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Jon Krakauer 1-hour DEFINITIVE interview re: 1996 Everest
| buck-toothed rigor | 05/20/26 |
| insane beady-eyed rehab brethren | 05/20/26 |
| stimulating persian | 05/20/26 |
| buck-toothed rigor | 05/20/26 |
| slippery spruce pocket flask range | 05/20/26 |
| buck-toothed rigor | 05/20/26 |
| slippery spruce pocket flask range | 05/20/26 |
| Supple Idiot | 05/20/26 |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 2:18 PM Author: buck-toothed rigor 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=2E#49891899) |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 2:28 PM Author: insane beady-eyed rehab brethren !!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2E#49891912) |
Date: May 20th, 2026 2:59 PM Author: stimulating persian 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=2E#49891934) |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 3:06 PM Author: buck-toothed rigor Yep. You should take an hour and listen though. Very interesting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2E#49891941) |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 5:51 PM Author: slippery spruce pocket flask range 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? |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:21 PM Author: buck-toothed rigor He's 180. Did you read Eiger Dreams? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2E#49892195) |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:44 PM Author: slippery spruce pocket flask range I haven’t, but am adding it to the list! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5867711&forum_id=2E#49892214) |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:25 PM Author: Supple Idiot 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=2E#49892196) |