A quick pre-minder that the BAFTA Award-winning film of Joe
Simpson's epic mountaineering survival story Touching The Void
is on the telly later this week, so if you've not seen it yet, tie a
knot in the cat to remind you - it's well worth watching.
The film, made by Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald, mixes
speaking to camera footage of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates with some
of the most realistic mountaineering footage ever seen. The film
crew, with Simpson and Yates, actually shot footage on Siula Grande
in Peru, the mountain Simpson was climbing, while the dramatic
close-up climbing sequences and extraordinary crevasse-escape
episodes were filmed in the Alps during real storm conditions.
Check out links at the bottom of this page for more background on
the film and a full OM review. Touching The Void is on Channel
Four at 9.00 pm on Thursday 4 November. Don't miss
it.
