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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest par Beck Weathers SIGNÉ ! LIVRAISON GRATUITE !
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Très bon état
- Signed
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780375504044
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Left for Dead : My Journey Home from Everest
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- General, Mountaineering, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
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Product Information
I am neither churchly nor a particularly spiritual person, but 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. On May 10, 1996, nine climbers perished in a blizzard high on Mount Everest, the single deadliest day ever on the peak. The following day, one of those victims was given a second chance. His name was Beck Weathers. The tale of Dr. Seaborn Beck Weathers's miraculous awakening from a deep hypothermic coma was widely reported. But the hidden story of what led the pathologist to Everest in the first place, and his painful recovery after his dramatic rescue, has not been told until now. Brilliant and gregarious, Weathers discovered in his thirties that mountain climbing helped him cope with the black dog of depression that had shadowed him since college. But the self-prescribed therapy came at a steep cost: estrangement from his wife, Peach, and their two children. By the time he embarked for Everest, his home life had all but disintegrated. Yet when he was reported dead after lying exposed on the mountain for eighteen hours in subzero weather, it was Peach who orchestrated the daring rescue that brought her husband home. Only then, facing months of surgery and the loss of his hands, did Beck Weathers also begin to face himself, his family, his past and uncertain future. Told in Beck Weathers's inimitably direct and engaging voice-with frequent commentary from Peach, their family, their friends and others involved in this unique journey-Left for Dead shows how one man's drive to conquer the most daunting physical challenges ultimately forced him to confront greater challenges within himself. Framed by breathtaking accounts of his near death and resurrection, and of his slow and agonizing physical and emotional recovery, Left for Dead offers a fascinating look at the seductive danger of extreme sports, as in rapid succession a seemingly unstoppable Weathers attacks McKinley, Elbrus, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro-before fate stops him cold, high in the Death Zone of the world's tallest peak. Full of deep insight and warm humor, Left for Dead tells the story of a man, a marriage and a family that survived the unsurvivable. Candid and uncompromising, it is a deeply compelling saga of crisis and change, and of the abiding power of love and family-a story few readers will soon forget.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375504044
ISBN-13
9780375504044
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1661744
Product Key Features
Book Title
Left for Dead : My Journey Home from Everest
Topic
General, Mountaineering, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
Publication Year
2000
Language
English
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1in.
Item Length
9.2in.
Item Width
6.1in.
Item Weight
20.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
00-021503
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
796.52/2/092 B
Lc Classification Number
Gv199.92.W42a3 2000
Number of Pages
304 Pages
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