Joe Simpson

Joe Simpson is a British mountaineer and author born on 13 August 1960 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 1985, while climbing in Peru, he suffered a severe leg injury and was presumed dead after falling into a crevasse on Siula Grande, but survived and crawled back to base camp. He documented this experience in his 1988 book Touching the Void, which became a bestseller translated into 23 languages and sold nearly two million copies. The book won multiple awards including the Boardman Tasker Prize. A 2003 documentary film adaptation won the 2004 BAFTA for Outstanding British Film.