Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer

This is Krakauer's first hand account, of the deadliest storm ever on Mount Everest, which primarily because of that storm, became a part of Everest's most deadly season.

Krakauer is a well respected outdoor adventure reporter and author (see review for "Into the Wild" - Jon Krakauer), and for good reason. His writing skills are excellent, and he writes what he knows about. He is an avid outdoorsman and by all accounts, a fairly competent climber.

I have read another book about this event (see review for "High Crimes" - Michal Kodas), and I have seen a few documentaries about it as well, so I knew how things would come out in the end. Yet I still felt compelled to turn pages late at night to read Krakauer's perspective.