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Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air 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 in the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer ...
Biografía de Jon Krakauer. Autor americano, Jon Krakauer cursó Estudios Ambientales en el Hampshire College y ya desde muy joven mostró un gran interés por la naturaleza y, en concreto, el montañismo. Varias de sus expediciones en lugares como Alaska, los Andes o el Everest, han servido como base para algunos de sus libros.
Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.
Jon Krakauer a publié de nombreux articles dans les plus grands mensuels comme National Geographic et Rolling Stone. Sa notoriété provient notamment de son récit intitulé Tragédie à l'Everest (Into Thin Air), qui relate, selon son point de vue, les événements tragiques qui se sont produits lors de son ascension de l'Everest en mai 1996.
28 de sept. de 2015 · Jon Krakauer, the journalist who survived the catastrophic 1996 expedition on Everest that resulted in multiple fatalities, and whose subsequent book Into Thin Air became a bestselling account of ...
21 de abr. de 2014 · Jon Krakauer’s most recent books are “Three Cups of Deceit,” “Where Men Win Glory,” and “Under the Banner of Heaven.” Photograph by Niranjan Shrestha/AP. More: Climbing Sports
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith is a nonfiction book by author Jon Krakauer, first published in July 2003.He investigated and juxtaposed two histories: the origin and evolution of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a modern double murder committed in the name of God by brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who subscribed to a fundamentalist version ...
