Interesting article. There was another book written about the '96 expedition that Krakauer's book deals with called "The Climb" by Anatoli Boukreev. Boukreev was a guide whose behavior on that that trip was called into question by Krakauer (who subsquently issued an apology, of sorts). Although "The Climb" is not particularly well written or as good a read as "Into Thin Air" (IMO) it's interesting to to juxtapose the two perspectives of the affair.vl