Touching the Void

In 1985 three young climbers:Simon Yate,Joe Simpson and Richard Hawking were planning to climb the _____________mountain in Peru

• Siula Grande

• Siola Grande

Simon Yates

• cut the rope

• stayed at the base camp

Joe Simpson

• cut the rope

• broke the leg

Richard Hawking

• stayed at the base camp

• cut the rope

They wanted to climb the West Face of Siula Grande because

• there was the treasure there.

• nobody had ever climbed it before.

The journey to the top took a long time because

• they were very tired

• there was a snowstorm on the way up

Simon and Joe reached

• the top

• the cliff

Simon had to lower Joe down the mountain on

• a rope

• a board

Joe was pulling Simon towards the cliff,so Simon

• had to cut the rope to save himself or they would both fall over the cliff and died

• pulled him harder up and managed to save both of them.

Simon couldnt find Joe ,so he thought he

• was dead

• was lost