Touching the void

Joe Simpson Joe Simpson

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.

Subjects

  • biography
  • case studies
  • mountaineering
  • mountaineering accidents
  • mountaineers
  • peru, history
  • search and rescue operations
  • survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.