num_pages: 218
description: Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1985. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frost-bitten, with news that that Joe was dead.What happened to Joe, and how the pair dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship.
language: English
title: Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
titlecomplete: Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
characters: Joe Simpson & Simon Yates
genres: Climbing, Biography, Travel, Outdoors, Sports, Mountaineering, Nonfiction, Adventure, Memoir, Survival
ratings_count: 58139
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: NCR Book Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Boardman Tasker Prize
category: Mountain Literature
publisher: Harper Perennial