Using the true story of a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later, Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with nature.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 1999
Publisher: Pan Books
Pages: 224
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780330351690
ISBN 10: 0330351699