Book Review: Into Thin Air

Title: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Author: Jon Krakauer

Genre: Non-fiction

Source: Purchased (Book of the Month Club)

Rating: ★★★

One sentence synopsis

Jon Krakauer writes about his trip to the top of Mount Everest that ended in tragedy.

Favorite quote

“This forms the nub of a dilemma that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you’re too driven you’re likely to die.”

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