Touching the Void (2003)
September 5, 2003
Documentary, Action, Adventure, Drama
1h 46m


The closer you are to death. The more you realize you are alive.
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Joe Simpson Brendan Mackey
- Simon Yates Nicholas Aaron
- Richard Hawking Ollie Ryall
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Keywords
- rescue
- based on novel or book
- sports
- peru
- mountaineer
- based on true story
- climbing
- mountaineering
- andes mountains
- cordillera huayhuash
- alpinism
- near fatal accidents
- mountain accident
- climbing accident