'We need to hear bone splintering!' " Touching the Void crashes on to the stage
It is one of the most breathtaking stories of disaster, abandonment and survival in mountaineering. Will a theatre version finally settle its brutal controversies?Two men are climbing up a jagged steel frame that juts towards the ceiling at a sharp angle. It looks dangerous and exhausting. Sweat sheens their faces as one of them suddenly shouts: "I'm going to go!" He begins to fall backwards in slow motion, limbs sta…