Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson

Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Joe Simpson

224 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced
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Before there wasInto Thin Air, there wasTouching the Void, an unforgettable true story of courage and suvival. While climbing in the Andes mountains, Joe Simpson and his partner Simon Yates, had just scaled a 21,000-foot summit when Simpson slippe...

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Moods

adventurous 93%
tense 70%
inspiring 57%
emotional 48%
challenging 38%
dark 31%
informative 27%
reflective 25%
hopeful 24%
sad 8%
funny 2%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 56%
fast 34%
slow 9%

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