Touching The Void

What happened to Joe, and how the pair dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship.

A brilliant, vivd, gripping, heart-stopping account of their terrifying adventure... Superbly written

One of the absolute classics of mountaineering...a document of psychological, even philosophical witness of the rarest compulsion

On every level it is an outstanding literary achievement

A quite extraordinary and moving book... Touching the Void touches the Great Questions in an understated yet utterly compelling way

A truly astonishing account of suffering and fortitude...the narrative acquires an irresistible force, carrying all before it

Joe Simpson is the author of several bestselling books, of which the first, Touching the Void , won both the NCR award and the Boardman Tasker Award. His later books are This Game of Ghosts - the sequel to Touching the Void - Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, The Beckoning Silence and one previous novel, The Water People .