Touching the void : The true story of one man's miraculous survival /
Simpson, Joe (1960-)
Touching the void : The true story of one man's miraculous survival / Joe Simpson ; With a foreword by Chris Bonington - This edition first published in 2004 - New York : Perennial, 2004 - 218 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer's harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.
600
Lexile
P
Raz-Plus
9780060730550
Survival
Peru
GV199.S57 A3
796.522092
Touching the void : The true story of one man's miraculous survival / Joe Simpson ; With a foreword by Chris Bonington - This edition first published in 2004 - New York : Perennial, 2004 - 218 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
P
The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer's harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.
600
Lexile
P
Raz-Plus
9780060730550
Survival
Peru
GV199.S57 A3
796.522092