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Into Thin Air


"We were too tired to help. Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford morality."
A Personal Account of the Mt Everest Disaster. Jon Krakauer himself went on an expedition to conquer Everest and he presents his account of what happened. The 1996 disaster will always be known as one of the deadliest season of Mt Everest.


This was an amazing adventure account. Personally, I am rethinking about my plans now😂 It looks thrilling from the outside but the slopes of Everest are littered with corpses.


"Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality."


"With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill," Hall observed. "The trick is to get back down alive."


Will not reveal more. The book is an adventure in itself. Happy reading:)


 

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