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Touching the void

Touching the void

by Joe Simpson, Joe Simpson

MountaineeringMountaineersCase studiesSearch and rescue operationsBiography
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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.

Themes & subjects

MountaineeringMountaineersCase studiesSearch and rescue operationsBiographyMountaineering accidents

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Setting

Cordillera HuayhuashGreat BritainPeru

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Joe Simpson
Joe Simpson

1960

Authors

Joe Simpson, Joe Simpson

Pages

192

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

20

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Random House

ISBN

9780230533516

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