Jon Krakauer · Into Thin Air · 1996 Everest Disaster Presentation
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- In his own words, a rare presentation from author Jon Krakauer regarding the 1996 Everest Disaster that lead to Krakauer's best selling book Into Thin Air.
Before the book became an International Best Seller, Jon did a live presentation in Boulder, Colorado June 1, 1997. It ran on public television in the Boulder area in heavy rotation in the late 90s. The PBS station cut it off early (sorry) and then promptly removed it from their schedule. So, sadly, this is the only copy available and it's transferred from an old VHS tape. Enjoy!
📼 Brian St John
#Everest #IntoThinAir
This is just fantastic. Thanks so much for uploading this. Have read Jon’s book and it’s even better to hear him describing what happened with his presentation.
I was planning to do the trek to Everest base camp but decided I could not handle the cold. I read Jon’s book Into thin air. Excellent read.
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I just ordered the book having listened to a few of this amazing man's interviews!
the book is amazing
Budda can't help you
This must be the start of my yearly Everest/mountain climbing TH-cam binge.
Thought I was the only one afflicted with this. Haha. Like clockwork.
Same
Any other recommendations then ? 😊
@@Tlzmaniac storm over Everest is a good one. All of David snows videos are good.
Me too
I appreciate Krakauer including Ngawang's story and his praise of Lopsang, and naming and telling us about Tendi, Norbu, Kami, Ang Dorje, and other Sherpa who supported the expedition. So often in tales recounted from this event all we hear are about are 'some Sherpa' helping out.
Boukreev’s book specifically mentions that some of Rob Hall’s sherpas had refused to help him. I think these were probably the ones who hadn’t summited. Boukreev gave a pass to the guys that were completely wasted.
@@saund102 yeah I believe there was one younger Sherpa left at camp 4 from halls expedition. Remember in the book like hall told them they could all go with to the summit reluctantly then one of the other sherpas forced their cousin(i think) to stay at camp 4 or he wouldn’t hire him again.
@@JoeStaehle Yes and two Sherpas had to escort Taske and Kashisky from the balcony back down to Camp 4 as well. That’s where Hall really messed up because Hanson wanted to go down with them. The preceding year, Ed Viesters (who worked for Hall) had barely gotten Hanson down the mountain. So Hall basically sealed his own fate when he talked him out of descending with the others. Once Hall convinced him to keep on climbing there was no possibility that he could ever abandon him. People would’ve said Hall abandoned someone who didn’t even want to be there, just to save his own ass.
@@saund102 Interesting... I always held Hanson accountable for refusing to turn round. Didn't realise he wanted to retreat earlier. Thanks for the info
@@saund102I know this is old, but never heard that Doug wanted to turn around. Wonder why I’ve never read / heard about that before. Hmmm
Absolutely fascinating presentation, I’m so envious of all who were in attendance. A shame we lost the end of it 😫
I can't imagine the sheer, raw terror that this group faced during this ordeal. It's mind bending to realize that a dying man can have a satellite phone conversation with his wife while at the same time being completely cut off from any chance of help and rescue. You know exactly where he is, yet the natural laws of physics allow him to contact his wife using our mastery of electromagnetics, yet those same natural laws prevent you from reaching him before his demise. It's startling and humbling. I can only hope that these fellow men and women passed in relative peace and relatively free of pain. Our world...our universe...is an amazing yet terrifying place.
Beautifully stated. I feel similarly.
@@susanschroedel893 Thank you 🙏
This is beautiful. It basically describes why I love mountains.
Beautiful statement in showing the polar opposites in the fragility of the universe
Just a lesson in respect for natural laws. Technology is good, but cannot trump nature, and certainly not in its most raw of states!
So pleased to hear Jon speak well of Anatoli. There was a lot of controversy but this resolves it for me
i was thinking the same thing
True, I guess because it’s only one person speaking and not a mix of 5+ people being questioned
I feel Mr Jon was very decent in his description of Mr Anatoly in the book also. He only questioned the non use of Oxygen when doing the duty of a guide where a guide is supposed to be with their less experienced climbers hand holding and guiding them
He's legendary. The Climb is a great book.
