01371cam a2200337 4500 366126972 TxAuBib 20081211120000.0 961216s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96030031 9780679457527 alk. paper 0679457526 alk. paper DLC DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Krakauer, Jon. Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster / Jon Krakauer. New York : Villard, 1997. xx, 293 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 293). Wilson's Senior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.) School Library Journal. The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Adult. 20011128. Krakauer, Jon. Mount Everest Expedition 1996. Mountaineering accidents Everest, Mount (China and Nepal.) Mountaineering accidents. Everest, Mount (China and Nepal.)