Top 40 Quotes by Jon Krakauer

About Jon Krakauer

These are some quotes by American author Jon Krakauer Writer, who was born on April 12, 1954.

Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon.

Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon.

Jon Krakauer

I'm not even religious, but I get fanaticism. I get the appeal of it.

I'm not even religious, but I get fanaticism. I get the appeal of it.

Jon Krakauer

You can get a lawyer with two months off or a New York socialite who wants to play at being Lewis and Clark and put them up there, but Everest is still in charge; it can still kick butt.

You can get a lawyer with two months off or a New York socialite who wants to play at being Lewis and Clark and put them up there, but Everest is still in charge; it can still kick butt.

Jon Krakauer

Climbing Mount Everest was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life. I wish I'd never gone. I suffered for years of PTSD and still suffer from what happened. I'm glad I wrote a book about it. But, you know, if I could go back and relive my life, I would never have climbed Everest.

Jon Krakauer

I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.

I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.

Jon Krakauer

There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

Jon Krakauer

Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion.

Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion.

Jon Krakauer

When I went to Everest, I underestimated things. I just didn't know what altitude could do. Or the cold - I especially didn't appreciate the cold. It can be just debilitating, and things can happen so quickly.

Jon Krakauer

$You get a compound fracture in Colorado where I live, and you can probably be in a hospital within a matter of hours, certainly within a day.$

You get a compound fracture in Colorado where I live, and you can probably be in a hospital within a matter of hours, certainly within a day.

Jon Krakauer

When I was 23, I climbed this mountain in Alaska called Devil's Thumb alone. It was incredibly dangerous, and I did it because I thought that if I did something that hard and pulled it off, my life was gonna be transformed. And of course, nothing happened. But I get the search for purpose.

Jon Krakauer

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