Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer loves adventure!  When he was a young boy his dad introduced him to mountaineering and he fell in love with it.  As he grew up he traveled to different mountains and climbed them.  One of the places he went to was in Alaska, where his book Into the Wild takes place.  After adventurous trip to Mt. Everest in 1996 Karkauer started writing.  Since then he has published many award winning books including, Into the Wild.