false <![CDATA[Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166984188m/18600.jpg 18600 19 Concise and yet packed with detail, <I>Touching the Void</I>, Joe Simpson's harrowing account of near-death in the Peruvian Andes, is a compact tour de force that wrestles with issues of bravery, friendship, physical endurance, the code of the mountains, and the will to live. Simpson dedicates the book to his climbing partner, Simon Yates, and to "those friends who have gone to the mountains and have not returned." What is it that compels certain individuals to willingly seek out the most inhospitable climate on earth? To risk their lives in an attempt to leave footprints where few or none have gone before? Simpson's vivid narrative of a dangerous climbing expedition will convince even the most die-hard couch potato that such pursuits fall within the realm of the sane. As the author struggles ever higher, readers learn of the mountain's awesome power, the beautiful--and sometimes deadly--sheets of blue glacial ice, and the accomplishment of a successful ascent. And then catastrophe: the second half of <I>Touching the Void</I> sees Simpson at his darkest moment. With a smashed, useless leg, he and his partner must struggle down a near-vertical face--and that's only the beginning of their troubles. 876314 1988 Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival total:1497|5:491|4:615|3:335|2:46|1:10| 1497 6022 1970 296 4 6 false false Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 07:46:05 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 12:05:14 -0700 2008 By the time I reach the last page I recalled I heard myself screaming
"Man, this dude is really something!"
"Edaaaaaan!"
An unbelievable and gripping story about survival and never say die spirit at its best

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Joe Simpson...more...]]> 4 4 true false Thu Nov 20 19:51:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 03:22:34 -0800 2008
Salah satunya adalah buku ini. Touching The Void adalah kisah mengenai pendakian di pegunungan Andes, Peru, yang dilakukan oleh Simon Yates dan Joe Simpson. Sesungguhnya pendakian berlangsung sempurna dan mereka semp...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Fri Feb 08 08:10:30 -0800 2008 Thu May 22 14:50:07 -0700 2008
Some readers might be put off by talk of abseils, carabineers and crampons, but this is more than a book about mountaineering, this is a book about being human. It speaks of mortally, determination, suffering, hope, and friendsh...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 29 18:07:27 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 18:20:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 07:13:51 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 17:01:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Dec 30 08:53:17 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 22:20:43 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 18:05:16 -0800 2007 but what really got me about this story, what deeply deeply moved me to a new understanding of human endurance, was not that he climbed the peruvian andes, suffered sub zer...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Dec 17 18:10:25 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 25 15:12:27 -0700 2009 15-20+
I think this has got to be one of the best books I have ever read in my life. I must have read it, or portions of it, at least 10-15 times. It is just awe-inducing. The personal struggles of Simon and Joe, the agonizing seconds and minutes and hours of Joe's exha...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Mar 29 06:14:21 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 06:16:07 -0700 2009
It's the kind of book you want to give anyone who has complained about having to endure the pain of sitting in economy class on an aeroplane - (oh no!!)

Two men perform an incredible feat and climb the previously u...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:14:36 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:49:50 -0700 2009 Touching the Void. In younger years, when I had more energy and less sense, I probably would have rated it four stars instead of three. Not now.

As to adventure, it pumps adrenalin through readers' veins as fast as the government these day...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 00:40:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 04:38:04 -0700 2009
Reading Joe Simpson's firsthand account, my first reaction ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 03:44:19 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 02:42:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 06:47:58 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 09:10:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 10 15:09:13 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 15:11:37 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 20:28:29 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 20:32:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 10:55:14 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 01:37:45 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 11:25:12 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 14:29:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 09:34:17 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 09:34:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 17:23:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 17:41:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 5 false false Sun Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Wed Mar 26 17:13:54 -0700 2008 Sun May 31 22:11:06 -0700 2009 Touching the Void.

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates made the first ascent on the west face of Siula Grande in 1985 but ran into some serious trouble coming back down. A storm kicked up, and Simpson fel...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun May 06 21:52:23 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 16:07:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18600