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

In the bestselling writer of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection 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 a fantastic cave in New Mexico therefore unearthly that’s used by NASA to about Gates from the Arctic better understand Mars.

In these fascinating essays–first published in the webpages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others–Jon Krakauer shows why he’s considered among the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the very first time, consider us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico towards the levels of Mt. Everest; from the base of the volcano Mt. Ranier towards the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from your notebook of 1 Fred Becky, that has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, towards the last days of renowned surfer Mark Foo. These remarkable content are unified with the author’s interest for nature and unrelenting seek out truth.