AGAINST THE WALL by Simon Yates ( 9780099766414 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

AGAINST THE WALL

By:

Simon Yates

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0099766418

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9780099766414

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Publisher:

VINTAGE PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

1 January, 1998

Pages:

176

Description:

An account of Yeates' ascent of one of the world's largest vertical rock faces, the 4,000 foot Central Tower of Paine in Chile. The greatest difficulties come not from the elements but from within themselves; crippled with fear the team is forced into a retreat but after resting return to complete the climb.

Synopsis:

Simon Yates is 'the one who cut the rope' in Joe Simpson's award-winning account of their epic struggle for survival in Touching the Void. Afterwards, Yates continued mountaineering on the hardest routes. Perhaps the most testing of all was one of the world's largest vertical rockfaces, the 4, 000-ft East Face of the Central Tower of Paine in Chile. Battered by ferocious storms and almost crippled with fear just below the summit, Yates and his three companions are forced into a nightmare retreat. After resting in a nearby town, they return to complete the climb, but Yates knows he still has to face one of life's greatest challenges...

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