Touching the Void

Touching the Void

The closer you are to death. The more you realize you are alive.

R 2003 · 106 min · ★ 7.6 · Documentary, Action, Adventure, Drama

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.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald

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