{"product_id":"into-thin-air-by-jon-krakauer-1997","title":"Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (1997)","description":"\u003cp\u003e1st edition hardcover of this most famous of mountaineering books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKrakauer (an accomplished independent climber), accepted an assignment for \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e magazine to go to Mount Everest in 1996 as a member of a guided team. Disaster struck: Krakauer's team and one other guided group were caught by a storm on their summit day - both head guides died, as did an associate guide, and two clients. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKrakauer, a skilled writer, had a front-row (although far from objective) view to the chaos that unfolded. He went home, wracked by trauma, and almost immediately wrote this book as a form of catharsis. Although it was the most successful mountaineering book of the last fifty years, Krakauer says going to Everest is the biggest regret in his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 291 pages. A few b\u0026amp;w photos, woodcuts illustrate the chapter breaks, and two endpaper maps show the standard route up Everest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dirtbag Dan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45831277052040,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/6765\/3768\/files\/A2D6893A-3697-4E50-BFB8-7C79D0202C72.jpg?v=1779045332","url":"https:\/\/dirtbagdan.com\/products\/into-thin-air-by-jon-krakauer-1997","provider":"Dirtbag Dan Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}