174pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Joe Simpson, Simon Yates & Chris Bonington who wrote the foreword. Now a legendary mountaineering read. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

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Title: Touching The Void
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0224025457
ISBN 13: 9780224025454
Binding: hardcover
Edition: 2001 rep.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Signed by the author without dedication, 2010 reprint. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

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Concise and yet packed with detail, Touching the Void, Joe Simpson's harrowing account of near-death in the Peruvian Andes, is a compact tour de force that wrestles with issues of bravery, friendship, physical endurance, the code of the mountains, and the will to live. Simpson dedicates the book to his climbing partner, Simon Yates, and to "those friends who have gone to the mountains and have not returned." What is it that compels certain individuals to willingly seek out the most inhospitable climate on earth? To risk their lives in an attempt to leave footprints where few or none have gone before? Simpson's vivid narrative of a dangerous climbing expedition will convince even the most die-hard couch potato that such pursuits fall within the realm of the sane. As the author struggles ever higher, readers learn of the mountain's awesome power, the beautiful--and sometimes deadly--sheets of blue glacial ice, and the accomplishment of a successful ascent. And then catastrophe: the second half of Touching the Void sees Simpson at his darkest moment. With a smashed, useless leg, he and his partner must struggle down a near-vertical face--and that's only the beginning of their troubles.

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