Yeah right, read Into The Clouds & the foreword by Galen, Krakauer is a BIG TIME LIAR & always will BE! Zero respect for Krak!
Time to pull "Into Thin Air" off the shelf and re-read it for the hundredth time. Krakauer's narration here is riveting and priceless--particularly coming so soon after the actual events. I understand there were a lot of hard feelings about his depiction in the book of Boukreev's actions (although in this video Krakauer is nothing but laudatory, repeatedly). I accept these words as the final expression of his true feelings. Also, many have derided Krakauer's own behavior on the South Col as cowardly. Personally, I refuse to judge the behavior of anyone half-dead from hypoxia at 28,000 feet against sea-level standards. What a pity that this tragedy ended up devolving into petty shit-slinging. It dishonors both the living and the dead. Thanks for this video.
Very well said! This was the first depiction explaining the true strengths of the team.. They make sandi and charlottte to be complete newbies..
anyone calling him a coward is clueless. Armchair all stars
It's interesting that the people that are always THE MOST CRITICAL of an event are the ones that weren't THERE.
Many summer days reading in my room as a boy not long after this happened, on a random buy for a school assignment. Still in awe of Krakauer's storytelling. It wasn't just his perspective. "Into The Wild" was similarly an epic in real-life adventure, trials, and tribulations, at the wonders and mercy of mother earth.
I recently read the books having being utterly clueless to the word of climbing. Now it’s the only thing on my mind. So happy I picked up this book. Amazing how far people push themselves.
It is nice to hear Jon mention and appreciate Sherpas alot
When I had COVID-19, my oxygen saturation went down to 82% and I'll tell you that, in and around that time, I struggled to walk 10 feet (3-4 meters) to the bathroom and I had to rest before washing my hands and trying to make it back to my room. I've been to the top of several mountains but I've never been that hypoxic in all my life. Hypoxia is real deal.
Hope you are on the mend!!!!
Wow, I guess it is a similar experience!
Strong recoveries!
I hope you are recovering
Glad you lived to tell the tale, friend
I really appreciate that Jon makes it a point to mention the Sherpa who died!
Way to get in that virtue signaling! When you go to a restaurant, make sure you tip the bus boy and dishwasher, and then make sure to bus and wash your own dishes! It’s your rules!
@@billsfan7883 Stop virtue signaling
Krakauer is such a great storyteller. Everest is truly captivating- for better or worse.
Not really regarding Anatoli Bukrejew he lied about almost everything…
Great storyteller, but arrogant and prideful.
Krakauer was there to write about climbing Everest for Outside magazine.
He had an impressive climbing background but hadn’t been above 7000m. I think that’s how I remember it.
Krakauer was not a guide. Like every climber there … don’t expect a rescue.
He had a job to do. He accomplished that.
He kept himself alive.
His job was also to tell the story-- and he did more than that. He wrote a brilliant critique of how capitalism undermines safety. Both guides killed themselves in a bid to sustain their businesses and get their clients-- who had no business being on the mountain-- to the summit. That's just nuts. They both knew better, but turning Everest into a business got them and many of their clients killed.
A gem of a video. I could listen to this guy all day. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.
What a great presentation. Such a good, well spoken speaker. Great stories and story telling. Thanks Jon
I saw this talk when the tour came to my city, have never forgotten it but of course I actually had forgotten most of it. So glad to see it again now, thanks for this upload!
I discovered “Into thin air” when I was a teenager and it’s still my favorite book I’ve ever read at 36 years old. Jon is such an incredible writer and a beautiful soul ❤️
read the climb. far better
@@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821 I’ll check it out, thank you :)
Dear sour Gummiez, would you recommend this book, even I haven't got a clue about Mountain climbing?
@@sayawolf1061 definitely worth the time, or pick up the audio book from the library, Jon Krakauer reads it himself.
Absolutely, it’s so heartfelt and puts you there on the mountain with them. Jon shares his mind and emotions with the reader, it’s soo good, well paced and just amazing!
