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Touching the void

Joe Simpson

1988172 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1988
first published
  • 1988J. Cape · 172 pages · ENGISBN 9780224025454
  • 1988Harper & Row · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780060160272
  • 1989Pan · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780330308595
  • 1998HarperPerennial · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780060916541
  • 1998Vintage · 224 pagesISBN 9780099771012
  • 1996Pan Books · 182 pagesISBN 9780330348089
  • 2009imustiISBN 9780435017057
  • 1999Books on Tape, Inc.ISBN 9780736648776

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.

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ThemesSurvival
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