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Left for Dead

My Journey Home from Everest

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With a new preface by the author • As featured in the upcoming motion picture Everest, starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, and Jake Gyllenhaal
 
“I can tell you that some force within me rejected death at the last moment and then guided me, blind and stumbling—quite literally a dead man walking—into camp and the shaky start of my return to life.”
 
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.
 
Praise for Left for Dead
 
“Riveting . . . [a] remarkable survival story . . . Left for Dead takes a long, critical look at climbing: Weathers is particularly candid about how the demanding sport altered and strained his relationships.”USA Today
 
“Ultimately, this engrossing tale depicts the difficulty of a man’s struggle to reform his life.”Publishers Weekly

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Publishers Weekly Review

Oct 12, 2009 – Facing the world's second-highest peak, the Karakoram Range's K2 in Northern Pakistan, mountain climbers encounter incredible dangers, including a huge serac (an overhanging glacier), snow-obscured crevasses, whiteouts and avalanches that have killed even accomplished mountaineers. With clarity and compassion, renowned peak-scaler Viesturs recounts campaigns up K2's 28,000-plus feet from the late 1930s through the tragic 2008 season that saw 11 climbers die in the space of 36 hours. An American master of the climb, Viesturs shares secrets, inside jokes, history and lore such as the "psychological protection" afforded by clipping onto rope or handrails, the climbers' habit of "looking up to see if anything's coming your way," and the "miracle" of "one man with a single ax and a grip of steel stopping the otherwise fatal fall of six teammates and of himself." Admitting to "a disturbing fanaticism" that's driven himself and others to tackle the world's fourteen 8000-foot-plus peaks, Viesturs's you-are-there narration communicates effortlessly the enormous effort, and high adventure, of scaling K2.

Customer Reviews

Must Read to Comp,eye The Story

I read Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer...it was riveting. But the book left me wanting more, especially more about Beck Weathers. This incredible mountaineer returns from the brink of death off Everest...there is no way I wouldn't find out more about this man. Google to the rescue...two minutes later I downloaded Left For Dead by Beck Weathers.

Beck takes us on a journey to understand why he climbed mountains, why he took chances. But more than that, he reminds us all that we can change, we can be inspired at unlikely times and places. He reminds us what is important in life...family and friends that so many of us take for granted and assume they will always be there.

Beck pays a high price for this lesson. But in telling his story, might we learn from him so that our journey to become a kinder, better, caring person comes at a much lower price...just the cost of his book.

Thanks Beck for being so strong in every way possible, physically, mentally and spiritually. Thanks for having the strength to tell us your story.

It doesn't matter if you prefer fiction or nonfiction, this is a book everyone should read. It definitely must be read if you have read Into Thin Air.

Fantastic

Woaw ... Really a great human story ...

Human & Self Deprecating In the Best Way

This book is so good! It's a page turner. Just read it. Human and self deprecating, Beck tells his story. It's impossible to read a story about mountain climbing that isn't exciting. The whole ordeal is dramatic, whether or not it is supposed to be, just due to the sheer extreme nature of the task. On top of the mountaineering, the psychology behind the mountaineering is very interesting. I really enjoyed his story.

Left for Dead
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  • $11.99
  • Available on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac.
  • Category: Mountaineering
  • Published: Apr 25, 2000
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Seller: Random House, LLC
  • Print Length: 320 Pages
  • Language: English
  • Requirements: To view this book, you must have an iOS device with iBooks 1.3.1 or later and iOS 4.3.3 or later, or a Mac with iBooks 1.0 or later and OS X 10.9 or later.

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