Cutting the Rope to Survive | The Incredible Story of Joe Simpson & Simon Yates | True Story — Transcript

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1. 0:03year
2. 0:041985 in the distant Andes two young
3. 0:07British climbers Joe Simpson and Simon
4. 0:09Yates decided to do something
5. 0:12extraordinary they were determined to
6. 0:13conquer the western side of Cula Granda
7. 0:16a huge and dangerous peak in the Andes
8. 0:19their story is not just a tale of
9. 0:21Adventure and human endurance but of
10. 0:24survival courage and a decision that
11. 0:26changed their lives forever
12. 0:32Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were already
13. 0:35experienced climbers in their early 20s
14. 0:38and eager to leave their Mark in the
15. 0:40world of mountaineering they belong to a
16. 0:42new generation of climbers striving to
17. 0:44conquer the most difficult peaks in the
18. 0:47world the Peruvian Andes with their
19. 0:50remote and harsh Beauty attracted them
20. 0:53more than anything else Sula Grande at
21. 0:576,344 M was particular ularly appealing
22. 1:01only a few climbers dared to attempt to
23. 1:03climb its western side a steep wall of
24. 1:06ice and rock that was considered
25. 1:08virtually impossible to
26. 1:12ascend in May 1985 Joe and Simon arrived
27. 1:16in the small mountain town of huas ready
28. 1:19to begin their Ascent they carefully
29. 1:21planned their route gathered equipment
30. 1:23and prepared physically and mentally for
31. 1:25the climb their goal was simple to climb
32. 1:28the western side of suar grand and
33. 1:30return alive on the morning of June 13th
34. 1:331985 Joe and Simon set off they went in
35. 1:36Alpine style carrying only the most
36. 1:39necessary supplies and equipment on
37. 1:41their backs moving very quickly unlike
38. 1:44traditional mountaineering which uses
39. 1:46fixed ropes and established camps Alpine
40. 1:49style requires speed but comes with risk
41. 1:52it leaves no room for errors initially
42. 1:55the weather was favorable and on the
43. 1:57first day the guys made quite good
44. 1:59progress
45. 2:00they steadily climbed upwards using ice
46. 2:02axes and crampons to cling to the Frozen
47. 2:05surface the snow was deep the air thin
48. 2:08but they kept moving after several days
49. 2:11of intense climbing they reached a point
50. 2:14just below the summit the mood was
51. 2:16upbeat they were close to achieving
52. 2:18their
53. 2:21goal on the morning of June 18th Joe and
54. 2:24Simon reached the summit of suula Grande
55. 2:28the view from the top was breatht making
56. 2:30endless expanses of sharp Peaks and deep
57. 2:33valleys stretching beneath them for a
58. 2:35moment they felt Triumph they had done
59. 2:37it they had conquered one of the most
60. 2:40difficult peaks in the
61. 2:44Andes but reaching the Summit is only
62. 2:46half the journey The Descent as every
63. 2:49climber knows can be just as dangerous
64. 2:51if not more so the weather began to
65. 2:53change clouds were gathering the guys
66. 2:56understood that they had to move quickly
67. 2:58to descend safely as they began The
68. 3:01Descent Joe and Simon encountered
69. 3:03difficult conditions the snow was too
70. 3:05soft complicating The Descent visibility
71. 3:09was greatly reduced now they had to move
72. 3:11slowly and carefully but they didn't
73. 3:14doubt they could descend
74. 3:18safely and then disaster struck on a
75. 3:21steep slope Joe lost his balance one of
76. 3:23the crampons those metal spikes attached
77. 3:26to boots slipped and he fell Joe rolled
78. 3:29down the slope gaining speed until he
79. 3:31stopped abruptly his right leg hit a
80. 3:33rock hard and he felt a sharp burning
81. 3:36pain his leg was broken and at such a
82. 3:39height this was a death sentence Joe
83. 3:42panicked he knew that with a broken leg
84. 3:45his chances of leaving the mountain were
85. 3:48extremely slim but Simon didn't want to
86. 3:51give up and abandon His companion he
87. 3:53made an improvised splint for Joe's leg
88. 3:56so they could continue The Descent but
89. 3:57it wasn't that simple
90. 4:02the climbers developed a plan using a 45
91. 4:05M rope Simon lowered Joe down steep
92. 4:08slopes 45 M at a time then he would
93. 4:11descend himself and they would repeat
94. 4:13the process it was slow exhausting work
95. 4:16and the weather was getting worse at the
96. 4:17same time the wind howled terribly and
97. 4:21the snow fell more actively hindering
98. 4:23visibility they were exhausted freezing
99. 4:26but kept going many hours passed under
100. 4:29unnoticed and night fell now it was
101. 4:32completely dark and Simon could barely
102. 4:34see the end of the Rope he lowered His
103. 4:37companion Joe into the darkness hoping
104. 4:39they were still on the right
105. 4:44path and then the unthinkable happened
106. 4:48Simon lowered his friend over the edge
107. 4:49of a cliff now Joe was hanging in the
108. 4:53air right above a huge crass a deep
109. 4:55crack in the glacier he tried to shout
110. 4:57to Simon but the wind round out his
111. 5:00voice they were stuck in a very awkward
