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Jon Krakauer 1-hour DEFINITIVE interview re: 1996 Everest

No punches pulled, assigns blame on all of the blameworthy h...
Galvanic embarrassed to the bone forum haunted graveyard
  05/20/26
!!!
Maniacal fortuitous meteor institution
  05/20/26
I didn't listen to the interview, but I read some excerpts e...
180 salmon chapel
  05/20/26
Yep. You should take an hour and listen though. Very inter...
Galvanic embarrassed to the bone forum haunted graveyard
  05/20/26
Ty, ty. I’d missed this and will be sure to give it a...
Fishy bat shit crazy plaza foreskin
  05/20/26
He's 180. Did you read Eiger Dreams?
Galvanic embarrassed to the bone forum haunted graveyard
  05/20/26
I haven’t, but am adding it to the list!
Fishy bat shit crazy plaza foreskin
  05/20/26
he's jewish on his FATHER'S side and UNITARIAN on his mother...
Vigorous cowardly stage keepsake machete
  05/20/26


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Date: May 20th, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Galvanic embarrassed to the bone forum haunted graveyard

No punches pulled, assigns blame on all of the blameworthy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1u5r4cyY-Q

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2...id.#49891899)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 2:28 PM
Author: Maniacal fortuitous meteor institution

!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2...id.#49891912)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: 180 salmon chapel

I didn't listen to the interview, but I read some excerpts elsewhere. As I recall, he blamed himself for the catastrophe to a large degree. He speculated that the reason Rob Hall tried to guide several clients to the summit late in the day (long after the designated "turn around" time) was because Hall was worried that his company would look bad if his clients didn't make it to the top while clients from a rival company did. Since Krakauer was a reporter for Outside, it was especially important that he didn't look bad. Krakauer thought that Hall took stupid risks that he wouldn't normally take because he was worried that Krakauer would make him look bad in his writeup.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2...id.#49891934)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: Galvanic embarrassed to the bone forum haunted graveyard

Yep. You should take an hour and listen though. Very interesting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2...id.#49891941)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 5:51 PM
Author: Fishy bat shit crazy plaza foreskin

Ty, ty. I’d missed this and will be sure to give it a listen.

What’s XO consensus on Krakauer? Certified badass or effete pretender or mere outside observer, occasionally dabbling in actual adventure?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2...id.#49892070)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Galvanic embarrassed to the bone forum haunted graveyard

He's 180. Did you read Eiger Dreams?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2...id.#49892195)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:44 PM
Author: Fishy bat shit crazy plaza foreskin

I haven’t, but am adding it to the list!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2...id.#49892214)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:25 PM
Author: Vigorous cowardly stage keepsake machete

he's jewish on his FATHER'S side and UNITARIAN on his mother's. he did some real climbing when he was younger.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2...id.#49892196)