Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1954 · age 72
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books - Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman - as well as numerous magazine articles.
Jon Krakauer is read about 1,070 times a day, in 28 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 1 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 106 days, one point a day.
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2003“I don't know what God is, or what God had in mind when the universe was set in motion.”In their wordsAuthor's Remarks.1997Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science JournalismAward1996“Early on a difficult climb, especially a difficult solo climb, you constantly feel the abyss pulling at your back.”In their wordsCh. 14.1954Born12 April 1954
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He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest, which would become the subject of Into Thin Air.
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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Born 1954 · age 72
