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Jon Krakauer 1-hour DEFINITIVE interview re: 1996 Everest

No punches pulled, assigns blame on all of the blameworthy h...
Disrespectful center messiness
  05/20/26
!!!
insane meetinghouse
  05/20/26
I didn't listen to the interview, but I read some excerpts e...
Irradiated church building
  05/20/26
Yep. You should take an hour and listen though. Very inter...
Disrespectful center messiness
  05/20/26
Ty, ty. I’d missed this and will be sure to give it a...
passionate territorial nursing home
  05/20/26
He's 180. Did you read Eiger Dreams?
Disrespectful center messiness
  05/20/26
I haven’t, but am adding it to the list!
passionate territorial nursing home
  05/20/26
he's jewish on his FATHER'S side and UNITARIAN on his mother...
umber rigor
  05/20/26


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Date: May 20th, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Disrespectful center messiness

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=2most#49891899)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 2:28 PM
Author: insane meetinghouse

!!!

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: Irradiated church building

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=2most#49891934)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: Disrespectful center messiness

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

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 5:51 PM
Author: passionate territorial nursing home

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=2most#49892070)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Disrespectful center messiness

He's 180. Did you read Eiger Dreams?

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:44 PM
Author: passionate territorial nursing home

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

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 7:25 PM
Author: umber rigor

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=2most#49892196)