Touching the void : The true story of one man's miraculous survival / Joe Simpson ; With a foreword by Chris Bonington

By:

Simpson, Joe, (1960-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Perennial, 2004Edition: This edition first published in 2004Description: 218 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

9780060730550

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DDC classification:

796.522092

LOC classification:

GV199.S57 A3

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Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Tom Poung Campus TTP Primary Yellow Bookshelves	Juvenile Fiction	SIM 796.522092 GV199.S57 A3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	FISSE01344

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.

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