Jon Krakauer was born in 1954 in the state of Oregon. As a young boy Jon was always interested in the wilderness because his father introduced him into it when he was eight years old. He started a family and divided his time between the different states trying to support his family by commercial fishing for salmon. Jon went on to write articles and books about is friends and they reach the summit of a mountain. Most of his writings were and are New York best sellers.

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