{"product_id":"9780060730550","title":"Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival","description":" \u003cp\u003e\"A truly astounding account of suffering and fortitude.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Told with lyrical quality and stunning immediacy, \u003ci\u003eTouching the Void\u003c\/i\u003e transcends its genre and becomes accessible to readers who have never had any desire to climb a glacier.\"  \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gripping narrative that should excite armchair adventurers everywhere.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Simpson touches a nerve of the mountaineering community and the hearts of others.\" \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Riveting, even compulsivereading.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013614354672,"sku":"9780060730550","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060730550_p0.jpg?v=1763619177","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060730550","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}