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Beck Weathers

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Seaborn Beck Weathers, born on 16 December 1946, is an American pathologist from Texas who survived the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. His story was covered in Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, published in 1997, in its film adaptation Into Thin Air: Death on Everest, and in the films Everest of 1998 and 2015. His own autobiographical book, Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest, published in 2000, covers the ordeal and also describes his life before and afterward, as he focused on saving his damaged relationships.

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1946 1
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Male 1
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Mountaineering, Sports
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is an American pathologist from Texas
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1. Beck Weathers (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth
    Seaborn Beck Weathers (born December 16, 1946)
  • Lead, pronoun
    His story was covered in Jon Krakauer's book
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American pathologist from Texas
  • Plays: Mountaineering, Lead, sport
    survived the 1996 Mount Everest disaster
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