Nobody writes about mountaineering and its own attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. . With this assortment of thirteen of his finest essays and confirming – including the essay, “Is certainly Yosemite LIKELY TO The Dogs” – Krakauer writes of mountains through the memorable perspective of 1 that has himself struggled with solo madness to level Alaska’s notorious Devils Thumb.

In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills thirteen from the world’s most experienced mountain climbers in about Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains one horrific summer. In Valdez, Alaska, two guys scale a frozen waterfall more than a four-hundred-foot drop. In France, a hip worldwide crowd of rock and roll climbers, bungee jumpers, and paragliders figure out new ways to risk their lives for the towering peaks of Mont Blanc. Why do they do it? Just how do they do it? With this incredible book, Krakauer presents a unique fraternity of daredevils, sports athletes, and misfits extending the limits of the possible.

In the paranoid confines of the snowbound tent, towards the thunderous, suffocating terror of the white-out on Mount McKinley, Eiger Dreams spins tales of driven lives, sudden deaths, and incredible victories. This is a stirring, stunning book about one of the most persuasive and dangerous of all human pursuits.