Jon Krakauer: The Mountain’s Shadow

 

Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air chronicled the 1996 Everest disaster and launched a generation of interest in climbing and the natural world, but for Jon the tragedy that unfolded around him left him struggling with PTSD and searching for peace. Now 30 years later, Jon reflects on his career, the expedition that changed his life and why writing has always been harder than climbing.

Read Into Thin Air with new material by Jon Krakauer.


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Music by:
  Evan Phillips   •   Philippe Bronchtein  • Brendan O’Connell

Tracks provided with permission from the artist

Jon Krakauer
Alex Honnold, Fitz Cahall
 
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