Book chronicling an expedition to climb the Central Tower of Pain in Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia. In the introduction, Yates writes: "For me, the Patagonian expedition was a turning point, marking a very sudden shift in my life. Perhaps this change was due to the extremity of the situations I experienced in Chile, or more simply a matter of timing, or maybe a combination of the two. Whatever the cause, my perspectives altered in a clear and precise way."
Hardcover book without dust-jacket. 176 pages, with an insert of color photographs in the middle. Author Simon Yates has climbed all around the world but is most famous for his first ascent of Siula Grande in Peru and his role in the subsequent epic portrayed in Touching the Void.
