Touching the void
Uiterlijk 12 november in huis
Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he would have been pulled to his own death.
The next three days were an impossibly grueling ordeal for both men. Yates, certain that Simpson was dead, returned to base camp consumed with grief and guilt over abandoning him. Miraculously, Simpson had survived the fall, but crippled, starving, and severely frostbitten was trapped in a deep crevasse. Summoning vast reserves of physical and spiritual strength, Simpson crawled over the cliffs and canyons of the Andes, reaching base camp hours before Yates had planned to leave.
How both men overcame the torments of those harrowing days is an epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival, and a poignant testament to unshakable courage and friendship.
- 1 Bekijk alle specificaties
Prijs:
Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 februari 2004
Aantal pagina's: 224
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Joe Simpson
Hoofduitgeverij: Perennial
Editie: Perennial ed
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 140 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 216 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 136 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 17 mm
Verpakking lengte: 201 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 195 g
eWaste: Nee
EAN: 9780060730550