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Jon Krakauer, Climbing&#;s Best-Known Author

Hailing from the lush surroundings of Corvallis, Oregon, Jon Krakauer was born on April 12, He graduated from Hampshire College in and chose a non-traditional career path. This path led him into the harsh Alaskan wilderness, where he undertook diverse professions such as carpentry and commercial salmon fishing. However, his subsequent journey into mountaineering would etch Krakauer&#;s name indelibly into the annals of climbing history.

Krakauer&#;s literary career began to soar like the towering peaks he admired. His writing embodies the exactness of a carpenter and the relentless stamina of a fisherman. This captivated and won the admiration of worldwide readers. Today, he is lauded as a distinguished American author and mountaineer renowned for his bestselling non-fiction accounts.

Krakauer&#;s lauded repertoire includes &#;Into the Wild&#;, &#;Under the Banner of Heaven&#;, &#;Into Thin Air&#;, and &#;Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman&#;. Each work crafts a vibrant narrative of humans grappling with nature and their quirks. Beyond books, Krakauer&#;s body of work extends to an array of magazine articles bearing hi

Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk

November 18,

Jon Krakauer is one of my favorite writers of non-fiction. He's right up there for me with other names you've likely heard of such as Erik Larson and John Berendt. I don't think there's anyone who writes about wilderness and the outdoors as well as Krakauer does, and even if you've never read him you're likely familiar with Into the Wild and Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster because both have been turned into films (though "Everest" — a film largely inspired by "Into Thin Air" — lacks that book's intrigue and tension).

So when I saw that Anchor Books had assembled a collection of Krakauer's essays into a collection, I eagerly picked it up.

It doesn't matter what the subject is, every essay in this collection draws you in. I've never surfed, but Krakauer's account of the last days of surfer Mark Foo was captivating, as were the multiple essays in here dealing with rock climbing, despite my not being a climber, or architecture, despite well, you get it.

Of all the essays here, though, the one that really stuck with me was "Loving Them to Death." Originally published in in Outside Magaz

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

July 6,

The book was brilliantly and exhaustively written.

The system seems to be all women are guilty of getting themselves raped, or if they aren't guilty it wasn't that bad. And any efforts to accuse men, Our Footballers especially, will be seen as wicked girls who couldn't get a boyfriend or had some other contemptible and probably girlie motive. Police will only prosecute rape when they are % sure of getting a conviction as that looks good on their record.

Advice to girls going to college.

1. Do not go anywhere unaccompanied. Preferably you should have an older female chaperone. It would be best if you didn't go out after dark or to anywhere where males who drink congregate or even a football game.

2. Do not drink. If you do and you are raped, that will be sure to count against you. Do not allow anyone you are with including a chaperone to drink, if they do it will be sure to count against you.

3. Do not open your flat/dorm door to anyone male. This applies even to boys you went to kindergarten with and have been friends with for nearly 20 years. Especially don't open the door to them because it is guaranteed t

Books by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
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avg rating — 56, ratings — published — 27 editions

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
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Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
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Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault
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Iceland: Land of the Sagas
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