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Touching the voidTouching the void

Touching the void

Joe Simpson, Joe Simpson

4.1(58)on Hardcover

About this book

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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OL Work ID
OL11616538W

Subjects

MountaineeringMountaineersCase studiesSearch and rescue operationsBiographyMountaineering accidentsSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.Peru, history

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