Joe Simpson
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Born in Kuala Lumpur to a Scottish army officer and an Irish mother, Simpson’s early education across several countries and a teacher-led introduction to rock climbing at Ampleforth College sparked a lifelong mountaineering passion, further fueled by reading Heinrich Harrer’s The White Spider. His climbing résumé peaked with the 1985 first ascent of Siula Grande’s west face, an expedition that end…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
