Touching the Void (film) reminiscence of a Boney M song he hated thoroughly, "Brown Girl in the Ring"; at one point thinking "Bloody hell, I'm going to die to Boney M". Touching the Void (film) Touching the Void is a 2003 docudrama survival film directed by Kevin MacDonald and starring Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, and Ollie Ryall. The plot concerns Joe Simpson's and Simon Yates's disastrous and near-fatal climb of Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. It is based on Simpson's 1988 book of the same name. Critically acclaimed, "Touching the Void" was listed in PBS's "100 'Greatest'
Russell Brice in Chamonix in the French Alps and Mountain Experience, based in Nepal. Brice's expertise has been used for a number of filming projects in the Himalaya, including as location manager for the 2010 film "The Wildest Dream", the story of George Mallory and the expedition to locate his body which was discovered by Conrad Anker. Brice's expertise has also been used for filming logistics for the series "Planet Earth", and the film "Touching the Void". Brice is a central figure in the 2015 documentary "Sherpa" which recounts events surrounding the 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche. Brice is a founding member