How was the film Touching the Void made?
The film was shot on location in the Alps and the Andes including Siula Grande in Peru, the mountain where the original climb actually happened. But he knew what to expect, “I’d been on Siula Grande before, trekking, so I knew what we were letting ourselves in for.
Are Joe Simpson and Simon Yates friends?
They were not friends, just climbing partners by chance; the relationship was only made to quench their thirst for adventure. Yates could have left Simpson up there; he could have promised to return with help and flee to save his life. But he didn’t do that. Simpson would have died and Yates would have survived.
What mountain was touching the void?
Siula Grande
Touching the Void tells the story of what befell the 25-year-old Simpson and his climbing partner Simon Yates, then 21, when they set out to conquer the unclimbed west face of a notorious peak called Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes.
Who climbed Siula Grande?
Erwin Schneider
Arnold Awerzger
Siula Grande/First ascenders
Who is Ian in Touching the Void?
Ian Whittaker. This character and the author, while climbing in the French Alps, are rescued by helicopter after hanging on a rope for twelve hours.
Is the climbers based on a true story?
The Climbers (Chinese: 攀登者) is a 2019 Chinese adventure drama film directed by Daniel Lee and written by Alai. The film tells the real-life expedition of two generations of Chinese mountaineers to ascend Mount Everest from the perilous north side in 1960 and 1975.
How did Joe Simpson survive?
When the injured Simpson was inadvertently lowered over a cliff, Yates hung on for more than an hour before making a devastating decision: he cut the rope, sending his companion plunging to certain death. But Simpson survived, and four days later he crawled into base camp.
Has anyone climbed the west face of Siula Grande?
Siula Grande was first climbed July 28, 1936 by Erwin Schneider and Arnold Awerzger and has not seen that many ascents ever since. Since then Siula Grande gained a lot of fame and a few more ascents were made. The West face has been climbed two more times, once by Carlos Buhler.