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- Steve Heller, Jon Krakauer
- 1997
- “But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way only to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind.” ― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air.
- “Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable.”
- “Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality.” ― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster.
- “It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I firmly believed, not in spite of the inherent perils, but precisely because of them.”
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This thought underscores the inherent, basic danger in guiding a group of strangers up the tallest mountain in the world. Explanation of the famous quotes in Into Thin Air, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
Below you will find the important quotes in Into Thin Air related to the theme of Danger and Mortality. Chapter 1 Quotes Four hundred vertical feet above, where the summit was still washed in bright sunlight under an immaculate cobalt sky, my compadres dallied to memorialize their arrival at the apex of the planet, unfurling flags and snapping ...
20 of the best book quotes from Into Thin Air. “Unfortunately, the sort of individual who is programmed to […] keep pushing for the top is frequently programmed to disregard signs of grave and imminent danger as well.”. “Reaching the top of Everest is supposed to trigger a surge of intense elation; against long odds, after all, I had ...
Jon Krakauer, pg. 270. This quote illuminates how Krakauer's views on death evolved from the beginning of the book to the end. In the context of his emotional struggle to make sense of the tragedy, we see how he once was excited by the risk of death.
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