Descent to Mars Audiobook (Free)

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also contained in the Traditional Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling writer of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that produced Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington condition; from a wilderness therapy system for teens to a fantastic cave in New Mexico therefore unearthly that’s used by NASA to approximately Descent to Mars better understand Mars.

In these fascinating essays–first posted in the web pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others–Jon Krakauer displays why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The content, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the base of the volcano Mt. Ranier towards the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; in the notebook of 1 Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These outstanding articles are unified by the author’s interest for character and unrelenting search for truth.