Touching The Void
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1988
Jonathan Cape Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-224-02545-4 (ISBN)
Jonathan Cape Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-224-02545-4 (ISBN)
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An account of the ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had achieved the summit before the first disaster struck. What happened and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted is the subject of this book
This book is an illustrated account of the ascent of the west face of the 21,000ft peak, Siula Grande, in the Peruvian Andes. The author and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, achieved the summit in June 1985 before disaster struck. A few days later, Yates staggered into base camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days Simon Yates, believing that he had caused his friend's death, suffered torment and guilt. However, a cry in the night led them to Joe, badly injured and delirious, crawling through the snow. Far from causing his friend's death, Simon had paradoxically saved his life when he cut the rope. What happened and how they dealt with the resulting psychological trauma is the subject of this book.
This book is an illustrated account of the ascent of the west face of the 21,000ft peak, Siula Grande, in the Peruvian Andes. The author and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, achieved the summit in June 1985 before disaster struck. A few days later, Yates staggered into base camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days Simon Yates, believing that he had caused his friend's death, suffered torment and guilt. However, a cry in the night led them to Joe, badly injured and delirious, crawling through the snow. Far from causing his friend's death, Simon had paradoxically saved his life when he cut the rope. What happened and how they dealt with the resulting psychological trauma is the subject of this book.
Foreword. Beneath the mountain lakes; tempting fate; storm at the summit; on the edge; disaster; the final choice; shadows in the ice; silent witness; in the far distance; mind games; a land without pity; time running out; tears in the night. Postscript.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.7.1988 |
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Zusatzinfo | 1 |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 158 x 240 mm |
Gewicht | 450 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Südamerika | |
ISBN-10 | 0-224-02545-7 / 0224025457 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-224-02545-4 / 9780224025454 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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