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Touching the void

Touching the void

Joe Simpson · 1988 · 187 pages

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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.

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Mountaineering: the skills & the epics

Beginner10books80 hrs4 stages

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