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Simon Yates (born 1963) is an English mountaineer. He has described himself as 'an adventurer'.[1] Yates is most well known as being one of two British mountaineers that conquered the previously unclimbed West Face of Siula Grande in the Huayhuash mountain range in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. He and Joe Simpson completed the difficult climb, at times enduring extreme weather conditions. They subsequently survived a dramatic series of events on the descent. Simpson recounted the story in the book Touching the Void, which was later adapted into a film.
- ^ Simon Yates interviewed in 2002 for the documentary feature Return to Siula Grande which is included on the DVD of the docudrama film Touching the Void, 2003