Sep 05, 2003
106 min
Full-HD

Touching the Void (2003)

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.

Category

Documentary Action Adventure Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

UK Film Council DSP Film4 Productions

Brendan Mackey

Joe Simpson

Nicholas Aaron

Simon Yates

Ollie Ryall

Richard Hawking

Joe Simpson

Himself

Richard Hawking

Himself

Simon Yates

Himself

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