Death and Anger on Everest

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars.

In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.

Worth it for Krakauer’s writing

Great article but comically and inappropriately over the top reading. If you need the audio version, it’s passable

Interesting issues not commonly discussed in stories about Mount Everest.

Climbing Everest has become “safer” for members, but the risks are still greater for the Sherpas. The primary issues are addressed.

Carzy dangerous

I realize it was a short article about the craziness of climbing Mt Everest, but it could have been a little bit longer adding in the dangers for all climbers no mater the side of the peak they climb.