| Edition |
First Perennial edition. |
| Description |
218 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) , maps ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword by Chris Bonington: Beneath the mountain lakes -- Tempting fate -- Storm at the summit -- On the edge -- Disaster -- Final choice -- Shadows in the ice -- Silent witness -- In the far distance -- Mind games -- Land without pity -- Time running out -- Tears in the night. |
| Summary |
The author relates his nearly fatal adventures mountaineering in the Andes, adventures that included a fall into a crevice, broken limbs, and return to safety. |
| Subject |
Simpson, Joe, 1960-
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Yates, Simon.
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Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Mountaineering -- Peru -- Huayhuash, Cordillera.
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Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- Peru -- Huayhuash, Cordillera -- Case studies.
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| ISBN |
0060730552 |
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