
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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