Touching the Void (Isis Series)

Description:

Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates's disastrous and nearly fatal climb of the 6,344-metre (20,813 foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

subjects: Mountaineering,  Mountaineers,  Case studies,  Search and rescue operations,  Biography,  Mountaineering accidents,  Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.,  Peru, history

People: Joe Simpson,  Simon Yates

Places: Cordillera Huayhuash,  Great Britain,  Peru