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Touching the Void (Vintage Classics)
Joe Simpson
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Description for Touching the Void (Vintage Classics)
Paperback. Presents an account of the author and Simon's (author's climbing partner) terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. This book shows how the pair dealt with the psychological traumas. It not only tells the story of their survival but is a compelling testament of their friendship. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WSZG; WSZV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1995. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frost-bitten, with news that that Joe was dead.
What happened to Joe, and how the pair 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.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099511748
SKU
V9780099511748
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Ref
99-99
About Joe Simpson
Joe Simpson is the author of several best-selling books, of which the first,Touching the Void, won both the NCR award and the Boardman Tasker Award. His later books are This Game of Ghosts - the sequel to Touching the Void - Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, The Beckoning Silence and two novels, The Water People and The Sound of ... Read more
Reviews for Touching the Void (Vintage Classics)
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more