Jon Krakauer knew mountains. An avid outdoorsman and journalist, he had climbed them or written about climbing them for most of his 42 years. And he knew that scaling Mount Everest, the world's ...

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This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In his best-selling book, Into Thin Air, John Krakauer tells the story of the ill-fated expedition to the summit of Mount ...

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