TOUCHING THE VOID : The Harrowing First Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Descripción

Text/BRAND NEW. Softcover/Fine. Memoir of English mountaineer Joe Simpson's (1960 -) successful but disastrous 1985 ascent of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. An epic account dedicated to his climbing partner Simon Yates (1963 -) who did not survive the descent from their shared, successful conquest of the summit. This story of triumph & suffering, joys of friendship & loss of, won the 1988 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and was adapted to film. 174 pgs w/photos.

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

TOUCHING THE VOID : The Harrowing First Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Editor

Harper Perennial, New York, NY

Fecha de publicación

1998

Idioma

Inglés

ISBN 10

0060916540

ISBN 13

9780060916541

Encuadernación

Soft cover

Ilustrador

Joe Simpson; Simon Yates; & Richard Hawking (Photographers)

Edición

First Edition, First Printing

Estado

New

Estado de la sobrecubierta

None as Issued

Catálogos de vendedores

• Biography/Autobiography/Memoir
• Tzqx
• Adventure/Expeditions

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