In 1954, John Krakauer was born in Corvallis, Oregon. He was the third of five children and was greatly influence by his father, Lewis Karkauer, a doctor and weekend climber. At the age of eight he was introduced to mountaineering. After graduating from Corvallis High School in 1972 he went to Hampshire College in Massachusetts to study Environmental studies. Afterwards, he spent his time in Colorado, Alaska, and Pacific Northwest as a commercial fisherman. His father wanted Jon to study medicine, but Jon’s passion was writing and mountain climbing. One year after graduating, in 1977, he met Linda Mariam Moore and married her in 1980.
Throughout his life, Karkauer developed his writing and mountain climbing skills. One great accomplishment is the climbing of the West Face of Cerro Torre in the Patagonian Andes. West Face is arguable the most difficult climbs in the whole world, and he completed it in 1992. Also being a great writer, he started as a …show more content…
Into the Wild was published in 1996 and was also on the bestseller list for two years. This book describes the life of a college graduate who left everything he had and ran away into nature to explore the world and himself. Tragically, he was found dead two years later in Alaska with nothing but his diary. Under the Banner of Heaven was another bestseller of Jon’s. Here, he devoted his time looking at the practice of polygamy by Mormons. The book revolves around the story and life of Dan and Ron Lafferty, two brothers who killed their sister-in-law and her baby daughter because God ordered them to. His final book was published in 2009 of Pat Tillman, a former football player. Tillman gave up his career to enlist in the army after the 9/11 incident and eventually became an Army Ranger. However, he was later killed in Afghanistan and made a war hero by the U.S.
Throughout his life, Karkauer developed his writing and mountain climbing skills. One great accomplishment is the climbing of the West Face of Cerro Torre in the Patagonian Andes. West Face is arguable the most difficult climbs in the whole world, and he completed it in 1992. Also being a great writer, he started as a …show more content…
Into the Wild was published in 1996 and was also on the bestseller list for two years. This book describes the life of a college graduate who left everything he had and ran away into nature to explore the world and himself. Tragically, he was found dead two years later in Alaska with nothing but his diary. Under the Banner of Heaven was another bestseller of Jon’s. Here, he devoted his time looking at the practice of polygamy by Mormons. The book revolves around the story and life of Dan and Ron Lafferty, two brothers who killed their sister-in-law and her baby daughter because God ordered them to. His final book was published in 2009 of Pat Tillman, a former football player. Tillman gave up his career to enlist in the army after the 9/11 incident and eventually became an Army Ranger. However, he was later killed in Afghanistan and made a war hero by the U.S.