Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster

Título
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster

Jon. Krakauer

Resumen
The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
1999
 
1999,
 
1997

Descripción física
xxv, 333 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Edición
1st Anchor Books trade pbk. ed.

Nota general
Originally published: New York : Villard, c1997.

Materia personal
Krakauer, Jon.

Materia de conferencia
Mount Everest Expedition (1996)

Término de la materia
Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
 
Mountaineering accidents.

Término geográfico
Mount Everest (China and Nepal)

Título añadido
Mountaineering expeditions

Síntesis
The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.

ISBN
9780385494786
 
9780329449254
 
9780329603748

Información de publicación
New York : Anchor Books, 1999.


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