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Joe Simpson (born August 13, 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.
What drives a person to survive when all hope is gone? This climber lived to tell and his harrowing story is still just as powerful 35 years on.
Oct 13, 2021 · Joe Simpson, the elder climber, was 25 years old, and his partner Simon Yates was just 22. With more courage than hands-on experience, the two made a first ascent of the West Face of Siula...
Nov 16, 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.
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Jan 28, 2018 · Longtime Braves announcer Joe Simpson joins team’s Hall of Fame. This season will be Joe Simpson’s 27th year in the Braves broadcast booth, but first as a team Hall of Famer. The generation of...
Mar 12, 2004 · Touching the Void: Directed by Kevin Macdonald. With Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Richard Hawking, Joe Simpson. The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
