Joe Simpson (mountaineer)

Joe Simpson

Simpson in 2013
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Born	(1960-08-13) 13 August 1960 (age 64) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Joe 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. He described the ordeal in his 1988 book Touching the Void, which has been adapted into a 2003 documentary film and a 2018 stage play, both of the same name.