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Jon Krakauer

How Might ‘Meru’ Be Measured?
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How Might ‘Meru’ Be Measured?

By
Cynthia Fuchs
/ 26 August 2015
Climbing Meru might be represented in a film, but even as it's shared here among the three climbers, each has his own version of what happened.
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The Escape Artist

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Jennifer Makowsky
/ 23 March 2008
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Anguish and Exaltations in Sean Penn’s ‘Into the Wild’

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 21 September 2007
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Under the Banner of Heaven: The Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

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PopMatters Staff
/ 6 August 2003

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