Born in 1954, he grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. He graduated in 1976 from Hampshire college. Originally he earned his living as a carpenter and commercial salmon fishing. He spent most of his free time up in the Mountains. Through his life he climbed many different mountains, such as the devils thumb. He also reached the summit of mount everest, but on the decent a storm engulfed the mountain killing 4 of the 5 teammates with him. He wrote a magazine article after and got an award for it. After that Krakauer has written many different books.
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