In June 1985, two British mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates
made the first-ever climb of the West Face of the 21,000 foot
snow-covered Siula Grande mountain in Peru. It was an exceptionally
tough assault – but nothing compared to what was to come. Early in the
descent, Simpson fell and smashed his right knee. Yates could have
abandoned him but managed to find a way of lowering him down the
mountain in a series
of difficult drops blinded by snow and cold. Then Simpson fell into a crevasse and Yates eventually had no choice but to cut the rope, utterly convinced that his friend was now dead.
In his subsequent book on the climb entitled “Touching The Void”, Joe Simpson wrote:
“As I gazed at the distant moraines, I knew that I must at least try. I would probably die out there amid those boulders. The thought didn’t alarm me. It seemed reasonable, matter-of-fact. That was how it was. I could aim for something. If I died, well, that wasn’t so surprising, but I wouldn’t have just waited for it to happen. The horror of dying no longer affected me as it had in the crevasse. I now had the chance to confront it and struggle against it. It wasn’t a bleak dark terror any more, just fact, like my broken leg and frostbitten fingers, and I couldn’t be afraid of things like that. My leg would hurt when I fell and when I couldn’t get up I would die.”
The survival of Yates himself was extraordinary. That Simpson somehow found a way of climbing out of the crevasse after 12 hours and then literally crawled and dragged himself six miles back to camp, going three days and nights without food or drink, losing three stone, and contracting ketoacidosis in the process, would be the stuff of heroic fiction if it was not so true. Indeed, six operations and two years later, he was even back climbing. All because, against all the odds, he tried …
of difficult drops blinded by snow and cold. Then Simpson fell into a crevasse and Yates eventually had no choice but to cut the rope, utterly convinced that his friend was now dead.
In his subsequent book on the climb entitled “Touching The Void”, Joe Simpson wrote:
“As I gazed at the distant moraines, I knew that I must at least try. I would probably die out there amid those boulders. The thought didn’t alarm me. It seemed reasonable, matter-of-fact. That was how it was. I could aim for something. If I died, well, that wasn’t so surprising, but I wouldn’t have just waited for it to happen. The horror of dying no longer affected me as it had in the crevasse. I now had the chance to confront it and struggle against it. It wasn’t a bleak dark terror any more, just fact, like my broken leg and frostbitten fingers, and I couldn’t be afraid of things like that. My leg would hurt when I fell and when I couldn’t get up I would die.”
The survival of Yates himself was extraordinary. That Simpson somehow found a way of climbing out of the crevasse after 12 hours and then literally crawled and dragged himself six miles back to camp, going three days and nights without food or drink, losing three stone, and contracting ketoacidosis in the process, would be the stuff of heroic fiction if it was not so true. Indeed, six operations and two years later, he was even back climbing. All because, against all the odds, he tried …
Joe Simpson
11 comments:
This story to show all of us about ability of trying to success in our goal. The ways that to get victory we must try and need food or drink without eating or drink no success in our life. The first didn't get victory we try again and again so long time we will get it. Such as studying we must to try so long time if we lazy we would be get bed future. If we try we would be good future like one sentence said that read more know more.
That is exactly true! No such success does independently without any try. Life is like we are climbing a mountain. Trying to remove obstructions is our compulsory. Like Joe Simpson, we should at least have a try. I do not know why I believe in trying doing a certain thing. However, the thing is through my experiences I can reach my approach by just trying, but I do not dare to guarantee that all trying are succeeded as soon as we try all of our effort.
That is a great story. I believe no one succeed without try. Joe Simpson was a man who did not wait for dead even he was in worse situation and he tried to confront with it. He thought that it would be reasonable. He tried hard to survive his life. In the end, what he tried, he could save his life. This is really fantastic. Sometimes try is not successful, but we have to try better than we wait for it happens. We should try as possible as we can.
This story tell us the reasonable matter-of-fact.when we want to success in life or business, it hard for people but it easy when people try to do it best.like khmer proverb trying will successful.We should try as hard as we can.
Against all the odds, he tried... so reasonably reflect my personal life experience. Try in here means try with anything which consequently elicit good experiences. Do not try anything that harm us like drug, over speed driving, and so on. I was recommended applying a scholarship, even though I felt weak inside or no confident, I would give myself a try. Meanwhile, I also start to strengthen myself to become a qualifier person.
There are many obstacles that our everyday life are facing it. even we know it hard but we have to try,and we have to win it. our ability can not measure until we tried. we are the human, we can do everything. All we have to do is to try our best and accept the result, rather than sit down without any hope
It is great story, This story want to show about life trying of two British Mountaineers. It is exactly, If we want do something, we must have trying. If we haven't trying, we could not success our gol.
from this story i can learn that if i meet obstacle and give up, i really fall in my life and my future is darkness. i have ever heard one sentence 'we can give up everything but do not give up ourselves'. if i think i can, i can.
Trying is the best way to be success for our need. Even thought,we know that is impossible but we have to try it until the lest. success or unsuccessful depend on real situation, but don't give up our goal.This story as an example for our life.In paragraph2 said " The thought didn’t alarm me. It seemed reasonable, matter-of-fact. That was how it was. I could aim for something. If I died, well, that wasn’t so surprising, but I wouldn’t have just waited for it to happen". That mean thought just only one way, but try to do it is other way.We can not waiting for something happen.
The life always to get a lot of failure but this same the life will be success after we try until the end of our ability. In the story the author inform us try to do all every thing that we wished. We must be sure to yourself, do not hopeless. Whenever, we try to work hard that success always run to you.
This story is very important because I think trying is best for people to be achievement of goal. So when you have Barrier do not least it. You must try everything to diminish it.
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