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(4.19) | 344 | A history of Mount Everest expedition is intertwined with the disastrous expedition the author was a part of, during which five members were killed by a hurricane-strength blizzard. When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people - including himself - to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eye-witness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.… (mer) |
▾Information om boken ▾LibraryThings rekommendationer   7 1marzipanz: It may seem like an obvious recommendation, but I would really urge everybody to read The Climb instead of or in addition to Into Thin Air. It really sheds a completely new light on some of what Krakauer writes, and - to me - seemed a far more convincing account of some of the events.… (mer) oregonobsessionz: While The Climb is not an easy read like Into Thin Air, it does provide a different perspective on the disaster, and answers some of Krakauer's criticisms of Boukreev's actions. bluepiano: I may be the only reader of Krakauer's book who thought Boukreev came across as a hero in it. The Climb is a heartening reminder that experience, intelligence, and calm can be the makings of heroism, and it's quite interesting as well. 60 Den perfekta stormen av Sebastian Junger (kraaivrouw)40 Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest av Beck Weathers (riverwillow)40 Everest: The West Ridge av Thomas F. Hornbein (BookWallah)BookWallah: If you liked Into Thin Air, then you are ready for the mountaineering classic, Everest: The West Ridge. This sparse first person account of the other American team that came after Whitaker in 1963 and put up a route that has seldom been repeated. 40 Snudda vid avgrunden : [en sann historia] av Joe Simpson (VivienneR)30 K2 : Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain av Ed Viesturs (Grandeplease)20 Blind Descent: the Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth av James M. Tabor (PamFamilyLibrary)PamFamilyLibrary: Who would guess, but going down into the Super Caves is as dangerous as going up K2 or Everest. 20 Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II av Robert Kurson (alaskabookworm)alaskabookworm: Couldn't put "Shadow Divers" down; one of my favorite nonfiction adventure books of all time. 20 Ett berg högre än Everest av Jon Krakauer (fichtennadel, Sandydog1)Sandydog1: If you want some background on "what makes Krakauer tick", do check out his earlier stories. 20 The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon av David Grann (g33kgrrl)20 In i vildmarken av Jon Krakauer (sturlington)10 Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season av Nick Heil (normandie_m)normandie_m: The events in this book re-opened discussion of the controversies surrounding the 1996 disaster. Heil examines similar themes, particularly the ethical dilemma of whether or not to offer assistance to/rescuing sick climbers when one's own health and supplies such as oxygen are depleted.… (mer) 10 Annapurna : 8.000 meter av Maurice Herzog (Sandydog1)10 Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident av Donnie Eichar (sweetbug)sweetbug: Both stories of mountaineering adventures gone terribly, terribly wrong. 10 Göran Kropp : [8000 ] av Göran Kropp (Navarone)10 The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest av Bear Grylls (FireandIce)10 Flykten från Stalins läger av Sławomir Rawicz (sombrio)10 The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm av Matt Dickinson (riverwillow)00 The Summit of the Gods, Volume 1 av Jirô Taniguchi (villemezbrown)00 Dead Lucky: Life after Death on Mount Everest av Lincoln Hall (RMSmithJr)
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Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. Men play at tragedy because they do not believe in the reality of the tragey which is actually being staged in the civilised world. —José Ortega y Gasset  | |
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Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable. John Krakauer | |
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