Joe Simpson is the author of several bestselling books, of which the first, "Touching the Void", won both the NCR Award and the Boardman Tasker Award. His later books are "This Game of Ghosts", "Storms of Silence", "Dark Shadows Falling", "The Beckoning Silence" and a novel, "The Water People".
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Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Cam... SEE MORE