When he was reported dead, it was Peach who orchestrated the daring rescue that brought him home.
By the time he embarked on the Everest expedition, his marriage and family life had all but disintegrated. It was a self-prescribed therapy with a severe cost: an increasing remove from his devoted wife, Peach, and their two children. Lanky and gregarious, pathologist Weathers began mountain climbing in his mid-thirties to ward off the black dogs of depression. Less well known are the circumstances that led him there, and the long recovery that only began with his dramatic rescue. The circumstances of Weathers’ miraculous survival were widely reported in the press and in Jon Krakauer’s mammoth bestseller Into Thin Air. The following day, one was given a second chance at life.
On May 10, 1996, nine climbers perished in the “death zone” on Mount Everest. Left for Dead takes a long, critical look at climbing: Weathers is particularly candid about how the demanding sport altered and strained his relationships.” LEFT FOR DEAD: My Journey Home from Everest
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