Touching the void
Simpson, Joe, 1960-2004
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An account of the ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had achieved the summit before the first disaster struck. What happened and how they dealt with the psychological traumasthat resulted is the subject of this book.
Main title:
Touching the void / Joe Simpson ; with a foreword by Chris Bonington.
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Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2004.
Collation:
216p. [16]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 1997.
ISBN:
0099452294
Dewey class:
796.5220922
Language:
English
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BRN:
2964613