Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air is a 1997 bestseller written by Jon Krakauer, based on his personal experience during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, which was the deadliest year in Mount Everest’s history until the very recent 2014 avalanche occurring March 18^th.  During the 1996 disaster, eight climbers were killed, including the legendary Everest guide Rob Hall, who had successfully summited Everest five times, more than anyone ever before.  

Krakauer, who was the privileged ones to have survied, describes in great detail every step taken to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, and makes it clear that making it to the top is only the half waypoint. Krakauer wrote Into Thin Air against the advice of his coworkers and family, who which believed he needed to distance himself from the horrendous events he had experienced, but Krakauer refused, and felt that he needed to let his experience to the world.

The book is written in great detail and provides the reader with such proficient imaginary, that one’s emotions are easily triggered, and the reader can effortlessly put themselves in the situation of the victims mentioned in the book. The book was very tragic including the deaths of the victims in details, and also the struggle the survivors had to go trough to get out of Mount Everest alive. This book is definitely one of the most well written books I have read in a long time.