Chessler Books
Rock Climbing - Mountaineering - Exploration
New - Used - Collectible - Signed
Chessler Books Accepts PAYPAL Chessler Books Accepts VISA Chessler Books Accepts MASTERCARD Chessler Books Accepts DISCOVER CARD Chessler Books Accepts AMERICAN EXPRESS
All Orders Shipped via United States Postal Service   Chessler Books Ships Via USPS
Author:
Title:
Keyword:
Item #:
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M Mc N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z
Item #: BK1658B-9383
LEFT FOR DEAD: MY JOURNEY HOME FROM EVEREST Beck Weathers 2000 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine Multiple Copies Available
By Weathers, Beck
Price: $4.99

List Price: $24.95
You Save $19.96 (80%)



Add to wish list


Detailed Product Description
New York, 2000, 1st edition. 292 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine condition.

The remarkable story of Weathers' survival on Everest on May 10, 1996 during the events described in Into Thin Air

Left for Dead is a deeply personal story, told in first person by a variety of people who contributed to the survival of Beck Weathers during the Everest accident of 1996 that left nine climbers dead. It goes past the tragedy to discuss why Weathers got involved in climbing in the first place, his lengthy and painful recovery, and the all-important relationship with his wife, Margaret (commonly referred to as Peach). Without Peach's hope and tenacity, it's likely that rescue efforts would not have been continued, and Weathers may never have recovered from the hypothermic coma and its dreadful results.

The story of their relationship - they were estranged at the time of the accident - is told from both perspectives, and his obsession with mountains seems almost like another family member. The overall tone is straightforward and conversational: children, pets, and clothing feature as prominently as reconstructive surgery and heroic rescues. But no matter how plainly they are told, the events of that climb are sure to bring tears.

Rob Hall's last conversation with his wife, climbers disappearing into the storm, Anatoli Boukreev's rescuing three people, and Weathers and his climbing partner Yasuko being left for dead are just a few from a long list. Still, you'll find yourself laughing just pages later, when Weathers gets his rescue team to sing "Chain of Fools" while hiking back to safety - you can imagine Peach being in full agreement of that song's appropriateness. The Everest deaths affected people around the world, and this chronicle of one survivor and his family is a hopeful reminder of the good that can result from such tragedies.

From Publishers Weekly: "A survivor of the disastrous Mt. Everest expedition described in Jon Krakauer's bestseller Into Thin Air, Weathers is the climber many readers will remember from searing media photos of a man with heavily bandaged hands and a face so badly frostbitten it scarcely seemed human. In fact, Weathers had been abandoned by his fellow mountaineers as dead and spent some 18 hours on the mountain in subzero temperatures before miraculously regaining his senses and staggering into camp.

Back in the U.S., Weathers, who is a physician, lost both hands and underwent extensive facial reconstruction. But there were other wounds to heal: he had neglected his family so much in pursuit of his hobby that his wife had decided to end the marriage once he returned.

Co-written with Michaud (The Evil That Men Do; The Only Living Witness), this book deals in part with the climb but mainly with Weathers's life before and after the catastrophe. The man who wrote this book doesn't seem any less self-absorbed than the one who climbed Mt. Everest. In the years before the disaster, Weathers spent every spare moment pursuing his own interests as his wife and children became strangers to him. Now he claims to have rediscovered his family, but, unfortunately, the reader learns very little about them. Ultimately, this engrossing tale depicts the difficulty of a man's struggle to reform his life."


