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plaza of the week is the book Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer:
"When in May 1996 Jon Krakauer is sent by the newspaper for whom he works to take part in an expedition to Everest to write an article on the proliferation of climbing fee, it seems the logical culmination of a career that had managed to combine two passions: writing and touring. On 10 May, however, a storm comes as a surprise that the four shipments are on the top. At the end of the day will be nine climbers died, including two of the best guides, and Krakauer will be among the lucky ones who managed to get off the "Mountain." Thin Air is much more than the chronicle of the tragedy tells the fascinating story of the most famous expeditions, warns against shipments made by 'tourists of the mountain "; he describes the sensations and unforgettable superhuman effort of climbing, making us enter the mind of the climbers and showing us their fears, their obsessions, their streak of madness makes us partakers of an extreme situation that can trigger a human being in the reflections more divisive. "A book that is read in one breath, written really well and keep glued to the tension and the story that tells
For those who want to deepen the story, read: Everest 1996 - Chronicle a rescue impossible Anatoly Nikolaevich Bukreev - Gary Weston DeWalt, Bukreev, great climber, this as a guide on Everest and criticized by Krakauer wrote his version of events
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