Joe Simpson's sequel/prequel to Touching the Void and just as well written. It describes his childhood and early climbing days, including several alpine epics prior to the Andean one which made him famous.
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By Joe Simpson.
Card cover, 20cm x 13cm, 330 pages.
First published 1993. This edition 1994.
ISBN: 978-0-099-38011-5.