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Jon Krakauer was born in 1954 and grew up in Corvallis, Oregon.
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In 1996 he reached the top of Mt. Everest, though four of his five teammates died on the descent down the mountain. This an experience Krakauer wrote about for Outside magazine and in his book Into Thin Air.
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He competed in tennis at Corvallis High School and graduated in 1972.
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In 1976, Krakauer worked as a carpenter and a commercial fisherman in Colorado, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska, devoting most of his free time to climbing.
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Hampshie College graduate of 1976.
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In 1977 he pioneered a new route up the Devils Thumb in southeast Alaska,
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Copywritten in 1996 by Krakauer, it was published by First Anchor Books in Febuary of 1997.
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In 1999 Jon Krakauer received the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
