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Touching The Void

Written by: Joe Simpson
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Daniel Weyman
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 Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out with torches, where they found Joe, badly injured, crawling through the snowstorm in a delirium. Far from causing Joe's death, Simon had paradoxically saved his friend's life. What happened, and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Friendship Outdoors & Nature Relationships Sports Travel Writing & Commentary Nonfiction Adventure
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An absolutely amazing recount of alpine survival. it was riviting. great performance and superbly written.

gripping

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I think this is a very well written account of what happened and I couldn't stop listening to it.

Amazing, wish I knew more.

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I read this several times years ago, and I thought I would give it a listen. Even though I knew the outcome, my heart still raced, and I cried.
I found Simon’s narrator a little cold for who I think Simon is, but otherwise a heroic story.

Epic Survival Story

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An exquisite exemplar of life's perennial and perplexing wonder: the individual's part in the to and fro tussle between the lover and the beloved.

Riveting

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Loved the internal dialogue! You feel immersed in the story, totally gripping! You won’t regret listening to this book.

Gripping

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