Other Items You Might Like

  • Similar Items Available
  • Items From This Author
  • Items From This Category
LEFT FOR DEAD: MY JOURNEY HOME FROM EVEREST Beck Weathers 2000 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine 2 copies available SIGNED by Beck Weathers
By: Weathers, Beck
Price $95.00
- Item # BK1658A-8552
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ALPINE JOURNAL 100s OF INDIVIDUAL ISSUES LISTED HERE! PAPERBACK, WRAPPERS or HARDCOVER ISSUES 1863-1986
By: Alpine Club UK
Price $10.00
- Item # JR207B
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
DOCTOR ON EVEREST: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT INCLUDING THE 1996 EVEREST DISASTER 2000 1st edition Hardcover DJ New SIGNED by Kenneth Kamler
By: Kamler, Kenneth
Price $50.00
- Item # BK758-853
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
SENSATION SEEKING TENDENCY IN MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS: A 20TH CENTURY PHENOMENON Athiqul Laskar 2000 1st ed New Paperback Multiple Copies Available
By: Laskar, Athiqul H.
Price $4.99 ~ Regular $49.95, You Save $44.96 (90%)
- Item # BK2030-8612
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
SUMMIT MAGAZINE USA BACK ISSUES 1960s: This List is of Available Issues betyween 1960-1969
By: Summit Magazine
Price $10.00 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $10.00 (50%)
- Item # JR154J-868
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
DIE TRYING: ONE MAN'S QUEST TO CONQUER THE SEVEN SUMMITS Bo Parfet and Richard Buskin 2009 New Hardcover DJ
By: Parfet, Bo and Richard Buskin
Price $19.95 ~ Regular $23.00, You Save $3.05 (13%)
- Item # BK2345-854
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MAZAMA BULLETIN Individual Back Issues 1905 - 1975 New issues recently added
By: Mazama Bulletin
Price $5.00
- Item # JR225-127
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
SUMMIT MAGAZINE USA BACK ISSUES 1990s: 1990-1995 See This List of Available Issues
By: Summit Magazine
Price $10.00 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $10.00 (50%)
- Item # JR154A-868
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ALL 14 EIGHT-THOUSANDERS 1988 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine Multiple Copies Available SIGNED by Reinhold Messner
By: Messner, Reinhold
Price $250.00
- Item # BK1013D-8372p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
INTO THIN AIR: DEATH ON EVEREST. THE MOVIE DVD 2 Copies Left
By: Krakauer, Jon
Price $14.95 ~ Regular $24.95, You Save $10.00 (40%)
- Item # V1842-1202
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
LEFT FOR DEAD: MY JOURNEY HOME FROM EVEREST Beck Weathers 2000 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine 2 copies available SIGNED by Beck Weathers
By: Weathers, Beck
Price $95.00
- Item # BK1658A-8552
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
AFTERSHOCK: ONE MAN'S QUEST AND THE QUAKE ON EVEREST Jules Mountain 2017 Paperback Fine-New 3 Copies Available
By: Mountain, Jules
Price $19.95
- Item # BK7032-8613
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CRYSTAL HORIZON: EVEREST THE FIRST SOLO ASCENT 1989 1st edition Hardcover DJ SIGNED by Reinhold Messner 2 copies available
By: Messner, Reinhold
Price $175.00
- Item # BK1022-8322
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
L'AUTRE ANNAPURNA [THE OTHER ANNAPURNA] 1998 1st ed Softcover Fine SIGNED by Maurice Herzog Multiple Copies Available
By: Herzog, Maurice
Price $39.95 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $110.05 (73%)
- Item # BK903-8623
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CAMP SIX: AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1933 MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION Frank Smythe 1st UK edition Fine Rare Dust Jacket
By: Smythe, Frank
Price $455.00 ~ Regular $850.00, You Save $395.00 (46%)
- Item # OP374A-829
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE TWO-YEAR MOUNTAIN: A NEPAL JOURNEY Phil Deutschle 1986 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Phil Deutschle
By: Deutschle, Phil
Price $45.00
- Item # OP7370A-856
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE KURT DIEMBERGER OMNIBUS 1999 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Kurt Diemberger 2 copies availble
By: Diemberger, Kurt
Price $69.95 ~ Regular $75.00, You Save $5.05 (7%)
- Item # BK386A-8522
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
3 X 8000: IL MIO GRANDE ANNO HIMALAYANO [3 X 8000: MY GREAT YEAR IN THE HIMALAYA] Reinhold Messner 1984 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine
By: Messner, Reinhold
Price $19.99 ~ Regular $70.00, You Save $50.01 (71%)
- Item # OP632-950p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ALLE MEINE GIPFEL [ALL MY PEAKS] 1993 2nd ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Reinhold Messner
By: Messner, Reinhold
Price $39.99 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $110.01 (73%)
- Item # BK1015A-883p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CHO OYU: GNADE DER GOTTER [CHO OYU: BY FAVOR OF THE GODS] Herbert Tichy 1957 Hardcover DJ Near Fine
By: Tichy, Herbert
Price $30.00 ~ Regular $100.00, You Save $70.00 (70%)
- Item # OP433B-935
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MAKALU 8485 METRES [27,838 feet] THE HIGHEST PEAK YET CONQUERED BY AN ENTIRE TEAM Jean Franco 1957 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine Multiple copies available
By: Franco, Jean
Price $349.95 ~ Regular $450.00, You Save $100.05 (22%)
- Item # OP658B-8293
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart