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Jon krakauers acclaimed account of a disastrous expedition on mt everest this is the true story of a 24hour period on everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricaneforce winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single. He takes great pains to provide a balanced picture of the people and events he witnessed and gives due credit to the tireless and dedicated sherpas. I have no doubt that boukreevs intentions were good on summit day, writes krakauer in the postscript, dated august 1999. Into thin air by jon krakauer1028 the push by tommy caldwell1014 everest the cruel way by joe tasker1008 touching the void by joe simpson920 reservoir by jon mcgregor875 the call of everest by conrad anker809 touching the void 1987 by joe simpson795 iced in by chris turney773 miracle in the andes by nando parrado768. The main characters of this non fiction, adventure story are rob hall, jon.

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