Touching The Void - (1 of 11)

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Entertainment

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• extreme
• Survival
• skills
• Mountaineering
• Snow
• Caves
• Frost
• Bite
• Crevasses
• dehydration
• Will
• Determination
• Undying
• Perseverance

[t3hUBER]

Cracked?

[zthomasack]

Option 1) Simon Yates doesn't cut the rope and they'll likely both die.

Option 2) Simon Yates cuts the rope; He is likely to survive but Joe Simpson s likely to die,

It's obvious that one should cut the rope in this sort of situation. In mountaineering, this would be the correct thing to do.

[Sonicisbadazz]

Jesus, am I the only one that feels weak in the knees when I see the shots of the spiked shoes climbing up an utterly vertical face hundreds of feet above the ground? You must have to be completely unafraid of heights to handle this kind of climbing, especially since the vertical aspects are almost the ENTIRE climb!

Yeah, I could NEVER do what these guys do.

[zthomasack]

@otavioandradas I recall that Simon thought it was useless; he just assumed Joe was dead because of the treacherous drop made worse by the fact that in normal circumstances the drop would not end just below the snowcap but rather hundreds of feet futher below. Unfortunately, not all individuals rely on phyisical evidence for their beliefs in events, unlike you and I ;-) I feel that if Simon had called out to Joe though, he would have laid back, confident, until his eventual death

[otavioandradas]

@zthomasack I saw this film long ago and I don't remember all the explaining, but I wonder why Simon didn't look for help as soon as he got back to the tent. He assumed his friend was dead without any physical evidence.

[zthomasack]

@otavioandradas The way I look at it, Simon could have done nothing to help Joe even after seeing the body-print on top of the snow cap of the crevasse. There is simply no way that Simon could have -- even with Richard's help -- pulled Joe up from the crevasse, ensuring his safety. Simon and Joe both address this in the epilouge of the book Touching the Void. Ironically, if Simon had called out to Joe, Joe probably would have continued sitting there, ensuring his death.

[otavioandradas]

@zthomasack yes, he had to cut the rope. But there was a chance his friend could still be alive after the fall. Simon Yates decided to leave instead of checking his friend. In my opinion that as a terrible mistake.

[JazzKeyboardist1]

until they grow up,for many people, if death had not been involved,,most of us wouldn't be involved, is the motto,,,,, as long as rescuers,are not at risk ,,,,go for it,,,ps you can get similiar thrills from russian roulette,lol

[Politicalsentrymom]

I understand the desire to see what no one has, but still, mountain climbing like this where your life is at risk is just that...a risk...one I could not ever imagine doing...I have a gross fear of heights in my older years....beautifully shot...wonder how they managed to do this while climbing.

[sampleforyou]

I start mountaineering this year, it will be a lot of fun

[sampleforyou]

so are they stil good friends now?

[OttoLund]

Thanks

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