Title:
Touching the void
Author:
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Publication Date:
1997
Publication Information:
London : Vintage, 1997.
Physical Description:
207 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780099771012
Abstract:
An account of the ascent of the 21,000 ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had achieved the summit before the first disaster struck. What happened and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted is the subject of this book.
General Note:
"First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, 1988"--Title page verso
Contents:
Beneath the mountain lakes -- Tempting fate -- Storm at the summit -- On the edge -- disaster -- The final choice -- Shadows in the ice -- Silent witness -- In the far distance -- Mind games -- A land without pity -- Time running out -- Tears in the night -- Postscript -- Ten years on ... -- Epilogue.
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Language:
English
