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Booray · 03-29-2004, 10:49 PM

Anyone seen this movie? If so, how was it? If you're not familiar with it, it's a dramatic recreation of a mountain climbing accident with interviews with the actual people interspliced. Here's a synopsis from IMDB.com:

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Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. It was 1985 and the men were young, fit, skilled climbers. The west face, remote and treacherous, had not been climbed before. Following a successful three-and-a-half-day ascent, disaster struck. Simpson fell a short distance and broke several bones in his leg. With no hope of rescue, the men decided to attempt descent together with Yates lowering Simpson 300 feet at a time in a slow, painful process that could have potentially been deadly for both. One further misstep led to Yates unknowingly lowering his injured partner over the lip of a crevasse. With the gradient having gone from steep to vertical, he was no longer able to hold on. Certain they were about to be pulled jointly to their deaths, the only choice was to cut the rope. How Simpson survived the fall, and made it back to base camp is a story that will astound and inspire. In Touching the Void, Yates and Simpson return to the Siula Grande for the first time to retell their story.

I'm about 2/3 of the way through the book right now. Very engrossing read (although I think he should've explained the various climbing techniques and equipment a little better so non-climbing enthusiasts who read the book can have a better understanding of what's going on).

You can see the trailer for it here (it looks great):
http://www.apple.com/trailers/indepe..._the_void.html