{"product_id":"9780385494786","title":"Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism.”—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996. He hadn’t slept in fifty-seven hours. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,032 feet (the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), some twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top, unaware that a furious storm would soon engulf them from below. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the terrifying story of what happened that calamitous day at the top of the world, during what would be the deadliest season Everest climbers had ever seen. In this harrowing narrative, Krakauer takes the reader along with his ill-fated expedition, step by precarious step, from Kathmandu to the summit where—plagued by a combination of hubris, terrible judgment, and bad luck—they would fall prey to the mountain’s unpredictable violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith more than three million copies in print, this extraordinary book is considered a paragon of the narrative nonfiction genre. Brilliantly written and supported by unimpeachable reporting, \u003ci\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/i\u003e will by turns thrill and horrify.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370088108093,"sku":"9780385494786","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780385494786_p0.jpg?v=1773715712","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780385494786","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}