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	Joe Simpson (mountaineer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joe Simpson (born 13 August 1960) is a mountaineer and author.
		He was made famous by his book Touching the Void (winner of the 1988 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and subsequently made into a movie) in which he described a successful but disastrous and near-fatal attempt by himself and Simon Yates to climb Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
		His later non-fiction books describe other expeditions including an attempt on the North Face of the Eiger, and his changing feeling towards extreme mountaineering brought on by the many deaths that surround the pursuit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Simpson_(mountaineer) (157 words)

	Joe Simpson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joe Simpson (mountaineer) - is a mountaineer and author of many books including Touching the Void.
		Joe Simpson (manager) - is a music manager and reality television producer, and the father of Ashlee and Jessica Simpson.
		Joe Simpson (broadcaster) - is in his 14th season as a broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Simpson (132 words)

	ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton - episode 13: Mountaineer Joe Simpson (09/06/2003)
		Joe Simpson: Yeah, we'd just climbed the west face by a very hard new route and, um, on the descent of the north ridge I was trying to downclimb a short, vertical ice cliff and, uh, the ice basically shattered and I fell about 15ft.
		Joe Simpson: My first thought was, "Well, I'm dead." I thought, "Maybe I've just torn a ligament and I'm being a bit wet." I remember trying to stand and feeling the bones shift again.
		Joe Simpson: That human beings don't die easily, and, um, you can go into any terminal ward or hospice in the country and find, you know, your average, ordinary Joe fighting like no-one else can believe you can fight to stay alive.
	www.abc.net.au /tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s879148.htm (2813 words)

	Dark Shadows Falling
		Simpson is appalled by the callousness of climbers that refuse even the slightest comfort for the dying at high altitude.
		Simpson is absoulutely correct in asserting that there are a number of climbers on Everest and other high peaks that have no business being there and qualify only based on their fat wallets, but guess what, they assume the risk as well.
		Joe's story of a climb of his is interspersed with his opinion of the mountaineering society in general.
	www.iyares.com /amazon/details.aspx?id=0898865905 (1932 words)

	IMDb user comments for Touching the Void (2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		His trip down the mountain to within range of the tent where his weak voice was heard by the about to decamp climber and assistant is a truly unique and compelling survivor story, one of the most dramatic ever brought to film.
		Joe however survives the fall and was lucky to hit a ledge in the crevice.
		The actual principals, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, and Richard Hawkins the non-climber base camp minder, narrate their story as it is re-enacted, partly at the original site in Peru (though some filming was done in the Alps), while actors (with very few lines to say) re-enact the saga of the Siula West Face climb.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0379557/usercomments (4239 words)

	The Gordon Poole Entertainment Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Joe Simpson has drawn from his experiences as one of the world's most successful and respected mountaineers to become a leading author.
		Joe Simpson has developed a reputation on the speaking circuit, which is second to none.
		Joe is truly one of the nicest people I have had the pleasure to meet.
	www.gordonpoole.com /speakers/JoeSimpson.htm (934 words)

	Touching the Void, reviews by climbers
		Simpson had survived the fall, but was crippled, starving, and severely frostbitten and was trapped in a deep crevasse.
		Joe Simpson and Simon Yates- 1985 Touching the Void, Mountain climbers Yates and Simpson are descending a hard route in the Peruvian Andes when Simpson broke his leg and his partner was forced to do the unthinkable: Yates cut the rope between them.
		Simpson fell perhaps 50 feet to powder snow at the foot of the ice cliff and then slid again and fell perhaps another 50 feet onto powder snow in the crevasse or Bergschrund that lay at the foot of the cliff.
	www.traditionalmountaineering.org /Book_Touching.htm (3225 words)

	bfi \| Sight & Sound \| Touching the Void (2003)
		At its centre is mountaineer Joe Simpson, who at the age of 25 in 1985, with his younger climbing partner Simon Yates, successfully ascended the unclimbed west face of the remote Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes only to confront a terrifying series of disasters on the descent.
		In the film Simpson describes the 'one push' method of ascent - sleeping in ice caves rather than setting up base camps en route - as the "purest" style of climbing and extols "freedom from clutter" as one of the main pleasures of such endeavours.
		Simpson must have told this story thousands of times, but the matter-of-fact description of events as he shatters his leg on the mountain and Yates attempts to lower him is even more powerful for its British understatement.
	www.bfi.org.uk /sightandsound/review/1080 (967 words)

	Dark Shadows Falling Book at Shop Ireland
		Joe Simpson, of Touching the Void fame, discusses the state of modern mountaineering ethics at the hands of those who would substitute money for experience and the egotism of a summit bid over the lives of other climbers.
		Simpson, who came up in the classic tradition of Alpine climbing, denounces the thoughtless actions of modern "climbers" who congest the slopes of the world's highest peaks with little or no regard for either personal safety or the safety of others, or their environmental impact on the peak itself.
		The deaths of several friends paint a stark backdrop for his attempt to rationalise and explain the commercialisation of high mountain climbing, which he strongly believes is detrimental to the mountains themselves.
	www.shopireland.ie /books/reviews/0099756110 (910 words)

