Touching the Void

by Joe Simpson, Unknown Author

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, his climbing partner, had just summited a 21,000-foot Andean peak when catastrophe struck. Simpson tumbled off an ice ledge, shattering his leg. As darkness descended and a blizzard howled, Yates attempted to lower his friend to safety. Eventually, Yates was compelled to sever the rope, mere moments before he'd have been dragged to his own demise. The subsequent days were an unimaginably arduous trial for both men. Believing Simpson dead, Yates returned to base camp, wracked with grief and guilt. Miraculously, Simpson had survived the fall but was trapped in a deep crevasse, crippled, starving, and severely frostbitten. Mustering immense physical and spiritual strength, Simpson navigated the Andean cliffs and canyons, reaching base camp hours ahead of Yates' planned departure. Their triumph over those harrowing days is an epic saga of fear, endurance, and survival, a poignant testament to indomitable courage and camaraderie.

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About the author

Joe Simpson is the author of the bestselling Touching the Void, as well as four subsequent non-fiction books published by The Mountaineers Books: This Game of Ghosts, Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, and The Beckoning Silence. The Beckoning Silence won the 2003 National Outdoor Book Award. The other three published by The Mountaineers Books were all shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award.