Monday, January 18, 2010

Jon Krakauer: A Breif Biography


Jon Krakauer, the author of Into The Wild was born in 1954 and had been hiking and mountaineering since he was eight. He has climbed dozens of the highest and toughest mountains in the world. He was one of two survivors that reached the top of Mt. Everest, and has been to the top of the most challenging mountains from Alaska to South America to Europe and Asia. Krakauer would write about his own experiences for a magazine and wrote many books like Into Thin Air about his climb on everest. Krakauer has won many awards and the majority of his books have been bestsellers. Into the Wild was possibly one of his most famous books and was a bestseller for two years.

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