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Joe Simpson Simon Yates. Theatre fills the void for Simon Yates, climber who cut the rope News The Times Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates's near fatal descent after climbing the 6,344-metre (20,814 ft) peak Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes.Approximately 15% of the book is written by Yates 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

Mountain climber Simon Yates of
Mountain climber Simon Yates of 'Touching The Void' fame in Dundalk Dundalk Democrat from www.dundalkdemocrat.ie

Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg Simon Yates (born 1963) is an English mountaineer.In 1985, he and Joe Simpson made the first ascent of the west face of Siula Grande in the Huayhuash mountain range in the Peruvian Andes.After Simpson fell and badly broke his leg on the descent, Yates lowered him gradually down the mountain with ropes, but in extreme weather conditions, Simpson fell over a cliff edge.

Mountain climber Simon Yates of 'Touching The Void' fame in Dundalk Dundalk Democrat

It has sold over a million copies and has been translated into over 20 languages. This story recounts the events that happened to two such climbers; Joe Simpson and Simon Yates. Simpson said he, too, would have cut the rope if their positions had been reversed..

My Favourite Mountaineering Books. Joe Simpson has never blamed Simon Yates for cutting the rope, Simpson publicly defended Yates 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.

'By the end I’d lost me' Joe Simpson, mountaineer and writer interview. Simpson said he, too, would have cut the rope if their positions had been reversed.. 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