112. 5:02position Joe's weight was pulling the
113. 5:04Rope down Simon not understanding what
114. 5:08had happened fell into despair he felt
115. 5:11the weight of his partner's body pulling
116. 5:13them both down his hands were freezing
117. 5:15and strength was leaving
118. 5:20him the climber faced an unimaginably
119. 5:23difficult choice if he continued to hold
120. 5:25the Rope sooner or later they would both
121. 5:27fall and die but if he it then he had a
122. 5:31chance but Joe would most likely
123. 5:34die at that moment Simon made a decision
124. 5:37that haunted him for the rest of his
125. 5:39life he took out a knife and cut the
126. 5:43rope Joe fell into the darkness he fell
127. 5:46into a crevasse dropping about 30 m
128. 5:49before landing on a narrow ice ledge
129. 5:51miraculously he survived the
130. 5:56fall the guy found himself in a huge ice
131. 5:59cave in cold Solitude and excruciating
132. 6:02pain he knew Simon would consider him
133. 6:05dead Joe realized that he had only two
134. 6:08options wait for death or try to find a
135. 6:11way out he decided to fight for his
136. 6:17life using an ice ax Joe began to crawl
137. 6:20deeper into the crass looking for a way
138. 6:22out the cold was unbearable and the
139. 6:25broken leg made every movement torturous
140. 6:28after several hours of crawling he
141. 6:30noticed a beam of light in the distance
142. 6:33it was an exit but it was far up above
143. 6:36with Incredible determination Joe raised
144. 6:39the ice ax above his head and plunged it
145. 6:41into the ice wall using his only healthy
146. 6:44leg and the ice ax he slowly pulled
147. 6:46himself up each movement caused waves of
148. 6:49pain but there was no other way out he
149. 6:51had to
150. 6:55endure incomprehensibly the climber
151. 6:58managed to get out of the ice cave which
152. 7:01however did not yet mean salvation now
153. 7:03Joe was on the glacier several miles
154. 7:06from their base camp his leg was useless
155. 7:08and he had no food or
156. 7:11water the day spent in the crass was
157. 7:13already coming to an end the sun was
158. 7:16setting and the temperature was dropping
159. 7:19he needed to keep moving otherwise death
160. 7:21from hypothermia was
161. 7:23certain Joe continued to crawl for the
162. 7:27next 3 days Joe crawled across the sea
163. 7:29seemingly endless Glacier he dragged
164. 7:31himself inch by inch in unbearable
165. 7:34pain dehydrated and exhausted the
166. 7:37climber began to experience
167. 7:39hallucinations at times he heard voices
168. 7:41in his head or thought he saw people who
169. 7:43weren't
170. 7:47there meanwhile Simon had already
171. 7:49reached the base camp he was devastated
172. 7:52believing Joe was dead because of him
173. 7:54but it was the only choice he could make
174. 7:56even though it was hard to accept
175. 8:00Simon waited in the camp for several
176. 8:01days hoping for a miracle but eventually
177. 8:05accepted the fact that Joe wouldn't
178. 8:06return but his injured companion wasn't
179. 8:09dead and was still crawling on the third
180. 8:12day Joe saw the base camp he shouted as
181. 8:15loudly as he could exhausting all his
182. 8:18remaining energy and Simon heard him
183. 8:21Simon couldn't believe his ears he ran
184. 8:23out of the tent and saw Joe exhausted
185. 8:25beaten and barely alive crawling towards
186. 8:28the camp together with another climber
187. 8:30Richard Hawking they rushed to the
188. 8:32Survivor and dragged him to the tent
189. 8:35over the next few days Simon and Richard
190. 8:37nursed Joe as best they could they fed
191. 8:40him gave him water and kept him warm as
192. 8:43soon as Joe stabilized they set off on a
193. 8:45new difficult Journey to the nearest
194. 8:47Village where they could get
195. 8:49[Music]
196. 8:51help Joe was eventually taken to a
197. 8:54hospital where he had surgery on his
198. 8:55broken leg what happened next the story
199. 8:59story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates
200. 9:01became one of the most incredible
201. 9:03survival stories in the history of
202. 9:05mountaineering Joe's book touching the
203. 9:08void which he wrote became a bestseller
204. 9:11and was later made into a film The Story
205. 9:13raised many ethical questions about
206. 9:15mountaineering and the difficult
207. 9:17decisions that climbers sometimes have
208. 9:19to make Joe never openly accused Simon
209. 9:22of cutting the Rope he understood that
210. 9:25his friend had no other choice both men
211. 9:27continued to climb after this AUD deal
212. 9:29although they never did it together
213. 9:32again Joe's story is a testament to the
214. 9:34strength of the human Spirit and the
215. 9:36will to live Against All Odds it reminds
216. 9:40us that in the most desperate situations
217. 9:42hope and determination can change
218. 9:48everything please write your opinion in
219. 9:50the comments how would you act in Joe's
220. 9:52friend's place in a similar
221. 9:54situation is his action Justified if it
222. 9:57threatened him with loss of life
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