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

In the bestselling author of Missoula and In to the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that produced Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teenagers to a fantastic cave in New Mexico therefore unearthly that’s used by NASA to on the subject of Embrace the Misery better understand Mars.

In these fascinating essays–first published in the web pages of THE BRAND NEW Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others–Jon Krakauer shows why he’s considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together right here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; in the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; in the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the best unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, towards the last days of famous surfer Mark Foo. These outstanding content are unified with the author’s interest for character and unrelenting seek out truth.