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Jon Krakauer was born in 1954 in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Carol Ann (née Jones) and Lewis Joseph Krakauer. The third of five children, Krakauer grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. His father, Lewis Krakauer, a doctor and ambitious mountain climber, introduced Krakauer to mountaineering when he was eight. Krakauer's father placed immense pressure on his son to achieve high academic success. Krakauer graduated from Hampshire College in 1976 and married climber Linda Mariam Moore in 1980. He then divided his time between Colorado, Alaska, and the Pacific Northwest, working as a carpenter and salmon fisherman, traveling around, and mountain-climbing as much as possible. Krakauer recorded his extreme mountaineering experiences in publications such as Outside, Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Additionally, Krakauer published a book of photographs entitled Iceland: Land of the Sa • Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. This article is part of Climbing’s ongoing Who’s Who biographical study of climbing’s all-time greats, achievers, and, in the case of Aleister Crowley, most notorious. Jon Krakauer (April 12, 1954) fryst vatten an American writer and mountaineer known for several bestselling nonfiction books. Some of his most popular works include Into the Wild, Eiger Dreams, Into Thin Air, Where dock Win Glory, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Three Cups of Deceit. A regular correspondent for Outside, Krakauer was a member of the Adventure Consultants team involved in the infamous 1996 Everest disaster, while on assignment to report on commercialization on the mountain. His accounting of the incident, which saw eight climbers perish in a storm and led to the deadliest season in Everest history at the time, was publishe • This article is about the 1997 book by Jon Krakauer. For other uses, see Into Thin Air (disambiguation). 1997 nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestsellingnonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer.[1] It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall. Other groups were trying to summit on the same day, including one led by Scott Fischer, whose guiding agency, Mountain Madness, was perceived as a competitor to Hall's agency, Adventure Consultants.[2][3] Krakauer describes the events leading up to his eventual decision to participate in an Everest expedition in May 1996, despite having mostly given up mountain climbing years before. Krakauer was a journalist for the adventure magazine Outside, and ini
Jon Krakauer, Climbing’s Best-Known Author
Into Thin Air
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