Against The Wall

Oct 2, 2024 8:29 PM

Author:Simon Yates

Against The Wall

Simon Yates is 'the one who cut the rope' in Joe Simpson's award-winning account of their epic struggle for survival in Touching the Void. Afterwards, Yates continued mountaineering on the hardest routes. Perhaps the most testing of all was one of the world's largest vertical rockfaces, the 4, 000-ft East Face of the Central Tower of Paine in Chile. Battered by ferocious storms and almost crippled with fear just below the summit, Yates and his three companions are forced into a nightmare retreat. After resting in a nearby town, they return to complete the climb, but Yates knows he still has to face one of life's greatest challenges...

Reviews

Elegiac, immensely readable, full of the real excitement of climbing

—— M. John Harrison , Times Literary Supplement

An engaging book, both the story of another great climb and a wistful acknowledgement that nothing, in any area of our lives, is ever quite what it seems

—— Sara Wheeler , Literary Review

Mouth-watering ingredients and the essential foodstuffs that will...power you on your next training run

—— David Castle, editor , Running Fitness

Subtitles often mislead but this book really does explain almost everything you ever wanted to know about sport... A phenomenal acheivement. Can anyone know more about sport than Tim Harris?

—— Sunday Telegraph

Harris's book is a magnificent achievement. The scale of his research is breathtaking. His constant sprightliness is exemplary. This is a book that the discerning sports fan must read

—— Herald

Read this... from the history of stadia or the trivia behind sporting rules or why golf balls have dimples, this well-written book will help you take on any pub bore

—— The Times

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