[SeattleUte]

"Into Thin Air" tells a tale that alludes strongly to the Titanic disaster. We have hubris, reckless competition, foolhardy belief in the idnomitable power of technology in the face of nature's severest tests, a gathering of high society, mass catastrophe, nature exacting the harshest of lessons. In the end, technology will yield, it always does and always will, ultimately. The book also has echoes of Melville--the mountain, the squall, are the White Whale, all symbolizing metaphysical evil. The adversary. Whatevery you think of its "historicity" "Into Thin Air" is a great read. A modern adventure classic. Praise John Krakauer.