Joe Simpson Simon Yates

Joe Simpson Simon Yates. BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, Joe Simpson With more courage than hands-on experience, the two made a first ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande mountain (6,334 meters) via an extremely technical route. Before Joe and Simon made their way there, the North Ridge of the mountain had been summited before, all the way back in 1936

Before Joe and Simon made their way there, the North Ridge of the mountain had been summited before, all the way back in 1936 Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck

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

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. He dedicated his book and the documentary to Yates, saying his climbing partner saved his life by staying with him on the mountain for so long 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.

BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, Joe Simpson. The real challenge was the West Face, which is the near vertical side of the peak offering virtually no space on which. Joe Simpson, the elder climber, was 25 years old, and his partner Simon Yates was just 22

The Incredible True Story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates A Journey Through Hell and Back YouTube. Before Joe and Simon made their way there, the North Ridge of the mountain had been summited before, all the way back in 1936 Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck