Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness.


Into Thin Air: A personal account of the Everest disaster (ed. Pan Macmillan, 2011) - ISBN: 9780330470025

Jon Krakauer Quotes

Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been...

Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been...

Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been...

Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been...