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Film · 2003 · Documentary
Touching the Void
Directed by Kevin Macdonald
2003
★ 7.0 editorial score
You will not believe it is true and it is: two climbers in the Andes, one broken leg, and a decision that neither man has ever fully stopped explaining.
“The reason the Simpson–Yates climb has become enshrined in the mountaineer’s hall of infamy is that, following a successful three-day ascent, Simpson was crippled by a fall, his lower leg pushing through his knee joint...[and Yates] cut the rope—the ultimate mountain-climbing taboo..."Touching the Void" is, in part, Simpson’s exoneration of Yates.”
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