Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

Touching the Void

Joe Simpson

172 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced
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This book is an illustrated account of the ascent of the west face of the 21,000ft peak, Siula Grande, in the Peruvian Andes. The author and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, achieved the summit in June 1985 before disaster struck. A few days lat...

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