The story of Touching the Void has been told and retold. Its author explores its appeal In Peru in 1985, Joe Simpson - then 25 - and his 21-year-old climbing partner Simon Yates were descending the remote Siula Grande, which was hard to get up but even harder to get down, when Simpson broke his leg. They both assumed it was a death sentence, but Yates gave him a couple of paracetamol, dug himself into a bucket seat i…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:12AM on November 16, 2019