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Touching the Void

Touching the Void

Touching the Void
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Touching the Void Hardback - 1988

by Simpson, Joe

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Used - Good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling.

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New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First U. S, Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling.. 174 p. Endpaper map. Illustrations (some in color). Glossary. Foreword by Chris Bonington. This is a harrowing first person account of one man's miraculous survival. This is the true story of friends Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, two experienced mountain climbers who met tragedy and triumph in the Andes. At the 21, 000-foot peak of the mountain, Joe Simpson slipped and fell off an ice ledge, breaking his leg in the process. Although Simon Yates struggled to save Simpson, a harsh blizzard, and the fact that his own life was in grave peril, forced him to leave Simpson behind and make his own way back to base camp. This stirring account then tells of how Simpson managed to survive and make it back to his base camp, despite suffering from not only a broken leg, but also frostbite and starvation.
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  • Title Touching the Void
  • Author Simpson, Joe
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First U. S, Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]
  • Condition Used - Good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling.
  • Pages 174
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper & Row, New York
  • Publication date 1988
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 61209
  • ISBN 9780060160272 / 0060160276
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Reading level 600
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Simpson, Joe, Mountaineers - Great Britain - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 88045524
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
  • Quantity available 1

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