The Empty Rope

A climbing accident in Patagonia in 1990 defined two men’s lives, making one famous and ruining the other.

When Craig Darwen is asked to take part in a film about the tragedy twenty-five years later, he has little idea of where the journey will take him. For the truth about what happened has remained buried in the glaciers of the high Andes for too long and if it’s revealed, everything has to change…

«A Darned good thriller… His debut novel is a triumph – making climbing and the climnbing community accessible to mainstream readers» Paul Anthony Knowles: The Manchester Review.

A climbing accident in Patagonia in 1990 defined two men’s lives, making one famous and ruining the other.

When Craig Darwen is asked to take part in a film about the tragedy twenty-five years later, he has little idea of where the journey will take him. For the truth about what happened has remained buried in the glaciers of the high Andes for too long and if it’s revealed, everything has to change…

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1st. Edition Nov2024