Jon Krakauer tells the harrowing true story of the trek to the peak of Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996 when 11 climbers lost their lives and others were injured seriously. He was doing a story for Outside magazine on a guided ascent to Mt. Everest, ironically three of the men who lost their lives were in fact guides themselves.
Jon Krakauer writes a descriptive account of his trek to Everest in the face of bad weather. You can actually almost feel what it was like- the howl of the wind, the blazing sun, the frigid landscape and the beauty of the highest mountain peaks in the world. Only to have it end in terrible tragedy when the worst cast scenario happens and many fingers are pointed.
I couldn't imagine what would drive anyone to want to risk their life and go through horrible altitude sickness, belowing freezing temperatures, windchills and treacherous climbs just to reach the top of a mountain.
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