Touching the void
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New York : Perennial, 2004., New York : HarperPerennial, 2004.
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First Perennial edition.
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218 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits (some color) ; 20 cm.
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Dolores County School-Public Library - DOLORHIGH - BIOGRAPHY92 SIMOn Shelf
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Published
New York : Perennial, 2004., New York : HarperPerennial, 2004.
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First Perennial edition.
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Originally published: London : J. Cape, 1988.
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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 hopped, hobbled, and crawled over the cliffs and canyons of the Andes, reaching the base hours before Yates had planned to break camp. How both men overcame the torments of those harrowing days is an epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival; a poignant testament to unshakable courage and friendship.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Simpson, J. (2004). Touching the void (First Perennial edition.). Perennial.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Simpson, Joe, 1960-. 2004. Touching the Void. Perennial.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Simpson, Joe, 1960-. Touching the Void Perennial, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Simpson, Joe. Touching the Void First Perennial edition., Perennial, 2004.

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