Into Thin Air

10 hrs. 2 min.

Language Russian

Author Jon Krakauer

Narrator Evgeny Perepelitsa

Description

The book by the well-known American journalist, writer, and mountaineer Jon Krakauer, “Into Thin Air,” was written in the wake of the tragedy that unfolded during the Everest expedition in May 1996… What does a person feel when standing on the Roof of the World—thrill and exhilaration, or endless fatigue, fear, and the desire to get down as soon as possible? What does a thrill-seeker and romantic— someone who paid $65,000 for the chance to stand five minutes on the highest point of the planet—want to find, and what does he actually find? How does the mountain “take revenge,” and for what, on whom? These and many other questions are what the author tries to answer—perhaps the “Goddess of the World” spared him so that, after descending, he could not only deliver a piercingly harsh personal account of the expedition, but also provide a detailed and truthful picture of the Everest saga as a whole.