num_pages: 174
description: The author relates his nearly fatal adventures mountaineering in the Andes, adventures that included a fall into a crevice, broken limbs, and return to safety
language: English
title: Touching the Void
titlecomplete: Touching the Void
characters: Joe Simpson & Simon Yates
genres: Biography, Outdoors, Climbing, Adventure, Mountaineering, Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports, Travel, Survival
ratings_count: 58155
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: NCR Book Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Boardman Tasker Prize
category: Mountain Literature
publisher: Harpercollins