Book · 1997 · Travel
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
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It's a great read just if you haven't read it it's an extraordinary read.
What they say about it
- Climbing Mount Everest“climb Mount Everest”2
- Tragic climb“eleven people die”2
The best things said about it
In fact, one of my favorite beach reads was Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, which takes you to the top of Mount Everest.
I thought what which is about a bunch of people who climb Mount Everest as as sort of amateurs and push themselves to the limit. Some of them don't come back. Some of them are damaged irrevocably. It's it's a tragic book, but part of the tragedy is like, why?
There's a famous book that's written about it where eleven people die and right in this moment it's called the Death Zone where you enter above 26,000 feet.
Colin O'Brady The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2019 Apparently, so that that guy John Crackour who had the whole in a thin air thing, he wrote that book being like nobody should do this.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Aug 2026 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is a gripping and tragic non-fiction account detailing the author's harrowing participation in the disastrous 1996 Mount Everest climbing expedition that resulted in the deaths of several climbers. Russ Roberts repeatedly recommended the book on EconTalk, calling it an extraordinary and tragic read that raises profound questions about extreme risk-taking and human limits. Annie Duke also discussed the book on EconTalk and The Jordan Harbinger Show, using the climb and the decisions made by expedition leader Rob Hall to analyze high-stakes decision-making and the psychological difficulty of quitting when people are heavily invested. Chris Williamson brought up Krakauer's work on Modern Wisdom to explore the inherent dangers of attempting to climb Everest, while Elisabeth Egan cited the book on The Book Review as one of her favorite suspenseful beach reads. Colin O'Brady discussed the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, referencing the fatal dangers of entering the high-altitude Death Zone. Additionally, Shaan Puri and Noah Kagan briefly touched upon the book on My First Million while discussing gripping outdoor adventure narratives.
Every mention
Russ Roberts when I rated to thin air for me the it's a great read just if you haven't read it it's an extraordinary read 2
“when I rated to thin air for me the it's a great read just if you haven't read it it's an extraordinary read”
“And when I read the book Into Thin Air, I thought what which is about a bunch of people who climb Mount Everest as as sort of amateurs and push themselves to the limit. Some of them don't come back. Some of them are damaged irrevocably. It's it's a tragic book, but part of the tragedy is like, why?”
Annie Duke uh they were part of uh the climbing expedition chronicled in John cracker was Into Thin Air uh Rob Hall wa… 2
“and it was called Into Thin Air by James Brown”
“uh they were part of uh the climbing expedition chronicled in John cracker was Into Thin Air uh Rob Hall was their expedition leader”
Chris Williamson Apparently, so that that guy John Crackour who had the whole in a thin air thing, he wrote that book being… 1
“Apparently, so that that guy John Crackour who had the whole in a thin air thing, he wrote that book being like nobody should do this.”
Colin O'Brady have you read the book into thin air by Jon Krakauer or anything about it I say okay there's a famous book… 1
“have you read the book into thin air by Jon Krakauer or anything about it I say okay there's a famous book that's written about it where eleven people die and right in this moment it's called the Death Zone where you enter above 26,000 feet”
Elisabeth Egan In fact, one of my favorite beach reads was Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, which takes you to the top of Mo… 1
“In fact, one of my favorite beach reads was Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, which takes you to the top of Mount Everest.”
Michael Shermer This is the guy the the mountain climber that did into thin air and and and the the one about the Alaskan k… 1
“This is the guy the the mountain climber that did into thin air and and and the the one about the Alaskan kid anyway he wrote this book called under the banner of asking kid who died”
Shaan Puri out of thin air the best right i just started it's really interesting i've been liking i guess outdoor acti… 1
“out of thin air the best right i just started it's really interesting i've been liking i guess outdoor activity books so well out of thin air that's not that's a different one wait out of thin air oh you're thinking of um the one about the guy in alaska who what's out of thin air oh it's about kenya”
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Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“he is the author of into the wild of Into Thin Air under the banner of Heaven um which was his book about Mormonism”
“He wrote Into Thin Air he wrote Into the Wild he wrote Under the banner of”
“You are correct, Into Thin Air. I am a real person with a whole independent history”
“Have you read the book into thin air by Jon Krakauer or anything about it? I say okay there's a famous book that's written about it where eleven people die”