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#31 How Cutting the Rope Can Save Your Business (Touching the Void by Joe Simpson)

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Deeply Driven | Business History & Entrepreneur Stories

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Apr 22, 2026

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Summary

Two climbers, a broken leg, a knife, and 8 days of impossible choices on a Peruvian mountain — Touching the Void is the ultimate survival story, and it holds more business lessons than most business books.