I proudly own copies of both "Into Thin Air" and "Into the Wild". Jon draws me into the story because he writes and conveys emotion without writing specifically about emotion. While reading his books you literally *feel* and live the emotion. The story of Christopher McCandless has affected me deeply and for years. (I am now 70 and I still feel a deep connection to Chris) - 20:32 "I can't get the kid outta my head" ...yes. Thank you Jon for writing about him...and this story as well
Lady Ganieba Morgan ... too ...
I think en Chris McCandless too ...💕
Make sure to look up the biographical details Krakauer chose to leave out - they completely recontextualise Christopher's state of mind & motivations.
@@maryjanedodo there is missing information in the movie...the book goes into more detail. You can verify much of it by watching interviews and reading books by Christophers's sister, Carine McCandless
Also... when people blasted Chris at 23 yrs old... so true of us at that age... fearless in pursuit of our dreams
If you read a bit about John Muir, you realize he may have been Chris McCandless with better luck.
I 've read Krakauer 's books .I read Bukreev's book.I read the book by Matt Dickinson. I am grateful to Mr. Krakauer, it was thanks to his criticism that the world learned about the mountaineer Bukreev.If there were no criticism, only fellow climbers would know about Bukreev.I want to express my gratitude and respect to the entire Scott Fisher team.Neil Beidleman, Lin Gammelgard, Klev Schening, and of course Bukreev participated in the rescue of three climbers.It is a pity that Sherpas and Bukreev did not have time to save their boss Scott Fisher.And the team of Mr. Rob Hall suffered a tragic fate.As well as Indian climbers from the north side.
Krakauer is a fantastic writer and an engaging speaker. You could hear a pin drop in that room. Thanks for this upload!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Totally agree! Very informative and enjoyable to listen to. And John seems like a humble, down to earth guy who doesn't draw unnecessary attention to himself and happily shares about others and their achievements and good qualities. thanks!
This is a great video. Thank you for uploading.
Thanks David, nice channel! I enjoyed “Everest’s first summit? Mallory & Irvine Doc;” and, Krakauer's recent presentation on the 1996 Everest tragedy. It was heart-felt, and well represented. --- Douglas S. Hansen
Great presentation. Thank you 🙏
I have read the book so many times and I continue to read! I feel and imagine I am there. This was the best and incredible video! Thanks to Jon!
Wow. Thank you for sharing this. My heart is heavy right now
A jewel of a presentation! Many many thanks!
Great Book, great presentation. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for posting this, very informative. I was riveted reading "Into Thin Air", I read it a few times, and every time it grabs me.
Into Thin Air ---- I read it in one night. Couldn't put it down. Read 'til morning. A difficult writing assignment. Lots of characters. Tracking the action of each character or group of characters (climbers). The story of May 1996 Everest climbing season is a lesson in the lethality of ego. I don't have a problem with dying while trying to satisfy your ego. But I think dying while trying to rescue a pet cat from a burning building is more noble.
I did the same - I could not put it down, but read it all night.
Incredible. What a find. Thank you!
Outstanding video, thank you for sharing.
thank you for this ,both books were a joy
Thank you for the video. I admire Jon Krakauer very much, he, in my opinion, has always been so respectful of the people he comes into contact with. A great story teller!!
Same here.
His book is amazing!
Uhm he put down others in his book while he hid most all weaknesses. No offense but i think theres better more accurate books out there. He was just a journalist who went to everest just so he could write a book after all. Alot in the mountaineering community dont see him in the best light
Unbelievably polished presentation. Clearly a highly intelligent man telling a very bittersweet tale.
Wonderful! Thank you so much for posting. I have listened to the audible Into Thin Air likely 30 times and found this presentation invaluable.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for all the video uploads David!
Glad you like them!
Absolutely remarkable. Very grateful for the inspiration I'm filled with after listening to this man speak.
Excellent book! I enjoyed listening to this..I wish it had not ended early. Makes me want to hear Jon speak in person.
This was really damn good, I'm not crazy about Jon because of several interviews and some things that he said about the 1996 expedition, it was tragic and I was younger then and didn't know much about climbing, I've grown to think that I probably misjudged him, thanks Mr snow , I love this channel!!
