The book’s major theme is the nature of agression: Simpson belives that there
\nis more to life than a crampon- the genocide in modern Tibetan history.<\/p>\n
New title from the author of the award- winning Touching the Void. In Storms
\nof Silence Joe Simpson writes about the two expeditions he had to abandon. The
\nfirst was to Gangchempo which was stopped by a snow storm.<\/p>\n
The second was to change his outlook on life. During an expedition to Cho Oyu
\nin Tibet he had a disturbing encounter with a party of political refugees and
\nbecame obsessed with stories of Chinese brutality in in the country. <\/p>\n
In Storms of Silence» Joe Simpson recalls the severe snowstorm which put an
\nend to an attempt with four others on Gangchempo and the infection which
\nforced him to abandon the climb on Cho Oyu in tibet. During that expedition he
\nhas a disturbing encounter with a party of political refugees and a 4-year-old
\nboy fleeing across the Tibetan border. He becomes obsessed with stories of
\nChinese brutality in the old world Tibet they overran by force 40 years ago.
\nHe also begins to question the ethic of playing rich men’s games in Third
\nWorld countries contributing little to the local people who endure a fearful
\nstruggle to survive. Oppression abroad makes him see mindless violence in his
\nhome town of Sheffield in a new light. The books ends with his first trip to
\nthe Andes in Peru since «Touching the Void».»<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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