Items related to Against The Wall
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...
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"Elegiac, immensely readable, full of the real excitement of climbing" (M. John Harrison Times Literary Supplement)
"An engaging book, both the story of another great climb and a wistful acknowledgement that nothing, in any area of our lives, is ever quite what it seems" (Sara Wheeler Literary Review)
Book Description:
"An engaging book, both the story of another great climb and a wistful acknowledgement that nothing, in any area of our lives, is ever quite what it seems" (Sara Wheeler Literary Review)
'Elegiac, immensely readable, full of the real excitement of climbing' M. John Harrison, Times Literary Supplement
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0099766418
- ISBN 13 9780099766414
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 11.19
Shipping:
£ 2.12
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Against the Wall
Published by
VINTAGE (RAND)
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0099766418
ISBN 13: 9780099766414
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 1377925-n
Buy New
£ 11.19
Convert currency
Seller Image
Against The Wall (Paperback)
Published by
Vintage Publishing, London
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0099766418
ISBN 13: 9780099766414
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Elegiac, immensely readable, full of the real excitement of climbing' M. John Harrison, Times Literary SupplementSimon 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. Simon Yates is the man who cut the rope in Joe Simpson's award- winning account of their struggle for survival in "Touching the Void". In this book, Yates recounts how he and three companions climbed the world's largest vertical rock-face, in the Chilean Andes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099766414
Buy New
£ 13.39
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against The Wall
Seller:
Rating
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # EA-9780099766414
Buy New
£ 13.59
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Wall
Published by
Random House 1998-01-01, London
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0099766418
ISBN 13: 9780099766414
New
paperback
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780099766414
Buy New
£ 9.99
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against The Wall
Published by
Vintage Publishing
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0099766418
ISBN 13: 9780099766414
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 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. 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. Seller Inventory # B9780099766414
Buy New
£ 8.99
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against The Wall
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9780099766414-GDR
Buy New
£ 9.14
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Wall
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.43 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0099766418
Buy New
£ 9.18
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against The Wall
Published by
VINTAGE (RAND)
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0099766418
ISBN 13: 9780099766414
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In eng. Seller Inventory # ria9780099766414_new
Buy New
£ 9.41
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Wall
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 1998. New Ed. Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour) maps, portraits (some colour). BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1KLSX; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780099766414
Buy New
£ 11.92
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Wall
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 1998. New Ed. Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour) maps, portraits (some colour). BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1KLSX; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780099766414
Buy New
£ 13.97
Convert currency