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Jan 14, 2020 · First it was the stuff of folklore: a tale about two British climbers – 25-year-old Joe Simpson and 21-year-old Simon Yates – who, in 1985, became the first people to scale the West Face of ...
Joe Simpson is one of the world’s most respected mountaineers and a leading motivational speaker. His book, “Touching the Void” (1998), tells of his amazing survival, having shattered his leg and been left for dead in a crevasse high in the Andes. It has sold over two million copies worldwide and has become one of the all time classics of ...
Jan 14, 2020 · Joe Simpson. About 70ft below, avalanches had created a choke point and a slope that was probably 65°. On this unconsolidated snow, I could manage that with hopping jumps. I wasn’t considering ...
Jan 28, 2018 · By Gabriel Burns. Jan 28, 2018. This season will be Joe Simpson’s 27th year in the Braves broadcast booth, but first as a team Hall of Famer. The generation of Braves fans who fell in love with ...
Dec 12, 2012 · Touching the Void. Joe Simpson. Direct Authors, Dec 12, 2012 - Sports & Recreation - 216 pages. The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route.
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Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates's near fatal descent after climbing the 6,344-metre (20,814 ft) peak Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. Approximately 15% of the book is written by Yates. It has sold over a million copies and has been translated into over 20 languages.
