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Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest, which w…
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Born 12 April 1954 · Q368337
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We are still investigating this story. So far, our findings are indicating that the majority of the allegations are grossly misrepresented to make him appear in the worst possible light, or are outright false. Yes, Greg is a bad manager and accountant, and he is the first to admit that, but he is also a tireless humanitarian with a crucially important mission.
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“I wish I’d never gone. I suffered for years, I still suffer from what happened. I’m glad I wrote a book about it, but you know, if I could go back and relive my life, I never would have climbed Everest.”
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Krakauer said: “I wish I’d never gone
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“We are still investigating this story. So far, our findings are indicating that the majority of the allegations are grossly misrepresented to make him appear in the worst possible light, or are outright false. Yes, Greg is a bad manager and accountant, and he is the first to admit that, but he is also a tireless humanitarian with a crucially important mission.”
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Tom Elliott and Pawel Gula produced a documentary inspired by the book, Damned to Heaven
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Under the Banner of Heaven became Krakauer's third nonfiction bestseller
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Received an Arts and Letters award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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For his work, commenting that the writer "combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer
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Awarded Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism (1997).
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Krakauer expanded his September 1996 Outside article into Into Thin Air
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Career landmark: ascent of Mount Everest.
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One of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest, which would become the subject of Into Thin Air
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Krakauer took part in a guided ascent of Mount Everest
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And spent two years on The New York Times Best Seller List
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“Tu właśnie tkwi sedno dylematu, przed którym staje w końcu każdy wspinacz pragnący wejść na Everest: żeby odnieść sukces, trzeba być niezwykle zmotywowanym, lecz jeśli przesadzisz z siłą motywacji, narażasz się na śmierć.”
“Było wiele, bardzo wiele słusznych powodów, żeby nie jechać, ale atakowanie Everestu jest aktem głęboko irracjonalnym, zwycięstwem pożądania nad rozsądkiem.”
“Chociaż wszedłem na setki gór, Everest był tak różny od wszystkiego, na co się wspinałem poprzednio, że moja wyobraźnia nie dorastała do tego zadania. Był taki zimny, taki wysoki, tak nieprawdopodobnie odległy. Poczułem, że równie dobrze mógłbym uczestniczyć w wyprawie na księżyc.”
“Osiągnięcie wierzchołka danej góry miało dużo mniejsze znaczenie niż sposób, w jaki się tego dokonało. Prestiż zdobywało się atakując najtrudniejsze, najbardziej ryzykowne drogi z minimalną ilością sprzętu, w najśmielszym stylu, jaki można było sobie wyobrazić.”
“Zdobywanie Everestu jest procesem długim i żmudnym, przypominającym raczej olbrzymie przedsięwzięcie budowlane niż wspinanie…”
Who wrote that "The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they knew about difficulties of the Mormon past, but have offered to the Saints inst
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Made his way to Cerro Torre in the Andes of Patagonia—a sheer granite peak considered to be one of the most difficult technical climbs in the world
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After graduating from Emory University, donated all of the money ($24,000) in his bank account to the humanitarian charity Oxfam, renamed himself "Alexander Supertramp", and began a journey in the American West
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In the name of their fundamentalist faith
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Krakauer spent three weeks alone in the wilderness of the Stikine Icecap region of Alaska and climbed a new route on the Devils Thumb, an experience he described in Eiger Dreams and in Into the Wild
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Met former climber Linda Mariam Moore, and they married in 1980
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Received his degree in environmental studies
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Born 1954-04-12.
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Chociaż wszedłem na setki gór, Everest był tak różny od wszystkiego, na co się wspinałem poprzednio, że moja wyobraźnia nie dorastała do tego zadania. Był taki zimny, taki wysoki, tak nieprawdopodobnie odległy. Poczułem, że równie dobrze mógłbym uczestniczyć w wyprawie na księżyc.
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