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Touching The Void

By: Joe Simpson
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Daniel Weyman
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 Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out with torches, where they found Joe, badly injured, crawling through the snowstorm in a delirium. Far from causing Joe's death, Simon had paradoxically saved his friend's life. What happened, and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship. Adventure Travel Climbing & Mountaineering Outdoors & Nature Sports Travel Writing & Commentary Adventure
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I actually gave up on this book for a while. It seemed to go now where. Though, without giving anything away, there is a critically point where that all changes. From then on I was almost hanging on every word.

A really slow start

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An incredible recounting.
Astounding that one can endure such events, that the will to survive can triumph against such odds.

Had me hooked at every moment and offered powerful life lessons throughout.

Excellent

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I had seen the documentary years ago but never brought myself to read the book. This audiobook is by far the most gripping story I have listened to so far

I struggled to stop listening

Best yet

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It’s amazing what the human spirit will do to survive! Bugger being a mountaineer though!!

Captivating read

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This book takes awhile to get into if your not normally an 'outdoorsy' kind of person, but then the intensity comes.
I don't want to spoil it, the story had my family looking at each other open mouthed and in silence for the long car trip we had this playing. No one wanted to speak to interrupt the fact we were all conpletely reliving this story in our minds eye.

astounding!

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