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with a couple blank pages for notes at the back
Climbs discussed include the North Face of the Matterhorn
which became known as the John Harlin Memorial Route
This edition copyright 2012
Alison Osius
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (1997) Boise with a couple blank pages1st edition hardcover of this most famous of mountaineering books. Krakauer (an accomplished independent climber), accepted an assignment for Outside 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. Krakauer, a skilled writer, had a front row (although far from