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Touching the Void

by Joe Simpson

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First published: 1988
Pages: 187

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“Touching the Void” is an interesting memoir by Joe Simpson, which recounts the harrowing and near-fatal experience he and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, endured after ascending the 6,344-meter peak Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. The book has since sold over a million copies and has been translated into over 20 languages.

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Joe Simpson

Simpson and Simon Yates climbed the west face of Siula Grande in Peru in 1985. Simpson broke his leg on the descent, Yates lowered him repeatedly until Simpson went over an overhang in the dark and could not be raised, and Yates cut the rope rather than be pulled off with him.