Touching the void
Simpson, Joe1997
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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, 1997.
Collation:
207p., [16]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
Awards:
NCR Award for Non-FictionBoardman Tasker Award.
ISBN:
9780099771012 (pbk)0099771012 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.522796.52209796.522B796.522098796.5220922796.522796.522092796
Language:
English
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BRN:
1914308
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