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Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

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Allshallbewell2021 · 22/04/2024 14:02

For the second time.

Fascinating book about the disastrous season on Everest in 1996.

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Allshallbewell2021 · 23/04/2024 10:49

Also Neal Beidleman seems like the kindest man in the world 😍

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Allshallbewell2021 · 23/04/2024 10:48

Thank you Takemeto I will read that next.

I love the different versions of what happened and how completely baffling it is that Rob Hall and Scott Fischer effectively abandoned their groups when they should have turned around by 2 according to their own rules. Bizarre. And no system for deputising in the absence of the lead guide. And also clearly not enough radios(!).

I heard the Reunion too Terpsichore - great radio.

I thought this interview either Neal Beidleman was very good

I love climbing and mountain literature despite not being remotely athletic 😅

Mountains of the Mind by Robert Mcfarlane is good and I also love listening to Rheinhold Messner interviews.

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TakeMeToKernow · 23/04/2024 10:38

I think the best book to read (back to back with Into Thin Air) is The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev to get another perspective on the who-did-what-and-why’s of the event.

Terpsichore · 23/04/2024 10:35

It’s a gripping book. Just dropping into this thread to say that a recent edition of 'The Reunion' on Radio 4 was about this expedition and they brought several of the participants together to remember it - Jon Krakauer had a couple of recorded contributions. If anyone wants to listen it’s here

BBC Radio 4 - The Reunion, The 1996 Mount Everest disaster

The events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster are recalled with Kirsty Wark.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y8g2

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Allshallbewell2021 · 22/04/2024 14:28

Which would you recommend next?

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helpfulperson · 22/04/2024 14:04

This is a great book. There is a number of other books about same disaster and it's really interesting to read the different versions of the same event.

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