Left For Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

· Hachette UK
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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 mountain. He was effectively left for dead, but drawing upon reserves of determination and courage he didn't know he had - as well as the extraordinary selflessness and bravery of a Nepalese helicopter pilot he'd never met - he finally made it to safety. Only then could a new battle begin: to rebuild his life with a family he'd taken for granted for too long.

Heartstoppingly exciting and ultimately very moving, LEFT FOR DEAD is a terrific read.

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4.4
11 reviews
Siddeo
June 7, 2016
Sample that i have read looks better than other books on everest.This books includes more geographic and environmental description rather than individual people's conversations and stories filling every page in other books which make such books little bit boring.Will purchase it if some discount is offered.
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Lacey Warren
March 29, 2018
I love reading accounts like Becks however I think the second part was more an autobiography than anything which isn't my kind of read to be honest. First part great..seconr part dull.
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P Arun Kumar
January 10, 2018
Well written by Author ....Explaining the exact scenario happened on may 10 1996
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About the author

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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