Joe Simpson's epic to beat all epics - totally gripping.
In 1985 Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the West Face of Siula Grande (6356m) in the Peruvian Andes. After a three day route to the summit and another bivouac, they were descending when Simpson fell and broke his leg. Yates started to lower him down the face below them, a long drawn out and frightening affair due to the total lack of belays and unconsolidated snow. Then it got dark and Simpson ended up dangling over the edge of a cliff of unknown height. With the snow collapsing all around him and no belay, Yates faced a crisis. He couldn't pull Simpson up and couldn't communicate with him. In the end he had no option but to get dragged over the cliff himself or cut the rope.... Now read on!
Includes a few photos.
By Joe Simpson.
Card cover, 20cm x 13cm, 216 pages.
First published 1988. This edition 1997.
ISBN: 978-0-099-77101-2.