The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray.
Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996. He hadn’t slept in fifty-seven hours. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,032 feet (the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), some twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top, unaware that a furious storm would soon engulf them from below. . . .
This is the terrifying story of what happened that calamitous day at the top of the world, during what would be the deadliest season Everest climbers had ever seen. In this harrowing narrative, Krakauer takes the reader along with his ill-fated expedition, step by precarious step, from Kathmandu to the summit where—plagued by a combination of hubris, terrible judgment, and bad luck—they would fall prey to the mountain’s unpredictable violence.
这是珠峰登山*惨痛的一场山难，12名登山者罹难，是自人类首次登上珠峰以来，死亡人数*多的一个登山季。
1996年，乔恩·克拉考尔作为《户外》杂志特派记者跟随一支商业登山队攀登珠峰。5月10日，克拉考尔及其他几名队友成功登顶并安全下山。然而数小时后他才获悉，其余的19名登山者在下山途中遭遇暴风雪，被困在海拔8000多米的地方。*终12人葬身风雪中，克拉考尔一个人坐在雪地上，想厘清过去72小时里发生的一切，事情为何会发展到如此地步？
如果一切可以重来，事情是否会是另外一种结局？
By Jon Krakauer, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Charactesr and English, 266 pages/book, 6”x6.7“
