I knew that I was going to die and I just wanted everything to be finished. The wind swung me round in a gentle circle. I looked down at the black hole of the crevasse beneath me. It was very big - more than six metres wide - and it stretched all the away along the base of the ice cliff. It lay there, waiting for me to fall into it. The true story of Joe Simpson's terrifying climb of the mountain Siula Grande. "Touching the Void" iss a gripping story of human courage and one man's will to survive. Note about the life of Joe Simpson Notes about the story Extra grammar and vocabulary exercises Points for Understanding comprehension questions Glossary of difficult vocabulary Free resources including worksheets, test and author datasheets at www.macmillanenglish.com/readers