num_pages: 176
description: 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 traumas that resulted is the subject of this book.
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: 58148
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: NCR Book Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Boardman Tasker Prize
category: Mountain Literature
publisher: Vintage