Touching the Void (book) Touching the Void (book) Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates' successful but disastrous and nearly fatal climb of the 6,344-metre (20,813 foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. It has sold over a million copies and has been translated into over 20 languages. In 2013 the 25th Anniversary eBook edition of Touching the Void was published by DirectAuthors.com. It features additional photography from the expedition. Simpson and Yates reach the summit of the previously unclimbed West Face of Siula Grande. Upon descent, Simpson slipped down an ice cliff and
Battle for the Old Mountain Jug Mountaineers holding a 59–18–1 advantage over the Western Carolina Catamounts. The two teams had squared off for 68 consecutive years since the game was suspended for World War II, 1942–1945. Battle for the Old Mountain Jug The Battle for the Old Mountain Jug was an American college football rivalry game played between the Mountaineers of Appalachian State University and the Catamounts of Western Carolina University. The rivalry went dormant when Appalachian State moved to the Sun Belt Conference after the 2013 season. The Mountaineers and Catamounts first played a football game in 1932, the two teams played annually without interruption