
Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer
4.6/10
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General Non-FictionAugust 25, 2009en
"Reeling 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 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude o…
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