In a fascinating new book, climber and author Michael Wejchert tells of two couples, remote mountains in Alaska and the tragedy that followed
gripping memoir of a fight for survival after falling from an ice cliff, breaking his leg and being “left for dead” in a storm in the Peruvian Andes.
“Somewhere in this ‘I heard a human sound,’ she recalled. ‘It wasn’t words. It was just a sound of … maybe surprise and dismay.’” The other compelling narrative was the struggle to bring Lyman home. “There are many other instances of heroic rescues but the fact that there were these two couples who would not abandon each other struck me as absolute heroism. I found myself wondering what I would do in a similar circumstance as a nightmare scenario for climbers.”
Wejchert comments: “It’s a sad truth, especially in the adventure community, when people encounter life-altering injuries, the toll that they take is devastating on relationships in many instances. Every relationship is different and there are things that obviously nobody can truly know. It became untenable for both physical and emotional reasons and that’s one of the tragedies of the story.
The break-up left Lyman feeling hopeless and without a path forward. But with sterling support from family and friends, he gradually rebuilt his life. He still has an undaunted spirit and streak of independence: he engineers solutions to get through daily life and has just bought a house, which he is renovating.Despite all the loss, Wejchert says, Lyman does not regret embarking on that audacious climb.
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