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Touching the void by Joe Simpson, Joe Simpson · Booklabria

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Touching the void

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First published: 1988
Language: English
Editions: 18

Synopsis

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: Biography
Case studies
Mountaineering
Search and rescue operations
Mountaineers
Mountaineering accidents
Set in: Great Britain
Peru
Cordillera Huayhuash
Characters: Joe Simpson
Simon Yates

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