EMBARK

Ep. 14: Igloo Smile Breaks (Joe Simpson & Simon Yates, Touching the Void)

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Surprise, I'm alive! This week, we talk about Joe Simpson and Simon Yates on the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes! The incredible survival of Joe Simpson from his crawl out of the crevasse, and the survival of both men through unfourtunate events.

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-28-sp-576-story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void_(book)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3606348/The-man-who-fell-to-earth.html
https://people.com/archive/left-for-dead-on-a-peruvian-peak-joe-simpson-survives-to-write-movingly-about-the-climbers-code-vol-31-no-17/

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