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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, one of the first to scale the West Face of Siula Grande in 1985, recounts his harrowing ordeal of falling, being cut loose and crawling to safety. Read his story in his own words and learn what drove him to survive and how he coped with the trauma.
14 Sep 2016 · Mountaineer Joe Simpson, whose award-winning book Touching The Void was turned into an award-winning film, talks about conversations with a twist - the conversations that never take place.
27 Jan 2011 · In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the...
Mountain climber cut his partner's rope and left him for death in an icy canyon, but he survived. The British mountain climber Joe Simpson and Simon Yates journey up the Siula Grande, a...
13 Okt 2021 · The book recounts the harrowing story of Simpson and his partner Simon Yates, who faced a life-or-death situation on a Peruvian mountain in 1985. Simpson broke his leg and fell into a crevasse, while Yates had to decide whether to cut the rope that tied them together.
16 Nov 2019 · Joe Simpson: the rime of the ancient mountaineer? 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.
