Adventure Writer Jon Krakauer Resurfaces to Defend His Book ‘Into Thin Air’ Against YouTuber
February 11, 2025
Krakauer announced on social media that he’s going to release an eight-part series defending his book Into Thin Air against a YouTuber, Michael Tracy, who has been criticizing Krakauer’s reporting and accusing his writing of pushing a false narrative. Into Thin Air is a first-person narration of the events that took place on Mount Everest in the spring of 1996 that eventually led to the deaths of eight climbers. The Inertia