# Quote — Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air

> Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from my oxygen mask, hunched a shoulder against the wind, and stared absently down at the vastness of Tibet. I understood on some dim, detached level that the sweep of earth beneath my feet was a spectacular sight. I'd been fantasizing about this moment, and the release of emotion that would accompany it, for many months. But now that I was finally here, actually standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care.

- Author: [Jon Krakauer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jon-krakauer.md)
- Book: [Into Thin Air](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jon-krakauer/into-thin-air.md)
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