This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also contained in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and In to the Wild: an array of the singular investigative journalism that produced Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington condition; from a wilderness therapy plan for teenagers to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico therefore unearthly that’s used by NASA to approximately Descent to Mars better understand Mars.

In these fascinating essays–first posted in the web pages of THE BRAND NEW Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others–Jon Krakauer displays why he’s considered among the finest investigative journalists of our time. The content, gathered together here for the very first time, consider us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the levels of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates from the Arctic in Alaska; through the notebook of 1 Fred Becky, that has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on earth, towards the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These incredible content are unified by the author’s enthusiasm for character and unrelenting search for truth.