Storms of Silence

Author: Joe Simpson
Format: Paperback
Published: 03 January 1998
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780099578116

Synopsis

In STORMS OF SILENCE Joe Simpson recalls the severe snowstorm which put an end to an attempt with four others on Gangchempo and the infection which forced him to abandon the climb on Cho Oyu in tibet. During that expedition he has a disturbing encounter with a party of political refugees and a 4-year-old boy fleeing across the Tibetan border. He becomes obsessed with stories of Chinese brutality in the old world Tibet they overran by force 40 years ago. He also begins to question the ethic of playing rich men's games in Third World countries, contributing little to the local people who endure a fearful struggle to survive. Oppression abroad makes him see mindless violence in his home town of Sheffield in a new light. The books ends with his first trip to the Andes in Peru since TOUCHING THE VOID.

Product Details

Edition: New ed
Total Pages: 336
Genre: Climbing & mountaineering
Secondary Genre: True stories of heroism, endurance & survival
Illustrations: 1

Author's Biography

Joe Simpson won the Boardman Tasker Award and the NCR Award for Touching the Void, which received universal applause and was published in thirteen languages. His memoir, This Game of Ghosts, is also published by Vintage.