Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
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Bindung: Taschenbuch
Dewey-Dezimalklassifikation: 796.522092
EAN: 9780060730550
Ausgabe: Perennial.
ISBN: 0060730552
Label: Perennial
Hersteller: Perennial
Anzahl Seiten: 224
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004-02
Herausgeber: Perennial
Studio: Perennial
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Produktbeschreibung:Amazon.com:Concise and yet packed with detail,
Touching the Void, 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
Touching the Void 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.
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Meine ersten Gedanken zu diesem Buch waren das es sich bei den beiden Hauptdarstellern nur um Adrenalin-Junkies handeln kann.
Beim weiterlesen änderte sich meine Auffassung grundlegend. Der Schmerz, die Todesangst, das Gefühl des Verlorenseins wurde mir bisher noch in keinem anderen Buch so nahe gebracht. Noch nie hatte ich beim Lesen die Empfindung von Schmerz - bis ich dieses Buch in die Hand bekam.
Die Schilderung der Ereignisse geht in wahrstem Sinne des Wortes unter die Haut.
Ein Buch nicht unbedingt für schwache Nerven, fesselnd und abweisend, packend und irritierend zugleich.
Meine Hochachtung an den Autor - solch ein Erlebnis auf diese Art und Weise aufzuarbeiten und dem Leser das Gefühl zu vermitteln dabei gewesen zu sein!
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An amazing tale of courage, fortitude, and a desire to live, despite dire circumstances. The author, Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, ascend a perilous section of the Peruvian Andes. Near the summit, tragedy strikes when Joe, up over 19,000 feet, falls and hits a slope at the base of a cliff, breaking his right leg, rupturing his right knee, and shattering his right heel. Beneath him is a seemingly endless fall to the bottom. Simon reaches him but knows that the chances for Joe to get off the mountain are virtually non-existent. Yet, they fashion a daring plan to to do just that.
For the next few hours, through a snow storm, they work in tandem, and manage a risky, yet effective way of trying to lower Joe down the mountain. About three thousand feet down, Joe who is still roped to Simon, drops off an edge, and finds himself now free hanging in space six feet away from an ice wall, unable to reach it with his axe. The edge is over hung about fifteen feet above ...
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This book recounts an amazing tale of courage, fortitude, and the will to live, despite dire circumstances. The author, Joe Simpson, and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, attempted to ascend a perilous section of the Peruvian Andes. Near the summit, tragedy struck when Joe, up over 19,000 feet, fell and hit a slope at the base of a cliff, breaking his right leg, rupturing his right knee, and shattering his right heel. Beneath him was a seemingly endless fall to the bottom.
When Simon reached him, they both knew that the chances for getting Joe off the mountain were virtually non-existent. Yet, they fashioned a daring plan to do just that. For the next few hours, they worked in tandem through a snowstorm, and managed a risky, yet effective way of trying to lower Joe down the mountain.
About three thousand feet down, Joe, who was still roped to Simon, dropped off an edge and found himself now free hanging in space six feet away from an ice wall, unable to reach it with ...
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once you have started reading it, you can't put it away -even if you actually don't have time to read, actually. furthermore, this book is so thrilling that you wont have any nails on your fingers left by the time you finish it. :-)
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An amazing tale of courage, fortitude, and a desire to live, despite dire circumstances. The author, Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, ascend a perilous section of the Peruvian Andes. Near the summit, tragedy strikes when Joe, up over 19,000 feet, falls and hits a slope at the base of a cliff, breaking his right leg, rupturing his right knee, and shattering his right heel. Beneath him is a seemingly endless fall to the bottom. Simon reaches him but knows that the chances for Joe to get off the mountain are virtually non-existent. Yet, they fashion a daring plan to to do just that.
For the next few hours, through a snow storm, they work in tandem, and manage a risky, yet effective way of trying to lower Joe down the mountain. About three thousand feet down, Joe who is still roped to Simon, drops off an edge, and finds himself now free hanging in space six feet away from an ice wall, unable to reach it with his axe. The edge is over hung about fifteen ...
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