Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Have you read the book 'Into Thin Air' or anything about it?

Okay, there's a famous book that's written about it where 11 people die, right, in this moment. It's called 'The Death Zone' where you enter above 26,000 feet, the human body basically can't survive for long, even with supplemental oxygen, and this massive snowstorm and windstorm blows in, kind of out of nowhere, and we're trying to push for the summit.

When we read that book, Into Thin Air, because it's, you know, Everest is-

did you ever read that book into thin air it came out like 15 years ago I saw basically a basically about this exact same thing where it's like ever since it become so like such a commodity right now it's so easy to climb it if you have enough money you can pay for a guide

In 1996, there was an event that occurred called the Mount Everest climbing disaster, when over about two days, eight climbers caught in a blizzard lost their lives.

And as the best selling author in his book, Into Thin Air, talks about an over focus on the goal of summiting likely caused most of that loss of life.

In 1996, there was an event that occurred called the Mount Everest climbing disaster, when over about two days, eight climbers caught in a blizzard lost their lives.

And as the bestselling author in his book Into Thin Air talks about an over focus on the goal of summiting likely caused most of that loss of life.

Number three, Into Thin Air by John Krakauer.