Touching the Void Audio, Cassette – March 1, 1996
Author: Visit ‘s Joe Simpson Page ID: 1856860930
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Audio CassetteLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1856860930ISBN-13: 978-1856860932 Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces Best Sellers Rank: #3,941,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3878 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Mountaineering > Mountain Climbing #14475 in Books > Travel > Travel Writing #42865 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation
`Touching the Void’ is the story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates who climbed the West Face of Siula Grande, a mountain in the Peruvian Andes. After an accident Simpson has a broken leg and little chance of getting off the mountain alive. Yates lowers Simpson off the mountain quickly (as they do not have enough supplies to stay on the mountain) and unknowingly off a cliff face. Simpson cannot beck up the rope and Yates cannot pull him back up. Seconds before being pulled off the face of the cliff himself Yates cuts the rope and Simpson falls off the cliff and down the mountain. Yates, leaving the mountain the next morning, thinking Simpson dead, leaves Simpson to crawl off the mountain with his injuries.
In the best portions of the book you get both Yates’s and Simpson’s thoughts about the accident, where they were and what was happening step by step in the days following the accident. You feel the pain, guilt, fear, and panic in both parties and get the idea that something fantastic occurred on Siula Grande.
I say you get the feeling because in the poorer portions of the book you do not understand why one `crevasse’ is worse than another, why a `pear shaped cornice’ is a bad omen, why it is hard to place a `friend’ in a secure position on the mountain, and why a `bollard’ is dubious. In Simpson’s words one portion of the mountain blends into the other and you have to be told this portion is scary, or that he is making progressing, rather than seeing why he is scared or how he is making progress.
Simpson admits as much in the Epilogue to the book when he says `I simply could not find the words to express the utter desolation of the experience’ and to be fair Simpson was not an experienced writer at the time of this book (he has written six since then).
Amazon com Touching the Void Audible Audio Audio Cassette Please retry March 1 2012 Whispersync for Voice Ready Touching the Void is the story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates who climbed the Editions of Touching the Void The True Story of One Editions for Touching the Void Touching the Void Audio Cassette Published March 1st 1996 by Random House Audiobooks Touching the Void The True Story of One Man s Audio Cassette Please retry And then catastrophe the second half of Touching the Void sees Simpson at his darkest moment By Jason M on March 19 2007
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