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A 2012 World Book Night selection.
A true testament to the human will and spirit. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner Simon Yates both showed great courage and strength after Simpson fell and broke his leg descending Siula Grande but it is Simpson’s harrowing account of what happened to him and how against all the odds he got himself back to base camp that will leave the reader in awe and complete admiration. An intense and totally engrossing read.
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Synopsis
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Joe Simpson with just his partner, Simon Yates tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21, 000 ft SIULA GRANDE in the Peruvian Andes. In June 1995 they achieved the summit before disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frost-bitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out torches, where they found Joe, badly injured, crawling through the snowstorm in a delirium. Far from causing Joe's death, Simon had paradoxically saved his friend's life. What happened, and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship.
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A brilliant, vivd, gripping, heart-stopping account of their terrifying adventure... Superbly written Sunday Express One of the absolute classics of mountaineering...a document of psychological, even philosophical witness of the rarest compulsion -- George Steiner Sunday Times On every level it is an outstanding literary achievement Independent A quite extraordinary and moving book...Touching the Void touches the Great Questions in an understated yet utterly compelling way Guardian A truly astonishing account of suffering and fortitude...the narrative acquires an irresistible force, carrying all before it Sunday TimesAbout the Author
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Publication date
1st January 1998Author
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VintageFormat
Paperback224 pages
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Climbing & mountaineeringTrue stories of heroism, endurance & survivalISBN
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