Touching the Void: The Harrowing First-Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson

Touching the Void: The Harrowing First-Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Joe Simpson

172 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced
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"A truly astounding account of suffering and fortitude."--The Times (London)Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face ...

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