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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest by Beck Weathers

3.0

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After I finished reading Into Thin Air for the second time, I decided to read some of the accounts of the others who survived the 1996 Everest disaster. This book is vastly different from Into Thin Air. Not a typical mountaineering book as such, and lacking the detail of Krakauer, this book focuses more on the personal struggles of Beck Weathers and his family. The first 3rd of the book deals with what occurred on Everest, and his miraculous escape from death. The remainder of the book details his childhood, his relationship with his wife and kids and his deep depression that led to his obsession with mountaineering. I'd only recommend for those really interested in that piece of Everest history.