I’m in the same boat. He came off as very arrogant but maybe not
Very good presentation. Thanks mate!
Anybody got the missing bit?
What a great upload! Thank you.
Thank you David Snow. I read "Into Thin Air" years ago and it freaked me out.. I hope that Jon Krakauer does not have PTSD.. A shame that so many bodies are still up on the mountains of the world not to mention the stuff thrown away by us humans. Keep up the good work. 03/07/2121
Read it when it first came out, and it left a lasting impression on me. Incredible book.
@@nancyweaver4042 Agreed, the book is fascinating and absolutely incredible.
@Ian Robinson I have PTSD caused by Jon Krakauer's evil diatribes! He trashed Anatoli Boukreev in his book, and Greg Mortenson on 60 Minutes. The glee on his face when he did a "gotcha" on Greg turned me off to Krakauer forever. He's a decent writer, but I'm done with his insecurity and petty jealousies.
Read it while in the military 18 years ago and read it a second time last week. It was even better the second time
@@Khumbu0609 he never trashed Boukreev in his book. He made it seem like Boukreev did something bad but then quoted what Boukreev said and what he actually did do.
Thank you for sharing this presentation with us. I have yet to read Into Thin Air but I plan to. I am fascinated with this 1996 Everest disaster and all the people involved in it. This was very interesting to listen to.
The audio book is perfect for a road trip.
David Snow your channel is my insta-click channel and not only that, I watch everything you put up from start to finish. Great work as ever, would love to hear how you find all this fascinating content.
Saw John in Austin Tx on the book tour@ Book People giving this very same talk A fine memory. I came to believe he is a fine writer and humble man who had one heck of a challenge to write this difficult story. Thanks for posting this!
Well said!
Thank you SO MUCH for uploading such gems. You have no idea how great those videos are! I know you do, but I just had to say this ☺️❤️ Thanks and thanks and thanks.
Glad you like them!
Incredible story, thanks for posting this.
I love Into Thin Air, have read it countless times. I could never climb, but those who do fascinate me. Only thing that bothers me, I so admire Anatoli Boukreev. I certainly wasn't there, but Boukreev went out out alone in that storm and saved lives. He said be his own tragic death that he hurried down to camp because that's what Scott Fischer wanted him to do. So, many things about that climb and decent were flawed. Worked to take lives. I admire Mr. Krakauer, he is a wonderful writer. Another talent I don't possess.
Boukreev died about a year after this expedition. I believe he got caught in an avalanche. Very sad.
@@edenkennan7881 yes, I believe it was the following year. Know it was Christmas, on Annapurna.
It is a breathtaking account of what is good and what can go wrong and how these people are so incredibly strong and always save their comrades even if it means death for themselves. A fascinating account also how any kind of decision up there really is a life or death decision. No room for mistakes and if mistakes happen it is usually deadly.
It's pretty doubtful that Fischer actually wanted Boukreev to descend ahead of the clients. Fischer had been pissed at Boukreev for weeks due to his unwillingness to perform normal guide duties (i.e., actually staying with and helping the clients). Then it turns out that Boukreev changed his own story regarding the conversations he had with Fischer at the Hillary Step over the course of multiple interviews with Krakauer. But that whole debate is a moot point anyway, since in deciding not to use supplamental oxygen while guiding, Boukreev really had no choice but to head down early to avoid hypothermia in the Everest death zone. He's a hero on the one hand, but also its pretty hard to dispute that his poor choices and guiding style were partly to blame for the deadly predicament in the first place.
Edit: also Boukreev seems like he was a really nice guy, with a solid overall character. I understand why people are so defensive about his role in the 1996 disaster, and so offended by Krakauer's remarks. Still though, Krakauer was right.
@@tuckerbell7741 well, had Boukereev got caught up there with them, they all might have died...Beidleman and Boukereev are the only reason all those people lived and if Anatoli wasnt back at camp 4, then he could not have gone out and rescued them....It worked out that he wasn't climbing as a guide typically does...he went down to save his own life as well...if anyone knew when it was time to leave, it was him
A shame it ends at such a captivating moment with Beck but a great upload nevertheless. Krakauer really is a great storyteller.
