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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. [1] It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall.
Jon Krakauer Krakauer, 2009 Born (1954-04-12) April 12, 1954 (age 70) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. Alma mater Hampshire College (BA) Occupation(s) Writer, mountaineer Spouse Linda Mariam Moore (m. 1980) Writing career Period 1990–present Subject Outdoor literature Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books ...
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest is a 1997 disaster television film based on Jon Krakauer's memoir Into Thin Air (1997). The film, directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Robert J. Avrech, tells the story of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. It was broadcast on ABC on November 9, 1997. [4]
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (released 9 November 1997) is a made-for-TV movie based on Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (1997). The film, directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Robert J. Avrech, tells the story of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. [47]
Beck Weathers is an American pathologist from Texas who survived the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.His story was covered in Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air (1997), its film adaptation Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997), and the films Everest (1998) and Everest (2015).
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In the TV movie Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997), based on Krakauer's book, Pamela Gien [d] portrays Sandy Hill. [20] David Breashears interviewed Hill in the documentary film Storm Over Everest (2008), which was aired on PBS Frontline on May 13, 2008. [19] [17] In the 2015 feature film Everest, Hill is portrayed by Vanessa Kirby.