{"product_id":"into-thin-air-a-personal-account-of-the-mount-everest-disaster-the-illustrated-edition-9780375502804","title":"Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (The Illustrated Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10  1996  he hadnt 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 hadnt made it back to their camp and were in a desperate struggle 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. A New York Times Editors Choice as a best book of the year  a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award  and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize  it has spent well over a year on The New York Times bestseller list and has been published to enormous acclaim around the world.  Now  in Into Thin Air: The Illustrated Edition  readers are given a new dimension of insight into this harrowing story with the addition of more than 250 photographs that show the people  the places  and the history  illustrating not only the ill-fated 1996 climb  but the pursuit of Everest itself. The book includes the complete text of Into Thin Air  with a new Postscript by the author  and is lavishly illustrated with stunning black-and-white photographs  the majority of which were taken during the 1996 expedition by the climbers themselves.  Into Thin Air has proven itself a modern classic of nonfiction writing; this new edition finally completes the story and puts it into a form that book lovers will want to keep on their shelves for years to come.  All of Jon Krakauers share of royalties from sales of this edition of Into Thin Air  and fees for the use of photographs taken by Klev Schoening  Thomas Hornbein  and Lou Kasischke that appear in this edition  will be donated to the Everest 96 Memorial Fund at The Community Foundation  located in Boulder  Colorado. Intended to honor Andy Harris  Doug Hansen  Rob Hall  Yasuko Namba  and Scott Fischer  the Everest 96 Memorial Fund will be used to provide humanitarian aid to the indigenous peoples of the Himalaya; to support organizations working to preserve the natural environment; and to assist various other charities in the United States that support these humanitarian and environmental efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529673170997,"sku":"ByrdShop_0375502807","price":69.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780375502804.jpg?v=1780941300","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/into-thin-air-a-personal-account-of-the-mount-everest-disaster-the-illustrated-edition-9780375502804","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}