Touching the Void

Touching the Void
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Publisher : Direct Authors
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9780957519305
ISBN-13 : 0957519303
Rating : 4/5 (303 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Touching the Void by : Joe Simpson

Download or read book Touching the Void written by Joe Simpson and published by Direct Authors. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.


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