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5 stars
define 'harrowing'
Paperback, 174 pages
English language
Published Dec. 20, 1998 by HarperPerennial.
Touching the void
The Harrowing First Person Account Of One Man's Miraculous Survival
by Joe Simpson
4 stars
(3 reviews)
Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates's disastrous and nearly fatal climb of the 6,344-metre (20,813 foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Subjects
- Simpson, Joe
- Yates, Simon
- Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Mountaineering -- Peru -- Huayhuash, Cordillera
- Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- Peru -- Huayhuash, Cordillera -- Case studies
Places
- Great Britain
- Cordillera Huayhuash
- Peru