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Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality.

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Jon Krakauer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 12
Explorer
Journalist
Mountaineer
Writer
Brookline
Massachusetts
Hopeless
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Kooks
Others
Romantics
Reality
Shaky
Always
Everest
Magnet
Seekers
Publicity

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