Joe Simpson (mountaineer)

Joe Simpson ( born August 13, 1960 in Kuala Lumpur ) is a British mountaineer, author and lecturer.

Touching the Void

Simpson gained fame through his book Touching the Void (German Title: Touching the Void ), for which he the 1988 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain - Literature and received the 2003 was also filmed.

Simpson describes in his agonizing return to the base camp after he had smashed his right knee while descending the Siula Grande ( Andes) in a fall. When trying his partner Simon Yates, rappel the injured Simpson hacks under a Eisüberhang freely hanging on the rope. To save his own life, Yates cut through the rope. Simpson fell into a crevasse and was held and left behind by Yates dead. Joe Simpson survived the crash, however. He passed through the crevasse and was able to escape to the base camp, from where he was rescued by his climbing partner, despite the broken leg and without water supply.

After his recovery, to the six operations were necessary, Joe Simpson climbed mountains again.

In later works, Simpson describes other expeditions, such as the attempt of Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser an Eiger North Face climb, as well as the change in its attitude towards the extreme mountaineering because of the many lives that has cost this sport.

Inspections

Comments

  • Simpson tells in his book "Touching the Void" that during his days of struggle for survival over long distances maintained him an inner voice and inspired to save his life, while at the same time a lot of other, inconsequential voices, memories and hallucinations went through his head - including the Boney M- Brown Girl in the ring catchy tune that he could not stand. He also reported that he successfully fought against the illusion that the events possess a deeper meaning and that he could rely on a divine power.
  • Simpson turn finds mention in the song Ali in the Jungle of the British band The Hours.

Works

  • Touching the Void (1988 ), ISBN 0-09-945229-4; German: Touching the Void ( 1994), ISBN 978-3-492-21247-2, 2003 film adaptation
  • The Water People (1992 ) (novel) ISBN 0-349-10349-6
  • This Game of Ghosts (1993 ), ISBN 0-09-938011-0; German: Game of the spirits. The addiction to the mountain, (1999), ISBN 978-3-453-16154-2
  • Dark Shadows Falling, (1997), ISBN 0-09-975611-0
  • Storms of Silence, (1996 ), ISBN 0-09-957811-5
  • The Beckoning Silence (2003), ISBN 0-09-942243-3; German: Under the Spell of giants. The long road to the Eiger, (2003), ISBN 978-3-492-24439-8; Film version in 2007 under the title drama in the Eiger North Face
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