Into Thin Air

A harrowing tale of survival and tragedy on Mount Everest. 🏔️

🎧 Listening time: 9 hrs and 8 mins
⭐ Community rating: 4.7 / 5

📜 Introduction
🔍 What is this audiobook about?
❓ Should I listen to it?

Introduction to Into Thin Air

The audiobook describes Krakauer’s experience in the Mount Everest disaster in detail. It led to the death of 8 climbers, while a violent storm stranded many others.

It provides an emotional account of the tragic events and the challenges those who survived the ordeal faced.

What is Into Thin Air about?

In this tragic story, many climbers were exposed to freezing temperatures and life-threatening conditions as they struggled to survive on the slopes of Everest.

Some were eventually rescued, but the disaster resulted in one of the deadliest seasons in the mountain’s history, taking the lives of 8 people in a single day.

In the audiobook, we can learn about the heated debate between Jon Krakauer and Everest guide Anatoli Boukreev following the devastating events on the mountain.

Should I listen to Into Thin Air audiobook?

This audiobook provides touching closure to the debate surrounding “Into Thin Air” while shedding light on the complexities of human interactions and the aftermath of such life-altering experiences on the world’s most formidable mountain.

While some listeners express dissatisfaction with the change in narrator, praising Krakauer’s original performance, others still find the replacement narration acceptable. The intense, tragic, and awe-inspiring narrative captures the harrowing experiences of climbers and the challenges they face in the treacherous conditions of Everest

📝 Book Author: Jon Krakauer
🎙 Audiobook Narrator: Philip Franklin

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