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There were many stories that were more fun to cook up and publish, but nothing quite compares with the force and moral clarity of Jon Krakauer鈥檚 account of the 1996 tragedies on Mount Everest
After a lifetime of wanting, Jon Krakauer made it to the world's highest point. What he and the other survivors would discover in the months to come, however, is that it's even more difficult to get back down.