Touching the void / Joe Simpson ; with a foreword by Chris Bonington.
Material type: TextPublication details: [New York] : Perennial, 2004Edition: 1st Perennial edDescription: 218 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 20 cmISBN: 0060730552; 9780060730550Other title: Subtitle on cover: True story of one man's miraculous survivalSubject(s): Simpson, Joe, 1960- | Yates, Simon | Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Mountaineering -- Peru -- Huayhuash, Cordillera | Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- Peru -- Huayhuash, Cordillera -- Case studiesDDC classification: 796.5/22/092 | B LOC classification: GV199.92.S57 | A3 2004Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher descriptionCurrent library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Originally published: London : J. Cape, 1988.
Foreword by Chris Bonington: Beneath the mountain lakes -- Tempting fate -- Storm at the summit -- On the edge -- Disaster -- Final choice -- Shadows in the ice -- Silent witness -- In the far distance -- Mind games -- Land without pity -- Time running out -- Tears in the night.
The author relates his nearly fatal adventures mountaineering in the Andes, adventures that included a fall into a crevice, broken limbs, and return to safety.
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