This week, Sandra reviews Touching the void by Joe Simpson. Find out more about our What we are reading series here.

“My admiration for alpine mountaineering drew me to this book.  It’s a gripping true account of Joe and Simon’s successful attempt to be the first to reach the summit of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. 

Joe’s description of his harrowing descent is full of suspense and survival.  

I cannot imagine what it would be like to go through such a tortuous ordeal and then to actually want to climb again!”