INTO THIN AIR: PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE EVEREST DISASTER

The detailed and harrowing story of a 24-hour period on Everest when members of three separate expeditions were caught in an atrocious storm, and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure and the effects of altitude. Krakauer reveals the complex network of decisions which left a group of amateurs fighting for their lives in the sub-zero cold above 26,000 feet - in what experienced climbers call