Does anyone know where I can access a copy of Jon Krakauer's original Outside magazine article, Into Thin Air? I read the book a number of years ago (and I'm about to re-read it, and I should probably read Boukreev's book this time around as well), and after seeing the movie yesterday, I'd really like to read the original article. A quick Google search didn't yield anything.

Thanks!

Never read the original article, but you should definitely read Boukreev's book if you haven't. IIRC, Beck Weathers also wrote a book, but I haven't read it.

I read Weather's latest article yesterday after seeing the movie. Pretty interesting. Sounds like he travels quite a bit and is now a motivational speaker. He'd be interesting to hear in person.

Yes, I definitely need to read Boukreev's book as well.

outsideonline.com has most of krakauer's articles. I don't know if that one is there but it probably is. I'm out of town on a limited internet connection so can't search myself. You might find it there. Hope this helps.

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I read Weather's latest article yesterday after seeing the movie. Pretty interesting. Sounds like he travels quite a bit and is now a motivational speaker. He'd be interesting to hear in person.

Yes, I definitely need to read Boukreev's book as well.

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How was the movie, I can't tell from the trailer if they embellished a lot or not to make it a "better more exciting" movie

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How was the movie, I can't tell from the trailer if they embellished a lot or not to make it a "better more exciting" movie

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https://sondry.com/posts/Can-You-Hear-Me-Now-dMvd4-07-07-2015

OE, I don't remember enough from the book to recall how "accurate" the movie is. This said, I don't think the movie is based on Krakauer's story. At times, I thought they might take an anti-Krakauer or anti-Weathers stance, based on some of the script and body language from the actors, but in the end, they really didn't. I thought it was presented for the tragedy it was. I'm not really sure what their primary source material was.

Well as long as they didn't turn it into an action movie just because. There was something I saw in the trailer to make me think that.

But that makes sense that they took a couple different stances. I know the lady that survived is mad and going on tv saying it's lies that they basically carried her to the top. Or something like that. Still worth seeing in theaters I guess is my main question

The movie isn't based on Krakauer's book at all. The producer said he didn't want the movie to be a judgmental piece of crud, which I think is a good thing.

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I know the lady that survived is mad and going on tv saying it's lies that they basically carried her to the top

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IIRC correctly, didn't Krakauer's book bemoan that Everest expeditions has become elevator rides to the top of the world for the wealthy? I'm not stating that as fact but it seemed like some book, I thought his, almost described them that way. Dang it, if this thread goes on - am I going to have to read a whole book again???

ETA - I was typing when Aggiedent posted. If not based on his book, it sounds like this survivor's complaint could certainly be based on a component of Krakauer's version, which I think was judgemental.

I have yet to see the movie but I did read the interview in Outside magazine with some of the actors and guys who put the movie together. It was a good read and I highly recommend it.

Thanks to this thread, I started reading about the 96 incident, which then snowballed into reading about 35 different wikipedia pages about Everest, K2, Annapurna, other mountaineering incidents and triumphs...it's pretty crazy how much luck is involved in successful trips up and down the mountains.

Weathers story individually is worthy of a movie. If I recall correctly; he was up the slope waiting for his guide (who perished above him) to bring him down, declined help from other climbers going down, and in the heat of the storm was found and presumed dead; only to miraculously become conscious and somehow make his way to camp.

Isn't that right?

Centerpole, yes, that's the story of Beck Weathers.

Like I didn't have enough stuff to do today - now I have to double time everything and try to fit going to the movies in before an livestock show board meeting this evening.

I don't think this can wait until tomorrow.

Thanks TexAgs.

I'm re-reading the Chris McCandless story that Krakauer wrote for Outside magazine right now. I'll have to squeeze that move in tonight, I'm sure.

Thunder, if you want to read an excellent book, far better than Into Thin Air, read K2: Triumph and Tragedy by Jim Curran. It covered the 1986 K2 climbing season. It was never as popular in the US, because the majority of story lines are not about Americans. There were numerous expeditions on the mountain, only one was American, and they went home early after a terrible accident.

Just as the title suggests, there were some real triumphs in 86' and some real tragedy. The affect of local politics and the economics of climbing, too many people on the mountain at once, bad weather, expeditions assigned routes that were too dangerous, etc. Over the course of 7 weeks, 13 people died.

Jim Curran was the photographer of the British Expedition (sponsored by Fuller's Brewery). He wrote the book without being judgemental, opinionated, or moralistic. In other words, the opposite tact as Krakauer.

Thanks for the recommendation!

I heard Weathers interviewed today and he seemed to think that the movie did an awesome job of nailing the story. He said the mountain came across exactly like it was, and from what he could tell, they did an excellent job with the people stories. They had to leave a few small things out for time purposes but overall he was really impressed with how and what they did with the show.

This was written before the 2015 Earthquake disaster, so it's not TOTALLY up to date - but I thought this blog on the price of climbing Everest was interesting. It talks about everything from climbing fees to life insurance for sherpas to what you can expect from guides. Headed to the movie this afternoon.

The Cost To Climb Everest

Just saw the movie this evening on IMAX 3D. Good movie , but awesome photography and effects in 3D IMAX. Great way to see this movie