Into Thin Air

乔恩•克拉考尔Jon Krakauer★ 美国畅销书作家、《户外》杂志专栏作家，美国国家杂志奖、美国艺术与文学院学院奖获得者，被誉为“最杰出的探险类作家”。★ 出版多部畅销书，其中，《荒野生存》雄踞《纽约时报》畅销书榜长达两年，《进入空气稀薄地带》英文版销量过百万，译成25种语言在世界各地出版，被誉为“登山者的圣经”。★ 从1998年开始，克拉考尔陆续将著作所得捐赠给Educate the Children等公益机构，截止到2012年，克拉考尔捐款总额超过170万美元。

出版者:Villard Books

作者:Jon Krakauer

页数:293

出版时间:1997-4

价格:GBP 21.34

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780679457527

图书标签:登山珠峰纪实旅行英文原版自然地理西藏

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top.  No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were desperately struggling for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated.

Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild. On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world.  A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and had led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996.

Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people -- including himself -- to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.

Into the Wild is available on audio, read by actor Campbell Scott.

读后感

我要说自己是一口气读完这本书应该不算过分，一是因为书写得实在是太精彩了，尤其是对一个有过攀登雪山经历的读者来说。二是在读这本书的时候，我正在陪父亲进京看病，火车上宾馆里，等待的过程是漫长和无聊的，好在有这本书，让我有了大把大把的时间对着它，用心地阅读，深刻...  

“攀登的魅力取决于它对人际关系的简化、对友谊的减弱和对合作的增强,以及人与山脉、挑战之间的关系对人际关系本身的取代.在具有神秘魅力的探险后面呈现出的坚韧不拔和无拘无束的流浪生活是对我们天生舒适和安逸的解药.它预示着一种对衰老、他人的虚弱、人际间的责任、各种各样...  

第三女神、世界最高峰、世界第三极... 众多的威名集于一身，吸引着无数探险者和冒险者。 这本《Into Thin Air》颇具诱惑力， 2002年登顶珠峰的中国僧人王天汉（法号：照培）最初的珠峰知识也来自此书... 看过此书的朋友有去珠峰看看的冲动...  

对“登山”没有经验，有限的户外经历只能算是长途跋涉，野外的攀岩也极少。 但是书中描述的那些场景好像就植根在自己的脑海里，闭上眼睛就能看见.....这是一些难以用言语描述的、令人失去安全感的画面，夹杂着阴冷的风，被汗水浸透的内衣，脚下松动的细小石块。 躲在温暖的午...  

用户评价

如果这辈子没机会登上珠穆朗玛峰，那么看看别人的经历，也许是不错的选择。这是一部关于真实的，并且失败的商业登山活动的故事。

why do we cross the river? why do we climb the mountain? what do we try to prove?

每一个都令人心碎心塞。人性里所携带的一切，对与错，都止于死亡。死亡是跟所有问题都不同的一个问题。超出问题本身的问题。本学期完成的第一本阅读教材。 另，不知怎么搞的，读书每像贴面而过，总是沾染了一点什么才走。这是我在死亡之前做的其中一件事。

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令人敬畏的第三女神