Joe Simpson is de gevierde auteur van de bestseller Touching the Void, naast vier andere boeiende non-fictie werken. Zijn schrijven duikt in de extreme uitdagingen en de diepgaande psychologische gevolgen waarmee individuen worden geconfronteerd die tot het uiterste worden gedreven. Simpson's verhalende stijl wordt gekenmerkt door zijn rauwe eerlijkheid en inzichtelijke verkenning van menselijk veerkracht tegen overweldigende tegenslagen. Zijn verhalen dompelen lezers onder in het hart van avontuur, waarbij ze de grenzen van de menselijke wil onderzoeken.
Harper holds the Gift of Divination. Red is the infamous Reynard the Fox, fugitive shapeshifter. When the past finds Red, they are both taken to the Kingdom of Vale within Underneath so Red can pay for his crimes. With the Rot drawing on the hatred of all, Harper and Red realize they must reconcile and work together to save Vale.
A dark witch seeking vengeance, a kidnapped prince seeking redemption. Summoned to an underground kingdom, they must set aside personal desires as they learn the nightmare denizens of the fey are bringing an ancient source of magic, long dormant, back to life. If they cannot halt the rise of the old magic, it will tear apart the Riven Isles.
In Discarded, one becomes the broken, the rejected, the outcast. With little choice, BJ, a young teenager who never fit in, found himself alone and vulnerable to others. He discovered other broken hearts, albeit well- camouflaged. With no boundaries, BJ trusted and became truly one of the discarded. Abhorrent rituals in tent cities almost destroyed him. Mental illness screamed at him. Ex-cons did their best to crush him. Public service was a gift that gave BJ an opportunity to reflect. There were others the truly desperate. Kindness burst from unexpected places. BJs heart almost thawed. BJ found himself in a rehab unit that told him
Mit 'Sturz ins Leere' ('Touching the Void') legte der Schriftsteller und Alpinist Joe Simpson den aufwühlenden Bericht seines Überlebenskampfs in den Anden vor. Es gehört zu der Handvoll Bücher, die weit über die Bergsteigerszene hinaus packen und bewegen- mit lebenslanger Schuld und der Willenskraft eines Todgeweihten. Jetzt greift Simpson diese traumatische Grenzerfahrung noch einmal auf. Sprachlich gewandt und unendlich spannend erzählt er von Patrick und dessen junger Frau, die die Leidenschaft für Hochgebirgstouren verbindet. Bis sich bei einem eisigen Aufstieg ein Karabiner öffnet und Patrick vor einer Entscheidung mit tödlicher Konsequenz steht- eine Entscheidung, die er noch 25Jahre später sühnen wird.
In Storms of Silence Joe Simpson recalls the severe snowstorm which put an end to an attempt with four others on Gangchempo and the infection which forced him to abandon the climb on Cho Oyu in tibet. During that expedition he has a disturbing encounter with a party of political refugees and a 4-year-old boy fleeing across the Tibetan border. He becomes obsessed with stories of Chinese brutality in the old world Tibet they overran by force 40 years ago. He also begins to question the ethic of playing rich men's games in Third World countries, contributing little to the local people who endure a fearful struggle to survive. Oppression abroad makes him see mindless violence in his home town of Sheffield in a new light. The books ends with his first trip to the Andes in Peru since Touching the Void.
over gevaarlijke expedities, spectaculaire ballonvaarten en spannende reddingsoperaties - druk 1
Gevaarlijke, spannende en grensverleggende (reis)momenten van diverse auteurs.
True Accounts of Rescue from the Brink of Death
Caught way up on the mountain, no one is safe. This collection includes some of the brightest stars of mountaineering and mountain rescue: Joe Simpson, Doug Scott, Pete Sinclair, Milos Vrbe, Paul Nunn, Ludwig Gramminger, Karen Glazley, Ken Phillips and Blaise Agresti.
“I had to stand there and watch while the rest of my life was determined by the shaky adhesion of a few millimetres of fractured ice and the dubious friction of a tiny point of metal in a hairline crack in a rock wall…”Marking the climax of his climbing career, Joe Simpson confronts his fears and mountaineering history in an assault on the North Face of the Eiger. Since his epic battle for survival in the Andes, recounted in Touching the Void, Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. He has endured the painful attrition of climbing friends in accidents which call into question the perilously exhilarating activity to which he has devoted his whole life. Probability is inexorably closing in. The tragic loss of a close friend forces a momentous decision. It is time to turn his back on the mountains that he has loved. Never more alive than when most at risk, he has come to see a last climb on the mile-high North Face of the Eiger as the cathartic finale to his climbing career.In a narrative that takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain -- before his final confrontation with the Eiger -- Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing, exploring the power of the mind and the frailties of the body through intensely lived accounts of exhilaration and despair. The subject of his new book is the siren song of fear and his struggle to come to terms with it.
En 1985, accompagné de son Yates, Joe Simpson entreprend l'ascension du Siula Grande (6334 mètres) dans les Andes. Lors de descente, Joe chute et se retrouve suspendu dans le vide : sa vie ne tient plus qu'à la corde qui le relie à son équipier. Simon sait que s'il ne coupe pas cette corde, il sera lui aussi condamné. Il finit par s'y résoudre et son compagnon disparaît. Contre toute attente il survivra... Cette aventure effrayante et extraordinaire, Joe Simpson nous la livre dans ce texte bouleversant sur la souffrance et le courage.
