Beck Weathers

Beck Weathers was a driven man who had a knack for completing difficult tasks, yet a complete lack of social and relational skills. He was professionally successful and was able to provide for all his families wants and needs, but he wasn't physically there for them. He loved his family, but instead of spending time getting to know them and to be with them, he was always pursuing the next goal. This was because he was always fighting depression, and keeping his mind on the task and obsessing on it helped him drive away the black dog, as he called his depression. When he came back to life after his death on Everest, Beck realized that he'd had to change his relationships and identify what led to the rift. In this book, he wrote in first person about his internal drives, his pursuit of endless dangerous goals...