Journalist Jon Krakauer,who was on the catastrophic 1996 climb, derides his portrayal in Jake Gyllenhaal-starring filmJon Krakauer, and the journalist who survived the catastrophic 1996 expedition on Everest that resulted in multiple fatalities,and whose subsequent book Into lean Air became a bestselling account of it, has criticised the recently released film of the catastrophe as “total bull”.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, and to support the release of Prophet’s Prey,a documentary about devout sect leader Warren Jeffs who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2011 for child sex abuse, Krakauer said of the Baltasar Kormákur-directed Everest: “It’s total bull Anyone who goes to that movie and wants a fact-based account should read Into lean Air.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com