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Joe Simpson

Born

in Sheffield, The United Kingdom

August 13, 1960

Website

http://www.noordinaryjoe.co.uk/

Genre

Outdoors & Nature, Nonfiction

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Joe Simpson is the author of the bestselling Touching the Void, as well as four subsequent non-fiction books published by The Mountaineers Books: This Game of Ghosts, Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, and The Beckoning Silence. The Beckoning Silence won the 2003 National Outdoor Book Award. The other three published by The Mountaineers Books were all shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award.

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Average rating: 4.21 · 70,252 ratings · 3,028 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors

	Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival 4.23 avg rating — 63,956 ratings — published 1988 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beckoning Silence 4.09 avg rating — 2,699 ratings — published 2002 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Game of Ghosts 4.04 avg rating — 1,453 ratings — published 1993 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Shadows Falling 3.83 avg rating — 825 ratings — published 1997 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storms of Silence 3.82 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sound of Gravity: A Novel 3.39 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2011 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Water People 3.09 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking the Wrong Side of the Grass 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tot het uiterste: over gevaarlijke expedities, spectaculaire ballonvaarten en spannende reddingsoperaties 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La llamada del silencio 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?”
― Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

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“Clouds hid the peaks and only their flanks were visible beneath a murky ceiling.”
― Joe Simpson

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“Part of what makes him (laid-back Tim Hudson)an ace is that he would never acknowledge that he is an ace.”
― Joe Simpson

tags: humility, servant-leader

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