reviews
Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2007

Are you a Dreamer?
I have been fascinated with the story of Christopher McCandless ever since I first heard of him - a young man who walked off into the Alaskan wilderness to live off the land. When I visited Alaska in 2005, I found myself dreaming of backpacking the Yukon Trail and getting lost in the wilderness. For me, of course, it was just a pipe dream and I kissed it goodbye when I boarded the cruise ship ...

Forget Me Not: A Memoir

12 reviews
Jennifer Lowe-anker

Mountaineers Books, 2008

This book catches hold and doesn't let go
My husband doesn't typically cry. He's not opposed to emoting and doesn't think real men don't cry. He just doesn't find much to cry about, so when he tried to read a passage aloud to me from Forget Me Not, but couldn't make it through for the emotion clogging his throat, he got my attention. Likewise, when my sister spotted the book lying on my coffee table and picked it up to take a quick ...

Syracuse University: Off the Record - College Prowler (Off the Record)
Steve Krakauer

College Prowler, 2006

Introduction from the Author Syracuse University may mean different things to different people. To the sports fan, hearing Syracuse will bring up images of SU’s championship basketball team and superstars like Carmelo Anthony, Gerry MacNamara, and Hakim Warrick. For others, hearing Syracuse will automatically bring up thoughts of upstate New York and snowy winters. The true draw of Syracuse University is becoming what is probably the most ...

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer

Villard Books, 1997

Into Thin Air

1 review
Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 1998

KING OF THE ROAD...
This is a poignant, compelling narrative about Chris McCandless, an intelligent, intense, and idealistic young man, who cut off all ties to his upper middle class family. He then reinvented himself as Alexander Supertramp, a drifter living out of a backpack, eking out a marginal existence as he wandered throughout the United States. A modern day King of the Road, McCandless ended his journey in ...

Notes from The Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia (Modern Library Exploration)

4 reviews
Edward Hoagland

Modern Library, 2002

Real Gem of a B.C. travelogue
I just read this account of the author's three month exploration of northwestern B.C. in 1966 after it was recommended as one of the best 25 books of the last 25 years by the magazine Outdoor Canada. Edward Hoagland is a real find for me. I had never heard of him before, but his description by John Updike as "America's best living essayist" is close to the mark. His descriptions of the country ...

Hacia rutas salvajes
Jon Krakauer

Ediciones B, 2008

En abril de 1992, Chris McCandless, de 24 años, se internó solo y apenas equipado en tierras de Alaska. Cuatro meses más tarde, unos cazadores encontraron su cuerpo sin vida. Su historia, difundida en un reportaje de Jon Krakauer, suscitó una agitada polémica, pues, ¿por qué un joven que acababa de graduarse decide cortar todos los lazos con su familia y perderse en una región inhóspita? El 18 de enero de 2008 se estrena en España la película ...

Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2007

Epic: Stories of Survival From The World's Highest Peaks (The Adrenaline Series)

14 reviews
Jon Krakauer, Greg Child, ...

Adrenaline Audiobooks, 1999

Epic, delivers the goods
This book is essentially a compilation of short stories from books written by world class mountaineers. Anyone who is well read in this genre will immediately recognize these short stories from the books they were taken. The stories are exceptionally well written and edited. Some are epic survival tales and others document the never ending string of tragedies that befall many mountaineering ...

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