Mountain climber Joe Simpson

Joe Simpson

Living place: Malaysia

Birthday: 13-8-1960 (64 years old)

Population of the world 1960: 3.039 billions

Global rank: #48412

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Mountain climber Joe Simpson profile

Who is Mountain climber Joe Simpson?
Best known for his 1,988 memoirs Touching the Void, Simpson recounted his perilous climb of the West Face of the Peruvian Andes' Siula Grande culminating in bestsellers.
In addition to his autobiographical work in 1988, Simpson published a novel titled The Sound of Gravity (2011) and many other books.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He began climbing while attending Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England.

Family life info

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to a British Army officer father, he spent most of his childhood in England.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Mountain climber Joe Simpson?
He was inspired to become a rock climber after reading the memoirs of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer 's The White Spider.

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Summary of Joe Simpson profile

When was Mountain climber Joe Simpson born?
Joe Simpson birthday 13-8-1960 (at the age of 64).
Where is Mountain climber Joe Simpson's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Joe Simpson was born in . is a Mountain climber, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Joe Simpson's global rank is 48412 and whose rank is 9 in list of famous Mountain climber. Population of the world in 1960 is about 3.039 billions persons.
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Events in 1960 and 13-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Joe Simpson

  • American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1).
  • Khrushchev kills Paris summit conference because of U-2 (May 16).
  • Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23)—executed in Israel in 1962.
  • Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.
  • Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Zaire (Belgian Congo) gain independence.
  • There are 900 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War

Birthday Joe Simpson (13-8) in history

  • Day 13-8 year 1521: The Aztec capital Tenochtitlán fell to the Spanish conquistadors after a three-month siege. Mark the end of a mighty Aztec empire.
  • Day 13-8 year 1906: An all-black army unit was accused of a shooting rampage that left 1 civilian dead at Fort Brown in Brownsville, Texas. In 1972 they were all exonerated.
  • Day 13-8 year 1942: Disney's Bambi opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
  • Day 13-8 year 1961: The border between East and West Berlin was closed and marked with a barbed wire fence.
  • Day 13-8 year 1995: Baseball great Mickey Mantle died of cancer.
  • Day 13-8 year 2008: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his 11th career gold medal, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to do so.
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