DECEMBER 4 "THE POWER OF LOVE"

“Into Thin Air” a novel based on the personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster, where 8 climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm that hit the mountain. Even the guides were killed. Rob Hall and Andy Harris. Beck Weathers were left for dead, where Beck suffered severe hypothermia and frostbite. Climbers descending the hill came across Beck Weathers but he looked like a corpse in a frozen cocoon, they assumed he was dead and left him. Frozen inside this cocoon, Beck could give them no indication that he was alive. Beck Weathers chipped away at the ice until he was able to break free. He walked into the base camp on frozen feet, the group thought they saw a walking zombie coming in to camp. Beck had his right arm amputated halfway between the elbow, all four fingers and thumb on his left hand were removed as well as parts of both feet. his nose was amputated and reconstructed with tissue from his ear and forehead. When asked how he survived when left for dead by the last group that could possibly have helped him, Beck responded that what kept him alive was he kept thinking about his wife and kids and his love for them. His love for them gave him a strength and a will to live that he cannot describe in words.

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