Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (1988) USSR

Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (1988) USSRThe Harrowing First Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival. One of mountaineerings most famous stories, this book tells of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates climb of Siula Grande, in the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru. Simpson broke his leg on the descent and had to be lowered down the mountain by Yates. Amid a storm and mishap, Yates was forced to cut the rope, sending Simpson to his presumed doom. But Simpson survived the fall, landed in a deep

A Climber's Passion

black and white with topographic maps of each tour

mostly b&w but with the occasional color photograph

A well-regarded history of Patagonia's fiercest peak

where other areas are only given a brief overview

with bibliography and index

another early Yosemite history book

A brand-new copy of this vintage guide

Tim Emmett

" on the the side of the beat-up sedan she was living out of

and other more obscure areas

coffee-table format