Touching the void [videorecording] / FilmFour and the Film Council present in association with Channel 4 and PBS, a Darlow Smithson production ; produced by John Smithson ; directed by Kevin Macdonald.
Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron. Based on Touching the void by Joe Simpson.
Summary:
In 1985, two young British friends travelled to a remote corner of Peru. Ambitious mountaineers, their aim was to conquer the unclimbed west face of a notorious 21,000 ft. peak "Siula Grande". Their story has become part of mountaineering legend.
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