Left for Dead, Beck Weathers
Left for Dead, Beck Weathers
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Left for Dead
My Journey Home from Everest

Author: Beck Weathers, Stephen G. Michaud

Narrator: Roger Wayne

Unabridged: 7 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/15/2018

Synopsis

In 1996 Beck Weathers and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded on the mountain, ripping the team to shreds, forcing brave men to scratch and crawl for their lives. Rescuers who reached Weathers saw that he was dying, and left him. Twelve hours later, the inexplicable occurred. Weathers appeared, blinded, gloveless, and caked with ice—walking down the mountain. In this powerful memoir, now featuring a new preface, Weathers describes not only his escape from hypothermia and the murderous storm that killed eight climbers, but the journey of his life. This is the story of a man's route to a dangerous sport and a fateful expedition, as well as the road of recovery he has traveled since; of survival in the face of certain death, the reclaiming of a family and a life; and of the most extraordinary adventure of all: finding the courage to say yes when life offers us a second chance.

About Beck Weathers

Beck Weathers trained as a medical doctor and now lectures across the United States.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula on July 08, 2020

I was hoodwinked. I feel like the author conned me with a catchy title about a survival story then delivered his-and-hers complaints about a marriage where neither partner ever confided in the other, did whatever they wanted (he's off climbing mountains, she's "playing Russian roulette" with her bir......more

Goodreads review by Mazola1 on November 05, 2008

Although I didn't really plan it that way, I read Beck Weather's book Left for Dead right after I read Lincoln Hall's book, Dead Lucky. The two books have some obvious and uncanny similarities. Both Beck Weathers and Lincoln Hall were left for dead just below the summit of Mount Everest, thought to......more

Goodreads review by Maggie on January 04, 2011

This book is a hot mess. Is it his journey home from Everest or his autobiography? I sincerely do not care about his growing-up years in Japan. I thought maybe by starting off with the Everest tragedy it would play out the book in a more unusual, enticing way, but not true. And the excerpts of conve......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on May 17, 2010

I was disappointed in this book. Don't get me wrong, I love to read books and watch TV program about Everest and the amazing people that decide to challenge the mountain, but this book just wasn't what I was expecting. If you are looking for a book that talks a lot about mountain climbing or his exp......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on July 08, 2014

Things I liked about this book: -That it didn't try to be Into Thin Air. Many mountain climbing books spend a lot of time on the preparation, the carries between camps, etc., which I very much enjoy reading. However, in this instance, all those logistics from the May 1996 disaster have already been c......more

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