简介：RenownedclimberJoeSimpson,whotoldhisamazingstoryofsurvivalinthebookandfilmTouchingTheVoid,isgoingonanextremejourneyofdiscoverytolearnmoreaboutthefatherhebarelyknew. ThejourneywilltakehimonahazardoustrekthrougharemotecornerofMyanmar(Burma)that’sbeenoff-limitsfordecades,toretracehisfather’sstepsinalittle-knownareaofWorldWarIIhistory.Twenty-one-year-oldIanSimpsonwasoneof1,350‘Chindits’–specialforceswhoweredroppedintothejungletofightagruellingcampaignbehindJapaneselines,strugglingagainsttheruggedterrain,heatexhaustion,andtheravagesofdisease. Usinghisfather’ssecretdiary–writtenincode,andnowintheImperialWarMuseum–Joewillrecreatesomeoftheconditionsfacedbythesoldiers,whosenumbersdroppedfrom1,350tojust25infourmonths.Followingtheroutetakenbyhisfather’sbrigadeascloselyaspossible,Joe,accompaniedbysurvivalexpertEdStafford,willrelivethestoryofreducedrations,malariaandferociousjunglefighting,allwhilepursuinghishighlypersonalquesttogettoknowthefatherheconsideredahero,butwithwhomhehadadistantrelationship.…