Characters 1
Joe's last name.
What is Simpson?
Simon's last name.
What is Yates?
The face of the mountain they climbed.
What is the west face?
Country Joe and Simon are from.
England.
Giant hole in the in the glacier Joe falls into.
What is a crevasse?
He waits back at base camp..
Who is Richard?
Joe's age.
What is 25?
Combined length of the rope Simon ties together to lower Joe.
What is 300 feet?
The name of the mountain.
Whats is Siula Grand?
Name of Joe's book on which the film is based.
What is Touching the Void?
Simon's age.
What is 21?
Richard's last name.
What is Hawkins?
Name of the rock field pushed out the bottom of a glacier.
What is a mornaine?
Country the mountain is in.
What is Peru?
Year the accident happened.
What is 1985?
Religion Joe was raised with.
What is Catholicism?
On the way back to base camp, Simon worries about having to tell these people about what he's done: Richard, his friends and ...
Who are Joe's parents?
Climbing name for the act of lowering someone down the mountain on a rope.
What is belay?
The mountain range Siula Grande is in.
What is the Andes?
Year the film came out.
What is 2003?
One word Simon uses to describe his initial rwaction to Joe breaking his leg.
What is 'doom'?
Joe says the crevesse he was trapped in was shaped like one of these.
What is an hourglass?
The geological name for the type of lake that is near the basecamp.
What is a caldera?
From the summit, Joe and Simon can see this landmark.
What is the Amazon?
The knots Joe ties (but then drops) to try to climb up the rope.
What is a prusik loop?