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Jon Krakauer

Sports

Death and Anger on Everest

The unequal risk of climbing Mount Everest.

Jon Krakauer New Yorker Apr 2014 10min Permalink

Science

How Chris McCandless Died

An update to Into the Wild.

Jon Krakauer New Yorker Sep 2013 10min Permalink

Into Thin Air

Fifty-four days after his group’s Everest climb turned tragic, Krakauer first told the story of what had gone wrong.

Jon Krakauer Outside Sep 1996 15min Permalink

Best Article

Death of an Innocent

The original story of Christopher McCandless’ fateful trip into the Alaskan wilderness.

Jon Krakauer Outside Jan 1993 30min Permalink