It’s funny isn’t it? Because we all know exactly what happens to Beck, but we wanna hear John say it anyways.
That was planned.
"Story teller" is a good descriptor for him.
@@snicklefritz669 that was mean 👿
Beck has his own lecture on a youtube video, even better
beyond brilliant ,,, Thnk-you !!!
Excellent presentation . Great story teller.
Binge watched all your recent uploads. Well played, sir
Wow!!! Thank you. I can endlessly listen to these men and women telling stories and showing pictures of their travels.
This is so brilliant. So incredible to see your adventure and hear it from your voice. Love it.
Thanks for posting….I need to find the rest of this lecture now!
Let me know if you find the whole thing please! I couldn't:(
Thank you for uploading David. 👍👍
Thanks again for uploading this footage; especially poignant to hear Jon describing events so soon after that disaster.
fantastic presentation, i couldn't skip it and Rob"s fate in the end gave me goosebumps, it is horrible how he died alone up there on the mountain
Just an awesome video, many thanks
Thank you so much for this upload and all the others you have done. I am completely addicted. Thank goodness I am 75 and way too old to be climbing mountains. If I had seen this 50 yrs ago you can bet I would have been on that mountain.
This was awesome! I love Into Thin Air and Into the Wild. Never seen this presentation before. Very interesting. Love listening to him. Thanks for this!
Wow. Just, wow. He's such an incredibly captivating writer and speaker. Thank you for sharing this with us, and all of your other videos! One of my favorite channels.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Never really commented on you're vids. So just to say I think this is one of, if not the best you've done.
Thanks. :D
Great video. Catches Krakauer on the lecture tour with his initial perceptions before extensively researching the other survivors thoughts and formulating his book.
This is epic, thanks 🙏 for sharing
Read “into Thin Air” originally in Outside magazine. Then the book, as soon as it came out. I get altitude sickness, so to me, these guys are my superheroes! I’ve read the book a dozen times and then everything that Krakauer wrote. Posting this on TH-cam is such a gift. Thank you so much
Thank you for this reupload!
What a fantastic story-teller.....how he slips in a little humor or self-deprecating comment is delightful.
Amazing presentation, he's as great speaker. Would've loved to watch till the end - such a shame that the rest of it is just lost
I’m only half way through this but immensely enjoying it. I’ve read everything he’s written since Eiger Dreams when I tried climbing a whole lifetime ago. Big fan!
Wonderful. Wonderful. Thank you David Snow.
Hard to believe that was 25 years ago. Time flies.
27 from me here in your future. Time flies indeed.
A lot more people on the mountain now.
That was a great presentation by Jon.
I was so gripped. Where is the rest? Anyone?
Thanks for sharing. Great lecture.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was so funny all the criticism of McCandless taking so many pictures of himself."what kind of a**hole...." Little did they know the era of the selfie was right around the corner
I remember hearing the radio news reports during this disaster and how they weren't sure how many people on the expedition were invovled and any confirmed details. I also agree that hearing Jon speak about it makes it better and filled in the gaps to shed light on how challenging it is to climb Everest and how horrible the disaster was.
The photos shown were a great addition to reading the book.
Loved the book, but this added a new level of understanding for me of what it must have actually been like being there in 96. Shattered the ending was cut off though - I wonder if anyone else secretly (or not) recorded Jon’s presentation as well…
Damn brother, you are doing a public service uploading all this mountaineering stuff.
Word
Truly amazing!
You have GOT to find the rest of that. Krakauer: legend
David Snow: legend
merci David, that is so very interesting
Excellent speech by John! His books are so good. All great reads. I love his style of writing. His book about Chris is one of my favorites. Then I read Chris sister's book. Her and John became good friends. The Wild Truth is another great way to learn about Chris.
Lol
Jon* is a liar and a coward....And Chris had to be the stupidest person going...Chris was robbing cabins and taking things plus doing damage to get in to them.
