Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Krakauer, Jon1997
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During a 24 hour period 3 separate expeditions to Everest were caught in an atrocious storm that ended in the worst single season death toll in the peak's history. The author was there at the time and this book is his account of what happened.
Main title:
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster / Jon Krakauer.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 1997.
Collation:
xxii, 293p., [8]p. of plates : col. ill., col. ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293).
ISBN:
9780333695272 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.522095496
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Mountaineering
BRN:
536091