Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest by Beck Weathers
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Book Reviews of Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
Book Review: Bearing the Soul
Summary: 4 Stars
Beck Weathers and his family have bared their soles for this revealing look into a climber's head and his family life.
Starting with the actual tragedy that has been chronicled in many venues, Weathers follows this with a microscopic view into his personal and family life. Nothing is left to the imagination as he battles inner demons and resulting family crises.
His quest for climbing skills and knowledge is shared with the reader, including the many disappointments and mistakes, culminating in his Everest epic. He concludes with revelations of the seriousness of his injuries and his mistakes.
Although I was disappointed in the low quality photos, it is still a valued purchase that I will keep.
Book Review: audio version
Summary: 4 Stars
He has a story, a good story, to tell. It's more than what happened on Everest and his near death experience. Aren't we all climbing the same mountain and don't we all want to be the few who reach the top? He had also reached the pinnacle of success in his career and what is it that one finds of value up there? What is it that we want so badly that we are willing to journey through cold and darkness and hardship for? Is it to be validated for our achievements or for just being alive? To be loved, just as we are with all our flaws. And to love others; to actively love others in some way. To be of service and to nourish a hobby or two.Book Review: Why climb a mountain?
Summary: 4 Stars
Pretty much the autobiography of how a man almost lost his life on Everest, but somehow recovered his body and soul in the end. This book has got some nice insights into what attracts a man to climb the mountains. But sometimes it wander too far off to tell us about the author's martial affairs that don't really concern with the main plot of the story.Book Review: left for dead
Summary: 4 Stars
For a real life story it does not get much more real than this, a passion becomes an obsession that takes away the hero status that he was aiming for in the first place? . I found it easy to read. A bit of soft filling in the middle and couldn't really relate to the relationship with his wife.Book Review: Left for Dead
Summary: 4 Stars
Beck Weathers gives a different side of the story well worth reading.