Jon Krakauer was born in 1954 in Corvallis, Oregon. His dad taught him about mountaineering when he was eight. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1976 and lived mostly as a carpenter and a salmon fisherman, spending most of his time in the mountains. In 1992 he climbed the mountain of West Face of Cerro Torre. He also reached the top of Mt. Everest in 1996 with 5 other climbers with him. A huge storm came while they were up there and took the lives of 4 out of his 5 climbers while they were at the summit. After this he wrote the book Into the Air. He also wrote Into the Wild, and Eiger Dreams. In 1999 he got an Acadmy award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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