![]() ![]() They chose not to come down the same route on the West Face, primarily due to the weather, instead choosing to descend on the North Ridge. ![]() They successfully reached the summit, their real problems started on the way down and the closing in of the weather. Their route took them up ice walls with precipitous drops and along ridges with dangerous cornices, spending their night’s camping in snow caves to avoid freezing cold temperatures. It is a challenging peak, the first successful ascent was in 1936, but Simpson and Yates decided to take on the previously unclimbed West Face. ![]() ‘Touching the Void”, a book I have read several times, follows two climbers, Joe Simpson (the author of the book) and Simon Yates (whose personal narrative is also documented) who decided to the 6,344-metre (20814-foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andres in 1985. I am addicted to reading books on an extreme adventure. I am not a thrill-seeker, at least one who wants to risk their life, but I do have a strange fascination for those who take on the most challenging adventures. I have never even been tempted to climb mountains. ![]()
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