Touching the Void
Sep 05 2003
•2h 46m
•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.
Cast
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Brendan Mackey
Joe Simpson
Nicholas Aaron
Simon Yates
Ollie Ryall
Richard Hawking
Joe Simpson
Himself
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