Of course, Simpson miraculously survived the fall, and for three days somehow dragged his broken body back to the pair's base camp. To improve your experience It's almost surprising that mountaineer Simon Yates agrees to be interviewed.After all, he's been burned by British newspapers before, and he can't quite escape being unfairly tagged as 'the man who cut the rope' because of his portrayal in the 2003 documentary Touching the Void, one of climbing's greatest survival stories.Yet here he is, talking to 9 Stories, knowing that he's sure to be asked to once again rake over the near-fatal climb that he and Joe Simpson made in the Peruvian Andes way back in 1985. This was subsequently made into the BAFTA award-winning film, Touching the Void.Its success, however, left Simon feeling rather disgruntled.In focusing on Joe’s fight for survival, he felt it was economical with his side of the story, that it was skewed, and unfairly condemned him as “the man who cut the rope”.A recent adaptation of the film for the stage by Scottish playwright David Greig and directed by Tom Morris has prompted Simon to give a series of talks about his mountaineering exploits, and of course, to offer his insight into what happened that fateful day.He’s presenting it at Perth Theatre on February 28 – this Thursday.The touring production, also titled Touching the Void, which sees Josh Williams starring as Joe, and Edward Hayter taking on the role of Simon, is at the theatre from March 7 to 10.Speaking from his home in Cumbria, Simon tells me that while he finds the stage version “a little abstract”, he enjoyed it.“It’s open to more interpretation (than the film) from the audience,” he reflects.“It’s more about why people climb mountains and I found that interesting.“The actual story of what happened can be a bit morbid unless you put humour into it, and they’ve done that with the stage version, which is good.”No conversation with Simon, 55, would be complete without asking about the movie.Given he feels it was selectively edited and portrayed him in a negative light, I’m almost reluctant to mention it. Ahead of a stage version at Perth Theatre – and an accompanying talk from Simon – he opens up to Gayle Ritchie…It is one of the greatest stories of disaster, abandonment and survival in the mountaineering world.When Touching the Void was released in 2003 it focused on a near-fatal climb that Joe Simpson and Simon Yates made in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.The two friends, then in their 20s, had set out to be the first to reach the summit of 21,000ft Siula Grande.They succeeded, but during the treacherous descent Joe broke his leg, leaving Simon to lower him the rest of the way with a rope.Further disaster struck when Simon – in the dark, with frostbitten fingers and during a blizzard – lowered Joe over a cliff-edge leaving him dangling.Simon was then faced with a horrific choice – cling on until Joe’s weight pulled him down and they both fell to their deaths, or cut the rope to save himself. It was dispensed with in a very short period of time. "Other climbers have always been fine with me. Welcome to my expedition company Mountain Dream. Then you can tackle bigger and more remote mountains.”Simon, who leads mountaineering expeditions across the globe, will give deeper insights into his experiences at his lecture.He describes this as a “smattering of chat about my climbing life from beginning to recently,” adding: “I’ve had a huge variety of experiences in amazing places. It also shows tonight at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre. Most people were very supportive and sympathetic.”Many people have waxed lyrical about the morality of Simon’s decision to cut the rope, but he argues there was no time to reflect on morals.“I was looking for a solution to the predicament I was in,” he says.“I took a long time to come up with a solution and by then, my own position was desperate.“Normally we would be anchored to the mountains. He cut his friend loose so that he could live. There was little room for morality in the decision to cut the rope, says Yates. Your web browser is no longer supported. They completely understand what I did. "Simpson has always defended Yates over his decision to cut the rope, and is adamant he would have done exactly the same thing. "What you leave out can have a more powerful effect on the story than what you put in," Yates says.Yates describes the arduous lowering of Simpson; his frost bitten fingers; the rope digging into his harness and legs as he sat still in the snow, stuck holding the dead weight of his friend, moving ever close to death with every passing minute. Simon Yates has written three books about his mountaineering experiences, Flame of Adventure, Against The Wall, and The Wild Within. "The layman gets very excited about the morality of the decision without completely understanding the extremity of the mountain environment and the position you are in. "Yates says he knew that the average cinema goer was never going to be able to properly understand the cutting of the rope. Simpson survived, and recounted the story in the book Touching the Void, which was later adapted into a film. On the descent, an accident resulted in Simpson falling over a cliff while roped to Yates, who was forced to cut the rope to avoid both climbers falling. But, of course, I have to.I raise the fact that, just before the credits, a message rolls onto the screen stating that Simon faced “strong criticism” from the climbing community.This is something he absolutely refutes. But not Simon, who has made it the focus of his life for almost four decades, travelling to some of the world’s most isolated destinations to seek out summits.However, becoming a father (he has a 12-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter) had a major impact on Simon’s risk-taking sensibilities: “It meant my sense of responsibility changed – the children are there in your mind when you’re up mountains.”While the kids have yet to find their feet in the mountains – “I’m not pushing them to be climbers” – they are massive outdoors fans and love family holidays with Simon and their mum, Jane, in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Simon, who says Eigg is among his favourite places in the world, has done lots of climbing in the Cairngorms and Mamore mountains.He loves Ben Nevis “because it offers fantastic winter climbing and dozens of routes up.”Simon is keen to tackle a group of mountains in South Georgia but the logistics of getting there are somewhat tricky: “You need a yacht and you have to sail from the Falkland Islands! While climbing in Peru in 1985, he suffered severe injuries and was thought lost after falling into a crevasse, but he survived and managed to crawl back to his base camp. The mountaineer who cut the rope of his climbing partner in an act later recounted in the film Touching the Void is finally influencing how history views his actions.Simon Yates, who sent his "I don't have anything in common with him anymore," admits Yates.Yates works the public speaker circuit and has written three books about his mountaineering adventures.
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