	Reeling: the Movie Review Show's review of Touching the Void
		Simon Yates and Joe Simpson were experienced Alps climbers who attempted to be the first to climb the West Face of the Andean Siula Grande mountain.
		Simpson's lovely language, describing the treacherous snow cliffs as meringues, mushrooms and cornices is poetic, especially accompanied by Eley's visual examples.
		Technically, the fictional account of Simpson’s story (the film is based on his book of the same name) is quite an achievement in and of itself as the filmmakers put the viewer into the heart of the action.
	www.reelingreviews.com /touchingthevoid.htm (1302 words)

	THE BECKONING SILENCE
		Simpson is at his best when the chips are down and the line between life and disaster is stretched paper thin.
		Simpson has established himself as the leading mountaineering writer of his time, and The Beckoning Silence is a bold reassertion of that status...
		This is the story of a mountaineer in the autumn of his career coming to grips with his own mortality and dwindling physical resources.
	www.mountaineersbooks.org /productdetails.cfm?PC=540 (509 words)

	Joe Simpson Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		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.
		When mountain climber Simon Yates cut the rope and sent his friend and climbing partner Joe Simpson plummeting to an ordeal few mountaineers can have contemplated, the outcome was totally unpredictable.
		That Simpson survived his experience on Peru's Siula Grande is a revelation of the power of the human spirit to overcome fear, pain and deprivation...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Joe_Simpson (921 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Touching the Void: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Joe Simpson in Touching the Void describes a situation that few of us can imagine, and if we ever experience anything like it, are very unlikely to tell the tale for the simple reason that we wouldn't live through it.
		The fact is that Simpson stared death in the face and was put in a hopeless situation stranded up a mountain miles from anywhere in sub-zero temperatures with a broken leg and no food or water.
		I was also quite shocked to hear that Simon Yates, Simpsons climbling partner, was harshly criticised about cutting the rope, as to me it was the only option to save at least one of their lives, and as a catch22 situation, one of them or both of them was bound to die.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0099771012 (1108 words)

	Climbing back from the 'Void' - The Washington Times: Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Simpson shattered his leg on the descent and dragged himself to safety despite the staggering pain, dearth of supplies and blizzard conditions.
		Simpson should have died during that descent, but to listen to him tell his story is to hear a carefully argued defense of mountaineering, not of personal courage.
		Simpson shared snapshots of his tale this week in the District to promote "Void," which captures his adventure in all its improbability.
	washingtontimes.com /entertainment/20040121-091714-2058r.htm (876 words)

	Touching the Void
		In June, 1985, British mountain climbers Joe Simpson (21) and Simon Yates (25) became the first people ever to make their way up to the top of the 21,000 foot Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes via the mountain's nearly 90 degree west face.
		Simpson breaks his leg upon their descent, requiring Yates to help lower Simpson down the mountain in a remarkable bout of heroism and loyalty.
		It is a harrowing effort to help Simpson escape certain death, and all looks hopeful until, on one of his rides down the mountain, Simpson slides off the edge of an unexpected cliff.
	movies.zertinet.com /2004/touchingthevoid.htm (1267 words)

	Life Is Too Short \| Film \| The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
		Disabled by incredible amounts of pain, Simpson's chances of survival are reduced to nearly nothing: The way down is treacherous; the nights are too cold; the wind chill is minus 80; supplies are low; and they have no radio contact with the civilized world.
		During this ordeal, the impressive shots of the mountain range that dominated the first quarter of the film are replaced by close-ups showing Simpson (or the actor playing Simpson) and his worsening condition.
		I'm not sure if Simpson and Yates are still active mountaineers, but it is clear that just speaking about their famous climb, detailing it in that near-formal language which distinguishes professional mountaineers from amateurs, gives them a pleasure that is satanic in its size and intensity.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=16938 (922 words)

	Write of passage - Interview with Joe Simpson: ThePost.ie
		Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had made the first ascent of the west face of the 6,344-metre mountain when Simpson broke his leg on the way down.
		Simpson fell into the crevasse, shattering his knee and was left for dead.
		Simpson and Yates will do the stunts, but it will be Simpson's first time in the Andes since the accident.
	archives.tcm.ie /businesspost/2002/02/17/story359536728.asp (1493 words)

