Left For Dead
my journey home from everest
$58.50
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2002
Summary
Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer’s famous account of the 1996 Everest disaster, INTO THIN AIR, will remember the story of Beck Weathers: the gregarious Texan climber who went snow-blind in the Death Zone below the summit and who spent a night out in the open during a blizzard that took the lives of a dozen colleagues and friends.
Even as he staggered back into Camp 4 the next morning, Beck’s condition was such that the other survivors assumed he would not make it back down the mountai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751530858 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751530859 |
| Author: | Dr Beck Weathers |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2002 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 129mm x 19mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
An engaging memoir … Candid [and] moving … Weather s’ upbeat attitude perhaps yields the biggest clue about how he got home from Everest
An engaging memoir … Candid [and] moving … Weather s’ upbeat attitude perhaps yields the biggest clue about how he got home from Everest - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
About The Author
Dr Beck Weathers
Beck Weathers trained as a medical doctor and now lectures across the United States. His co-writer, Stephen G. Michaud, is a former editor at NEWSWEEK and the co-author of eight books.
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