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Krakauer, Jon Eiger Dreams
Laurel August 1, 1992 0-440-20990-0 / 9780440209904 Paperback Very Good
No matter what the actual temperature may be, several pages into Eiger Drea ms you will begin to shiver. Halfway through you will acquire a new appreci ation for your fingers, toes, and the fact that you still have a nose. And by the end of this collection, you'll define some commonly used phrases in an entirely different way. The understated "catch some air" and the whimsic al "log some flight time" are climbers' euphemisms for falling, while "crat er" refers to what happens when you log some flight time all the way to the ground. "Summiting," the term for reaching the top of a mountain, seems al most colorless in comparison. The various heroes, risk-takers, incompetents , and individualists Krakauer captures are more than colorful, whether they summit or not. The author is more interested in exploring the addiction of risk--the intensity of effort--than mere triumph. There's the mythical min imalist climber, John Gill, whose fame "rests entirely on assents less than thirty feet high," and the Burgess brothers--freewheeling, free-floating E nglish twins who seem to make all the right decisions when it counts, and h ence most often fail to reach the top. Of course, they are alive. Over thes e and other talented climbers hangs a malignant, endlessly creative nature- -its foehn winds can make people crazy and its avalanches do far worse. Eig er Dreams is an adrenaline fest for the weary, an overdue examination of a stylish, brave subculture. As one of the heroes Krakauer outlines says of h is occupation, "It's sort of like having fun, only different."
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Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Villard Books April 22, 1997 0-679-45752-6 / 9780679457527 Hardcover Near Fine/Near Fine
A crisp clean first hardcover, no markings throughout, not an ex-lib. Into Thin Air is a riveting first-hand account of a catastrophic expedition up Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions.
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Krakauer, Jon Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith
Doubleday July 15, 2003 0-385-50951-0 / 9780385509510 1st Edition Hardcover NF/NF
A highly collectible tight clean copy of this as stated first edition; In 1984, Ron and Dan Lafferty murdered the wife and infant daughter of their younger brother Allen. The crimes were noteworthy not merely for their brutality but for the brothers' claim that they were acting on direct orders from God. In Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer tells the story of the killers and their crime but also explores the shadowy world of Mormon fundamentalism from which the two emerged. The Mormon Church was founded, in part, on the idea that true believers could speak directly with God. But while the mainstream church attempted to be more palatable to the general public by rejecting the controversial tenet of polygamy, fundamentalist splinter groups saw this as apostasy and took to the hills to live what they believed to be a righteous life. When their beliefs are challenged or their patriarchal, cult-like order defied, these still-active groups, according to Krakauer, are capable of fighting back with tremendous violence. While Krakauer's research into the history of the church is admirably extensive, the real power of the book comes from present-day information, notably jailhouse interviews with Dan Lafferty. Far from being the brooding maniac one might expect, Lafferty is chillingly coherent, still insisting that his motive was merely to obey God's command. Krakauer's accounts of the actual murders are graphic and disturbing, but such detail makes the brothers' claim of divine instruction all the more horrifying.
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