Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer born April 12 1954 in Brookline Massachusetts is an American writer and mountaineer employed by Outside magazine and currently living in Seattle Jon Krakauer has published numerous articles in major monthly publications such as National Geographic and Rolling Stone His fame stems in particular from his account Into Thin Air which recounts from his perspective the tragic events that occurred during his ascent of Everest in May 1996 This expedition ended with the deaths of eight of its participants A heated controversy erupted with guide Anatoli Boukreev whose account of the Everest expedition differs significantly from Krakauers in many respects Into Thin Air was adapted into the 1997 television film Into Thin Air Death on Everest This film directed by Robert Markowitz stars Peter Horton as Scott Fischer and Christopher McDonald as Jon Krakauer It retains Jon Krakauers perspective on these events although details regarding responsibility differ significantly from the book He is also the author of The End of Solitude about the fate of Christopher McCandless a young American adventurer who dies of exhaustion after plant poisoning in Alaska In 2007 Sean Penn adapted the book for the screen Into the Wild Tragedy on Everest was once again adapted into Baltasar Kormákurs Everest released in 2015 Michael Kelly plays Krakauer Jon Krakauer is critical of certain scenes in the film which allegedly did not take place and states that he has not met Michael Kelly On the other hand he acknowledges one of the films suggestions his presence as a journalist certainly pushed the expedition leaders to take additional risks He indicates that he regrets having participated in this expedition By Gods Command published in 2003 tells the story of an American news story in 1984 near Salt Lake City two dissident Mormon brothers murdered their sisterinlaw and her fifteenmonthold daughter In 2022 the book was adapted by Dustin Lance Black into a sevenepisode television miniseries By Gods Command