Into Thin Air Resources
Websites
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This website, created in part by David Breashears (who's featured in the book), gives an amazing perspective into life on Everest, no visit to the Death Zone required.
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This is the website for Rob Hall's mountain guiding company, which continues to lead clients to the summit of Everest to this day.
Movie or TV Productions
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Okay, so this big budget adaptation of Into Thin Air might not exactly be accurate, but it sure makes up for it with CGI avalanches.
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Don't believe us? Just check out this trailer and prepare for your brain to be melted.
Articles and Interviews
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This piece, written by the editor who assigned Krakauer to the Everest article, provides some fascinating insight into the events.
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This interview with Jon Krakauer touches on many of the more controversial aspects of Into Thin Air.
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In contrast, check out this interview with Sandy Hill (then known as Sandy Pittman), in which she offers a more critical viewpoint toward the book.
Video
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Want to experience the feeling of standing atop Everest without leaving your house? Praise be to YouTube. Make some hot cocoa and travel from the safety of your couch.
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This fascinating chat with climbing legend Reinhold Messner covers the controversy over Boukreev's decision to forgo the use of bottled oxygen.
Audio
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In this chat with NPR, climber and director David Breashears gives his perspective on the disaster that unfolds in Into Thin Air.
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Here's another account from David Breashears. This time he's discussing the 2015 Everest disaster, which killed over twenty people.
Images
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Wow. That's pretty much all we can say about this one.
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This diagram roughly depicts the route that Krakauer and company took while ascending Mount Everest.