Krakauer's book is only one of several accounts of the tragic climb that took a fifteen lives in all. Krakauer later admitted that some of the details he wrote were incorrect because he was as addled as everyone else, mistaking one climber for another. Since the film was produced directly from Krakauer's book, it does not reference other accounts. To mark a landing spot, those on the mountain made a large X in the snow with a red sports drink. For instance, I would have liked to have seen the daring helicopter rescue by a very brave Nepalese army pilot. While the basics are here, the story has been greatly slimmed down and the amount of time involved, truncated. The film covers the main events of Krakauer's experience and condenses characters to fit the needs of a 90 minute TV film. "Into Thin Air: Death On Everest" is a wonderful film and a good start into understanding - if that is possible - the need some people have to climb mountains.
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