Born in Leicestershire in 1963 Simon Yates studied Biochemistry before abandoning a conventional life to pursue climbing. In a career spanning twenty years Simon’s climbing and travels have taken him from Alaska in the west to Australia in the east, from the Canadian Arctic in the north to the Tierra del Fuego in the south. During this time he has been fortunate enough to climb with some of Britain’s leading contemporary mountaineers including among many Andy Cave, Mick Fowler, Andy Parkin, Paul Pritchard, Doug Scott, Sean Smith and Steve Sustad.
Simon first came to prominence as a mountaineer in 1985 after the first ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes and the ensuing epic descent described in Joe Simpson’s book Touching the Void’ and the 2003 BAFTA wining docu-drama film. However, this event has actually been a relatively small, if dramatic, part of a hugely enjoyable climbing career.
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