The Economist (US), September 6th, 1997
INTO THIN AIR. By Jon Krakauer. Villard; 387 pages; $24.95. Macmillan; K16.99
EVEREST is the ultimate trophy mountain, the one to climb. It is not a great beauty, just that bit taller than any other lump of rock protruding from the face of the earth. At 29,028 feet (8,848 metres) it towers into the jetstream, affording a view that most of us experience only from the inside of a pressurised cabin. And Everest's extra height counts. Above 25,000 feet, climbers are in the "Death Zone", where every extra foot exacts an exponential toll, and unspeakable things can happen to the lungs and the bra...
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