Re: Narration: I never really thought about Roger Wayne's narration, which, in my book, means he affected the tone and style of the book perfectly. I guess it's hard to sell a book called, 'The Emotional Growth-Journey of Beck Weathers: A Memoir that Happens to Include an Incomplete Anecdote About Surviving on Mount Everest, when he Absolutely Should have Died,' even when that book is good. So I'm subtracting a star, from a 4-star book, because I was misled. I actually think this book is really good, but it's not the book I thought I was getting, and it wasn't so good that I ever stopped feeling short-changed about the Everest story. How the hell did you survive, Beck Weathers? What happened? I don't feel like I know much more than I did previously. Flip that proportion and I'd have been happy, because I wanted Everest. Beck Weathers, a pathologist from Dallas, is not a likely to be seen as a strong character.

This book is 1/5 Everest, 4/5 everything else. Summary Of Beck Weathers 314 Words 2 Pages. Or, insomuch as Weathers' life played a role in his miraculous survival ('miraculous' is an overused word, but it applies to Weathers' story in bold type), we need that story, but the proportions are wrong. But I didn't buy the book for Weathers' life story, I wanted Everest. The raw portrayal of his marital relationship was brave and fascinating, but. I enjoy Weathers' sense of humor and found the writing to be superb throughout. It starts on Everest, but after a rather perfunctory summation of his insanely WTF experience on the mountain the narrative backs up and tells the story of his life, leading to his Everest climb.

Most of this book is NOT about Beck Weathers' time on Everest. This is a solid memoir that is marred by cynical marketing.

Beck weathers into thin air