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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 218 pages and is available in paperback format. Despite the detailing of multiple incidents, touching the void is not a depressing book. Yet, translating this tale onto the silver screen was a difficult task, one that academy awardwinning director kevin. His book, touching the void deals with teamwork, goal setting, leadership, strategy, planning, motivation and our ability to reach beyond what we thought was possible.
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Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. We cannot guarantee that every book is in the library. Touching the void is a 1988 book by joe simpson, recounting his and simon yatess disastrous and nearly fatal climb of the 6,344metre 20,8 foot siula grande in the peruvian andes in 1985. When joe simpson published touching the void, the wildly popular account of his neardeath experience on the siula grande mountain in the peruvian andes, the film rights to the book became a hot commodity. Touching the void is the tale of two mountaineers harrowing ordeal in the. The movie is about two men who chased their passion of climbing a mountain in peru known as siula grande. David heymann, pete earley, sonny kleinfield, joe simpson. Thanks for exploring this supersummary plot summary of touching the void by joe simpson. While climbing in peru in 1985, he suffered severe injuries and was thought lost after falling into a crevasse, but he survived and managed to crawl back to his base camp.
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