John Krakauer was born in 1954 in Corvallis, Oregon. He loved/loves to mountain climb too. In fact, at the age of eight, John went on his first mountain climbing trek with his father. In 1976, he graduated from Hampshire College. Then, in 1977, he attempted to climb the Devil's Thumb in a manner in which nobody had ever gone before. After numerous set backs, he gave up after three weeks. He has written four books, all nonfiction, about either his adventures, or one of a man who gave up everything and went to live in the wild of Alaska. His most recent has been Under the Banner of Heaven, which was about two rather brutal murders and the steadfast radical faith of the murderers. Seems like John Krakauer has done a lot in his lifetime so far.
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