	MovieFreak.com - "Touching the Void" Movie Review by Sara M. Fetters
		Their cockiness as they weather their first night on the mountain was catching, as was the extreme exuberance of success upon their reaching the summit.
		The sight of the wounded climber hung limp over the side of the mountain, the misty flness beneath calling out for his blood, is the type of moment that burns the screen with intimate power.
		Both Simpson and Yates are extremely interesting, and the emotions these two feel almost two-decades later towards the event are palpable in many of their responses.
	www.moviefreak.com /reviews/t/touchingthevoid.htm (868 words)

	Movie-List - Touching The Void Trailer Page
		In June, 1985, British mountain climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates became the first people ever to make their way up to the top of the 21,000 foot Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes via the mountain's nearly 90 degree west face.
		An attempt to lower Simpson down the nearly 90 degree face of the mountain went awry, and Yates was forced to make a tough decision to cut Simpson's line in order to prevent them from both falling to their dooms.
		Miraculously, however, this additional fall did not kill Simpson, and he continued to crawl his way down the mountain, making his way to the base camp just a few hours before Yates was planning on leaving, presuming Simpson to be dead.
	www.movie-list.com /trailers.php?id=touchingthevoid (413 words)

	Camp4: When is Enough Enough? The Beckoning Silence, by Joe Simpson
		Through his description of the mountain’s history and his own experience (which would also be touched by tragedy), Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing, exploring the power of the mind and the frailty of the body.
		From climbs in the Alps to the Bolivian Andes, from the Rockies to Spain, Simpson explores the attraction of rock and ice and the forces that drive him to climb in the face of extreme danger.
		Joe Simpson is a well-known climber and author of the best-selling Touching the Void, for which he won the Boardman Tasker Award.
	www.camp4.com /words/index.php?newsid=529 (866 words)

	touchingthevoid
		This film adaptation of Joe Simpson's nonfiction 1988 bestselling book is about his climbing the mountain and breaking a leg after reaching the top, and somehow while experiencing excruciating pain and frostbite miraculously making it back alive by himself to the base camp.
		Richard Hawking, not a mountaineer, was someone the two climbers accidently met in the area and he volunteered to be an extra man looking after the base camp.
		But Joe was still amazingly alive after this additional fall, and he crawled his way out of the crevasse and made his way down the mountain by sheer will power to the base camp to be rescued by Simon.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/touchingthevoid.htm (748 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Joe
		Joe's high school volleyball players who were seriously injured in a highway accident while the team was returning from a tournament in Fort St. John.
		Under the direction of Joe Bard, a hiring consultant retained by the school board, Lesney spoke with residents in the middle school cafeteria at the end of her...
		JD Gibbs, Gibbs' oldest son, is president of Joe Gibbs Racing and already was in charge of the day-to-day operation for most of the past two years.
	nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/J/Joe.shtml (1943 words)

	The man who fell to earth - FeaturesWorld - www.theage.com.au
		Joe Simpson's escape from death as a young mountaineer in the Andes brought him fame as an author and has now been made into a film.
		Simpson is thrilled by the celluloid reconstruction of his ordeal, if a little baffled by his own prominence in it.
		Simpson guides his audiences movingly, grippingly, even poetically, into the darker places of the human heart, and the story never fails to put lead in the pencils of middle-managers striving to surpass their sales targets.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/02/07/1075854104640.html (1879 words)

	Touching the Void - Joe Simpson - New York Movie Review
		Crippled and frostbitten, Joe Simpson was left to die in the Peruvian Andes.
		Simpson and Yates are the type of men usually described as a breed apart.
		Yates was able to lower Simpson down the mountain on a rope 300 feet at a time, but, without food or water or means to contact anyone else, he realized time was running out.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/movies/reviews/n_9774 (781 words)

	BBC Radio 4 - Factual - Desert Island Discs -Hugh Masekela
		Sue Lawley’s castaway this week is the mountaineer Joe Simpson
		He and his partner Simon Yates made the first successful ascent of the mountain's west face only to run into difficulties after Joe shattered his leg on their descent.
		Joe had inadvertently slid over an overhanging rock and was slowly pulling the two off the mountain.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20040919.shtml (396 words)

	Buy.com - Storms of Silence : Joe Simpson : ISBN 0898865123
		Mountaineer Joe Simpson wrestles with the perplexing nature of aggression and violence -- their eruption in himself, in others, in societies, in nature.
		Simpson recalls the terrifying avalanche that nearly wiped out his base camp during an attempt on the unclimbed north face of Gangchmpo in the Himalaya.
		Simpson's love of Himalayan life contrasts with the ruthless Chinese destruction of the Tibetan culture and people.
	www.buy.com /prod/Storms_of_Silence/q/loc/106/30235949.html (493 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is a sequel to "Touching the Void", which won the 1989 NCR Award for Non-fiction and the Boardman Tasker Award, and in which Simpson describe...
		In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in...
		Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had...
	www.dymocks.com.au /Search/Search.asp?Author=Joe+Simpson (179 words)

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