Amazing testimony of Joe Simpson where he explains how he comes out of a situation and a place where it is almost humanly impossible to escape. The author manages to take us with him, as I found he was able to transcribe what he experienced. This is more than a book on a climb, this is a book that shows that we can act and that even when all seems lost, it can recover. He tried to get out and it worked, despite the cold, abandonment, pain and delirium ...