In May 1996, Jon Krakauer was on one of three expeditions near the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm hit, and by the end of the day eight people were dead. Into Thin Air tells the story of that ill-fated adventure.
In it Krakauer brilliantly evokes the majestic Everest landscape and places his own experiences within the history of man's attempt to conquer the world's highest mountain.
Into Thin Air is a landmark of mountaineering literature, and a harrowing tale of human tragedy and endurance.
'Krakauer's account is masterly, with a glittering certainty of description and devastating insight'
Guardian