Touching the void
Simpson, Joe2004
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Joe Simpson and his partner, Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 ft Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. In June 1985 they achieved the summit before disaster struck. In 'Touching the Void' they tell their story.
Main title:
Touching the void / Joe Simpson ; with a foreword by Chris Bonington.
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Edition:
[New ed.].
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2004.
Collation:
216 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 1997.Film tie-in.Previous ed.: London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
Awards:
NCR Award for Non-Fiction; Boardman Tasker Award
ISBN:
9780099452294 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.5220922796.522
Language:
English
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BRN:
281612