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Jon Krakauer: The Mountain's Shadow

Climbing Gold by Duct Tape Then Beer

May 15, 202656:38Sports & Recreation

Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air chronicled the 1996 Everest disaster and launched a generation of interest in climbing and the natural world, but for Jon the tragedy that unfolded around him left him struggling with PTSD an...

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