Touching the void /

Simpson, Joe.

Touching the void / Joe Simpson ; with a foreword by Chris Bonington. - [New ed.]. - London : Vintage, 1997. - 207p., [16]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm.

Previous ed.: London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.

Joe Simpson and his partner, Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 ft Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. In June 1985 they achieved the summit before disaster struck. In Touching the Void they tell their story.

NCR Award for Non-Fiction Boardman Tasker Award.

9780099771012 (pbk.) : £7.99


Simpson, Joe--Journeys--Andes.
Yates, Simon--Journeys--Andes.


Mountaineering--Andes.
Sport.


Andes--Description and travel.

GV199.9 / .S56 1997

796.5220922