TOUCHING THE VOID, Joe Simpson, Simon Yates, 2003, (c) IFC Films/courtesy Everett Collection
TOUCHING THE VOID, Joe Simpson, Simon Yates, 2003, (c) IFC Films/courtesy Everett Collection
Joe Simpson Simon Yates. Simon Yates Discusses His Extraordinary Mountaineering Survival Story Joe Simpson (born 13 August 1960) is a British mountaineer, author, and motivational speaker.While climbing in Peru in 1985, he suffered severe injuries and was assumed dead by his climbing companion Simon Yates after falling into a crevasse, but he survived and managed to crawl back to his base camp Joe Simpson has never blamed Simon Yates for cutting the rope, Simpson publicly defended Yates
Joe Simpson ‘Touching the Void’ Would you cut the rope to survive? USA EL PAÍS English Edition from english.elpais.com
The real challenge was the West Face, which is the near vertical side of the peak offering virtually no space on which. With more courage than hands-on experience, the two made a first ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande mountain (6,334 meters) via an extremely technical route.
Joe Simpson ‘Touching the Void’ Would you cut the rope to survive? USA EL PAÍS English Edition
Before Joe and Simon made their way there, the North Ridge of the mountain had been summited before, all the way back in 1936 The real challenge was the West Face, which is the near vertical side of the peak offering virtually no space on which. He dedicated his book and the documentary to Yates, saying his climbing partner saved his life by staying with him on the mountain for so long
BBC Two Burma's Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson, Episode 2. First it was the stuff of folklore: a tale about two British climbers - 25-year-old Joe Simpson and 21-year-old Simon Yates - who, in 1985, became the first people to scale the West Face of. In Peru in 1985, Joe Simpson - then 25 - and his 21-year-old climbing partner Simon Yates were descending the remote Siula Grande, which was hard to get up but even harder to get down, when Simpson broke his leg
Simon Yates Discusses His Extraordinary Mountaineering Survival Story. Simpson said he, too, would have cut the rope if their positions had been reversed.. He described the ordeal in his 1988 book Touching the Void, which has been adapted into a.