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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.
Joe Simpson recounts one of mountaineering's greatest survival stories. What drives a person to survive when all hope is gone? This climber lived to tell and his harrowing story is still just...
Oct 13, 2021 · The book by British climber Joe Simpson about his efforts to save Simon Yates on their 1985 descent of Siula Grande raises important questions for the reader. Joe Simpson (I) and Simon...
Nov 16, 2019 · by Jasper Rees Saturday, 16 November 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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Feb 3, 2004 · Joe Simpson is the author of several bestselling books, of which the first, Touching the Void, won both the NCR Award and the Boardman Tasker Award. His later books are This Game of Ghosts, Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, The Beckoning Silence and a novel, The Water People.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Joe Simpson. 4.23. 59,912 ratings2,361 reviews. Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1985.
