Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Simpson, Joe

ISBN 10: 0060160276 / ISBN 13: 9780060160272

Edité par Harper & Row, New York, 1988

A propos de cet article

First U.S. edition, stated; first printing, full number line. The author's unlikely escape from the bottom of a crevasse was the subject of a 2003 documentary film. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends lightly bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $17.95); some edgewear; Brodart protected.

N° de réf. du vendeur 012305

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival
• Éditeur: Harper & Row, New York
• Date de parution: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0060160276
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780060160272
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good +
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Mountaineering

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Synopsis

Book by Simpson Joe

Présentation de l'éditeur

"A truly astounding account of suffering and fortitude."
-- The Times (London)

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he would have been pulled to his own death.

The next three days were an impossibly grueling ordeal for both men. Yates, certain that Simpson was dead, returned to base camp consumed with grief and guilt over abandoning him. Miraculously, Simpson had survived the fall but, crippled, starving, and severely frostbitten, was trapped in a deep crevasse. Summoning vast reserves of physical and spiritual strength, Simpson hopped, hobbled, and crawled over the cliffs and canyons of the Andes, reaching the base hours before Yates had planned to break camp.

How both men overcame the torments of those harrowing days is an epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival; a poignant testament to unshakable courage and friendship.

"Told with lyrical quality and stunning immediacy, Touching the Void transcends its genre and becomes accessible to readers who have never had any desire to climb a glacier."
-- New York Newsday

"A gripping narrative that should excite armchair adventurers everywhere."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Simpson touches a nerve of the mountaineering community and the hearts of others."
--Los Angeles Times

"Riveting, even compulsive reading."
--Minneapolis Star Tribune