Into Thin Air really hit the itching-to-adventure spot. Jon Krakauer recounts his harrowing tale of disaster during his 1996 Mount Everest journey. A journalist, Krakaeur writes in an engaging style, with a wide journalist’s vocabulary. He does a great job at painting a clear picture of both the dangers of high-altitude climbing and the mountaineering spirit. I often found myself on Everest with him, staring at the Khumbu Icefall or panting, delirious in a crazed snowstorm, struggling for my life. The story was always engaging, if not for the thrill then for the novelty of climbing towards the world’s roof in territory not made for man. Into Thin Air is a short read that has definitely got my adventure crave itching.