My Mountain Life by ‘Touching the Void’s’ Simon Yates | TALK

My Mountain Life by ‘Touching the Void’s’ Simon Yates | TALK

Contact

Organizer: Rheged Centre

Name: The Rheged Centre

Phone: 01768 868000

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://rheged.com/event/my-mountain-life-by-touching-the-voids-simon-yates/

Address

Redhills
Penrith, Cumbria,
Penrith
CA11 0DQ

Price Notes

Full £18.00 Concession £15.00

Direction

Just 2 minutes from M6 jct 40, off the A66.

Details

On the remote Siula Grande in Peru in June 1985, mountaineer Simon Yates found himself in a desperately unenviable position. He was slowly being pulled off the mountain face by his injured partner, Joe Simpson, dangling on the rope 50 metres below. His decision to cut the rope saved both their lives in the epic of survival that followed and with the publication of the book ‘Touching The Void’, later film and stage play, both climbers became household names.

It was an experience that could have put many off the sport of mountaineering - but not Simon. Over 35 years later, he is still a very active exploratory climber and guide, making several expeditions to the mountains each year. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, Alaska to Central Asia there is hardly a significant range that he has not visited.

Come along and witness Simon’s tireless journey from that mountain in Peru to some of the remotest on the planet and share with him the drama, excitement and beauty of modern, lightweight alpinism. Told with wit, dry humour and lavishly illustrated with images and video collected on his great climbs.

“Simon is a totally engaging speaker, who both entertains and inspires.”


2h 10m (inc 20 minute interval)

Event Details

Start Date End Date Times
24/09/2022 24/09/2022 7:30PM - 9:40PM