Into Thin Air

…chronicled in the best-selling book Into Thin Air (1997) by Jon Krakauer, a journalist who was on Hall’s expedition for a magazine assignment. The documentary film Everest (1998) was shot in the IMAX big-screen format by a crew that was on a lower level of the mountain at the same…

…books, with Jon Krakauer’s 1997 Into Thin Air becoming a bestseller; it inspired the 1997 movie Into Thin Air: Death on Everest. Krakauer’s book was critical of the commercialization of Everest as well as several decisions made during the events of May 10–11. Boukreev, who was awarded the American Alpine…

His next book Into Thin Air (1997) also originated as an article commissioned by Outside: the magazine sponsored his summit attempt on Mount Everest in exchange for an article on the commercialization of Himalayan climbing expeditions. An unexpected storm during the summit…