Left for Dead - my Journey Home from Everest

Zusatztext An engaging memoir . . . Candid [and] moving . . . Weather s' upbeat attitude perhaps yields the biggest clue about how he got home from Everest Informationen zum Autor 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. * The extraordinary story of one of the survivors of the infamous 1996 Everest disaster * Describes not only the author's indomitable will to live but also his determination to rebuild his life Zusammenfassung * The extraordinary story of one of the survivors of the infamous 1996 Everest disaster* Describes not only the author's indomitable will to live but also his determination to rebuild his life

Product details

• Authors: Beck Weathers, Dr Beck Weathers
• Publisher: Sphere
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780751530858
• ISBN: 978-0-7515-3085-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 195 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Texas, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering, Climbing & mountaineering, 21st Century, Coping with death & bereavement, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, the Himalayas, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Climbing and mountaineering, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Himalayas, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rock Climbing, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement