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Part 1: Against All Odds - Joe Simpson's Crawl from Death on Siula Grande In 1985

Part 1: Against All Odds - Joe Simpson's Crawl from Death on Siula Grande In 1985

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 Part 1: Against All Odds - Joe Simpson's Crawl from Death on Siula Grande In 1985, mountaineer Joe Simpson shattered his leg during a descent from Peru's 20,813-foot Siula Grande. Left for dead in a deep crevasse after his climbing partner was forced to cut their rope, Simpson faced what experienced climbers would call a mathematically impossible situation. This episode chronicles his extraordinary six-day crawl across glacier and rock with a catastrophically injured leg, no food, and minimal water. After his partner had returned to civilization to report his death, Simpson arrived at base camp hours before departure—a return so improbable it would redefine our understanding of human endurance limits. His story examines the psychological mechanisms that allow certain individuals to continue functioning when all reasonable hope is lost.

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