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Review of into thin air6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. ![]() ![]() A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 19 and had led thirty-nine climbers to the top. On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world. Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild. ![]()
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