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Joe Simpson is a British mountaineer, author, and motivational speaker. He survived a fall and a rope cut in the Peruvian Andes in 1985, and wrote about his ordeal in Touching the Void.
Joe Simpson is a former MLB player and current broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves. He played for the Dodgers, Mariners and Royals, and was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2018.
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.
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.
Oct 13, 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.
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...
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Feb 28, 1989 · Joe Simpson, one leg badly broken, was dangling helplessly above his doom in the Peruvian Andes, connected to life and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, by a 5/16-inch nylon line.
