"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 of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he would have been pulled to his own death.
The next three days were an impossibly grueling ordeal for both men. Yates, certain that Simpson was dead, returned to base camp consumed with grief and guilt over abandoning him. Miraculously, Simpson had survived the fall but, crippled, starving, and severely frostbitten, was trapped in a deep crevasse. Summoning vast reserves of physical and spiritual strength, Simpson hopped, hobbled, and crawled over the cliffs and canyons of the Andes, reaching the base hours before Yates had planned to break camp.
How both men overcame the torments of those harrowing days is an epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival; a poignant testament to unshakable courage and friendship.
"Told with lyrical quality and stunning immediacy, Touching the Void transcends its genre and becomes accessible to readers who have never had any desire to climb a glacier."
--New York Newsday"A gripping narrative that should excite armchair adventurers everywhere."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer"Simpson touches a nerve of the mountaineering community and the hearts of others."
--Los Angeles Times"Riveting, even compulsive reading."
--Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Joe Simpson is the author of several bestselling 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, Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, The Beckoning Silence and a novel, The Water People.
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Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: New. Joe Simpson; Simon Yates; & Richard Hawking (Photographers) (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW, softcover w/a whisper of shelfwear to upper back corner tip. Memoir of English mountaineer Joe Simpson's (1960 -) successful but disastrous 1985 ascent of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. The book is dedicated to his climbing partner Simon Yates (1963 -) who did not survive the descent from the summit. This epic account of both triumph & suffering, friendship & loss of, won the 1988 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and was adapted to film. Codice articolo 009410
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Codice articolo 353-0060916540-new
Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: New. Joe Simpson; Simon Yates; & Richard Hawking (Photographers) (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Softcover/Fine. Memoir of English mountaineer Joe Simpson's (1960 -) successful but disastrous 1985 ascent of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. An epic account dedicated to his climbing partner Simon Yates (1963 -) who did not survive the descent from their shared, successful conquest of the summit. This story of triumph & suffering, joys of friendship & loss of, won the 1988 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and was adapted to film. 174 pgs w/photos. Codice articolo 019855
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: New. Codice articolo DADAX0060916540
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