{"product_id":"touching-the-void-joe-simpson-9780060730550","title":"Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 crawled over the cliffs and canyons of the Andes, reaching base camp hours before Yates had planned to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow both men overcame the torments of those harrowing days is an epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival, and a poignant testament to unshakable courage and friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060730552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060730550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Joe Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053442494719,"sku":"9780060730550","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f849d084-d948-461f-abbc-96a577ba1fd2.jpg?v=1685024365","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/touching-the-void-joe-simpson-9780060730550","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}