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Touching the Void The Harrowing First Person Account Of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Author: Joe Simpson

"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... more »

ISBN-13: 9780060916541
ISBN-10: 0060916540
Publication Date: 12/1989
Pages: 192
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4.2 stars, based on 14 ratings

Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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MarchiaLuigi reviewed Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account Of One Man's Miraculous Survival on 2/2/2007 + 29 more book reviews

Riveting first person account of a mountain climb gone wrong. I am not that sports minded, but once I got over the climbing vocabulary that I wasn't familiar with, I couldn't put this book down.

Currently 3/5 Stars.

PirateSavvy reviewed Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account Of One Man's Miraculous Survival on 12/11/2006

Gripping story, very fast read. A movie was made of this story, worth watching.

Currently 4.5/5 Stars.

Lorrie M. (ilovedale3) reviewed Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account Of One Man's Miraculous Survival on 4/25/2006 + 527 more book reviews

Frightening true story about two mountain climbers, one of whom must cut the rope that holds him to the other before slipping into a mountain crevasse. Really makes you wonder what you would do in that situation!

There is lots of technical mountain climbing terms in the book (a glossary in the back of the book helps), but the story is so compelling that you can get past it easily.

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