You can purchase or read the book from Amazon UK or find a summary on Shortform . touching the void - Luke's ENGLISH Podcast

Touching the Void by Joe Simpson is a harrowing, true survival story recounting the 1985 expedition to the Peruvian Andes where, following a catastrophic fall, climber Joe Simpson was left for dead by his partner, Simon Yates, after a forced, desperate decision to cut their rope. Despite a shattered leg and a plunge into a crevasse, Simpson miraculously survived, embarking on an arduous, multi-day crawl across glaciers to return to base camp just before Yates left. The harrowing ordeal is detailed in both the original 1988 book and the acclaimed 2003 film adaptation.