Nick's Non-fiction

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he would have been pulled to his own death. The next three days were an impossibly grueling ordeal for both men. How both overcame the torments of those harrowing days is an epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival, and a poignant testament to unshakable courage and friendship. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 3:00 About the Author 6:25 Ch1: Beneath the Mountain Lakes 15:40 Ch2: Tempting Fate 23:40 Ch3: Storming the Summit 26:30 Ch4: Disaster 35:30 Ch5: The Final Choice 47:25 Ch6: In the Far Distance c