Joe Simpson was born in Malaya in 1960. He lives Sheffield and has written five books.
Other books by Joe Simpson:
Dark Shadows Falling, The Water People and This Game of Ghosts.
Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes
During their harrowing experience on Siula Grande, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates became separated during a descent. Simpson fell into a crevasse, breaking his leg, and Yates was forced to make the difficult decision to cut the rope connecting them in order to save his own life. Simpson miraculously survived by crawling back to base camp, while Yates believed him to be dead.
The pivotal moment in Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' survival story on Siula Grande was when Simpson fell into a crevasse, breaking his leg. Yates was forced to make the difficult decision to cut the rope connecting them, leading to a harrowing descent for both climbers.
The cast of Touching the Void - 2003 includes: Nicholas Aaron as Simon Yates Richard Hawking as himself Brendan Mackey as Joe Simpson Ollie Ryall as Richard Hawking Simon Yates as himself
The plot of the film "Touching the Void" is the story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates who climb the west face of Siula Grande. During the climb, Joe fell and broke his leg. Simon begins lowering Joe slowly down the mountain until he falls into a crevasse and is pulling Simon. Simon is forced to cut the rope, but miraculously, Joe survives and returns to their camp.
Simon Yates and Joe Simpson were the two climbers, Yates cuts the rope after Simpson falls, shattering his leg, Simpson falls into the void: a nightmare of cold and darkness. In enormous pain he goes the only way he can: downwards, and eventually emerges onto the mountainside to face an unimaginable crawl of pain, exhaustion and dwindling consciousness towards base-camp. Simpson was the one to 'touch the void', he fell into a crevasse, which resembles falling into an abyss or vacuum of nothingness.
Simon Yates was born in 1963, in Leicestershire, England, UK.
He had no other choice, either way Joe would have fallen.
Joe Simpson was a determined, strong man who is well-known for his climb of Suila Grande. His partner, Simon Yates, was also determined to climb the rocky ledges and precarious snow-capped peaks of Suila Grande. The full story can be found at Wikipedia. Joe Simpson climbed Suila Grande because (quote, unquote, from the doc 'Touching the Void) he 'wanted to prove that he could make it.' What followed was a near fatal accident that changed the course of his life forever. I hope this information helped you.
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Joe Simpson - mountaineer - was born in 1960.
Joe Simpson - artist - was born in 1984.