Summary of Joe Simpson's Touching the Void

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I was in the middle of the Cordillera Huayhuash, in the Peruvian Andes, with Simon. We were surrounded by spectacular ice mountains and the only indication of this from within our tent was the regular roaring of avalanches falling off Cerro Sarapo. #2 I was not the full ticket, but I was over the worst. It was freezing last night. I had met Richard, a travel companion, in Lima, halfway through his six-month ex