Though i have a very little experience of what it feels like climbing and walking in the high altitude snow covered mountain,
i actually was tested to my core to the point where i remember crying when no one was watching. I actually stayed away from others in order to cry a bit , i still feel that if the team as a whole leaders as well as the participants had given it a go by dividing the tasks according to their strength and competence ....things could have been different. i saluteto the incredible experience they had to live.
Riveting, on the edge of your warm, interior seat. Thank you for this amazing presentation.
The reason the ropes were not fixed up high was because Scott Fischer's lead sherpa, who was supposed to do it, had to short rope sandy pittman to the top, because she was a high profile customer scott needed . Thus, the ropes were not installed, and it further slowed down the team.
and carried her big phone up :/
Yup, I read his book, he said it was a big cell/satellite phone she used for her daily dispatches @@nicolekb12
Wow. Your lack of compassion is just gross.
@@hottleggs1it's not a lack of empathy to point out the absolute fact that Sandy Pittman was one of the proximate causes of this tragedy. She should never have been on that goddamn mountain
@@kevinscottbailey8335 It still lands in the hands of Scott Fischer and Rob Hall. It was a big screw up on their part.
Wow, for the feed to cut off there...
Thanks anyways for the upload. Captivating stuff.
David Snow you are even more legendary than Jon Snow (Game of Thrones) !
Thanks for all the uploads bro ✌️
Glad you like them!
I cannot believe your "Into Thin Air" book was almost not published! I couldn't put it down years ago. And I hhave been fascinated by Everest ever since!!
I really enjoyed this. I know so much about both stories he spoke about but I never heard it come from this amazing writer. Thank you for posting this and I thank Jon for his great stories.
I see so many books about Everest and after reading several I think to myself: well do I really need to read all of them. And then it happens: I get another book of Everest climbing and I just can not put it down. Hooked on it just like I was hooked on the others. What is it about that?
@@dm5129 I have no idea. All I know is I was and still addicted to Everest. For so many years I have learned so much about it. I never climbed a mountain but there is something about Everest.
@@dm5129 well i can tell you I watch these videos when I need to cope with my life. It helps me keep going..if they can so can I 🖖
Excellent. Thank You.
David you have the best mountaineering uploads! Thanks for sharing...this story never gets old...it has all the elements of a Greek tragedy and Jon K is a classic storyteller. An unbeatable combination...
This guy looks like he was born in the 70s not 56.
It cuts off just where they leave beck in his tent alone on the brink of death and then in the morning when they descend to camp 3 they leave him once again but luckily he hears the last climber leaving and yells not to leave he's coming too. Then his wife gets the impossible done and sends a helicopter to rescue him from a height a chopper has never landed. But Beck gives up his spot on the chopper to the thaiwanese man who had frost bitten feet. He truly believed that the pilot wouldn't return and he would now die. To his luck it returned and got him to hospital. He lost his right arm just below the elbow his fingers on his left and the front of both feet as well as his nose. When you're that unwell and you give up the helicopter that your wife scrambled from Dallas to organise a miracle finding a pilot willing to risk his own life to save you says a hell of a lot about the humanity of Beck Weather's.
Thanks for uploading. Are you planning to upload the remaining of the presentation? I,ve read his book and also did the hike to Everest base camp! Spectacular!!
The book, "Into Thin Air" is wonderful to read. Engaging.
All of his work is like that. I particularly enjoyed "Eiger Dreams."
Yes, everyone, you have got to read this book. It will give you goosebumps all the way trough. Fascinating and troubling at the same time. I can not put this kind of literature down. I am so intensively reading these books there must be something deep in my psyche that wants me to do so, some kind of connection that I myself feel when I am in the mountains. It is unexplainable.
I've read this book over and over but it is time to dust it off again.
Wow amazing account of all events! I’m going to buy the books! I’m so proud of Alexander Supertramp, he did what his soul needed to do, he followed thru and I will always admire him. Thank for for recognizing all the Free Adventurist of our time.
You might also buy "Under the Banner of Heaven".
Fantastic presentation !!
So grateful for this
So much information packed into this presentation. The etymology of the word "cwm". Why early May for the summit push. etc. Very good video.
Jon, thank you.