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Bookmark or Share- 'By the end I’d lost me': Joe Simpson, mountaineer and writer - interviewJoe Simpson: the rime of the ancient mountaineer? 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.
- Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous SurvivalJoe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg.
- Atlanta Braves Broadcasters - MLB.comJoe Simpson is in his 33rd season as an Atlanta Braves broadcaster. He was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame on January 27, 2018. The 2024 season will see Simpson continue his role as an analyst on radio broadcast this season, and he also spent 15 campaigns calling games on Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast.
- Joe Simpson (mountaineer) - WikipediaJoe Simpson (born 13 August 1960) is a British mountaineer, author, and motivational speaker. While climbing in Peru in 1985, he suffered severe injuries and was assumed dead by his climbing companion Simon Yates after falling into a crevasse, but he survived and managed to crawl back to his base camp.
- Mountainside Miracle: Climbers Survive Ordeal - Los Angeles TimesJoe 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.
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