Touching The Void

By: Joe Simpson

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Daniel Weyman

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.

Compelling Read

This was an amazing adventure! Hard to stop reading! Both climbers are courageous heroes, despite the controversy. This book was mentioned in another book I was reading, and I finished this one first. It's a harrowing tale that illustrates the power of the human mind and spirit. I'm kind of sad to see it end.

aw struck.

on the edge of my seat. wonderful writers voice and vocabulary kept me interested.

THE Mountaineering Memoir

This is one of the finest pieces of climbing literature I have ever read. The story is nothing short of remarkable.

BRILLIANT BOOK & JUST AMAZING

Any additional comments?

This really is one incredible story of ones mans will to survive. It will leave you speechless as to what this guy did just to live. Very inspirational as I would have given up at the first hurdle, he inch by inch, set back after set back kept on. An amazing story.

Powerful

Amazing story. You knew how the story would end and it was still so powerful. It is a great tail of the indomitable human spirit.