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Touching the void

Simpson, Joe, 1960-2019
Books, Manuscripts
Joe Simpson and his partner, Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 ft Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. In June 1985 they achieved the summit before disaster struck. In 'Touching the Void' they tell their story.
Main title:
Touching the void / Joe Simpson ; with a foreword by Chris Bonington.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2019.
Collation:
216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
Awards:
NCR Award for Non-Fiction; Boardman Tasker Award
ISBN:
9781784875374 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.5220922796.522
LC class:
GV199.9
Language:
English
BRN:
2472547
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