Touching the Void
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.
- Year: 2003
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Documentary, Action, Adventure, Drama
- Studio: UK Film Council, DSP, Film4 Productions
- Keyword: 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
- Director: Kevin Macdonald
- Cast: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking, Simon Yates