TOUCHING THE VOID

SUMMARY: Touching the void is about this group of people who go climbing in the Peruvian Andes.Joe and simon begin there journy at the North end of the mountain. There is where there accident had happened. First joe broke his leg wich put him in grater danger of death. When Simon tried to save his friendsomething happened to his seat and made everything go wrong. It came down to the decision that simon had to cut the rope on joe. From there simon thought his friend was dead. Simon made his journy off the mountains back to camp. on his way back he heard his friend screaming in the distance and Recued him. Joe had not eatin in four days and was badly frost bit. Joe was still climbing after his six operations. He lives in Yorkshire, England today. 

QUOTES:     " Well, yes, that is a risk. We'll just have to see how it goes. We're certainly not going to learn anything by sitting down here all the time."

" My only worry is the weather, I am not sure what it means."

" Your Bloody joking hell! I have just nearly killed both of us in this bit, and we haven't a clue what it's like below us"

" There must be something below us. A steep section,something like that."

"It wouldn't be a good idea to lower me if you don't know whats below."

" No. A few rock outcropsmaybe,but nothing else. Why don't you abseil down and give me some tugs if it's ok to follow. I reckon I can abseil myself."

Vocabulary:

Abseil- Rappel

Engrossed- Absorb

cascade- A waterfall decending over a steep, rocky surface 

Summit-The highest point or part, as of hill

Splayed- clumsy or clumsily formed

Karabiner- metal clip for climbing

Prussik- A not used to ascend another rope

Inexoralby- Not to be pursuaded,moved

Disembodied- To divest(a soul,spirit) of a body

Ratchting-  To try to vommit

Joe simpson aftre they climb the mountain

Simon Yates after climbing the mountain

Twilight 

            Quotes

"So he grew very hungry, and eventually week. he stayed as far as he could from the human populace, recognizing that his willpower was weakening, too. For months he wandered by night, seeking the loneliest places, loathing himself."

 " One night, a herd of deer passed his hdding place. He was so wild with thirst the he attacked without a thought. his strength returned and he realized there was an alternative to being the vile monster he feared. had he not eaten venison in his former life? over the next months his new philosophy was born. he could exist without being a demond. He found himself again."  

'"i dont think i can. i have told you, on the one hand, the hunger the thirst that, deplorable creature that i am, i feel for you. and i think you can understand that, to an extent. Tough."

" No, Not many. But most won't settle in any one place. Only those like us, who have given up hunting you people." Can live together with humans for any length of time. We've only found one other family like ours, in a small vilage in Alaska."

" Whats your hunting range?" " The olympic Range here, up and down the coast Ranges on occasion. We keep a permanent residence nearby. There's another permanat sellter like ours up near denali."

These are the evil vampires from twilight.

Twilight is about a normal human girl who falls in love with a vampire, which she later finds out from a story that her friend