Question: are simon yates and joe simpson friends?
Answer: When Touching the Void was released in 2003 it focused on a near-fatal climb that Joe Simpson and Simon Yates made in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. The two friends, then in their 20s, had set out to be the first to reach the summit of 21,000ft Siula Grande. ... Its success, however, left Simon feeling rather disgruntled.