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What inspired Joe Simpson and Simon Yates to climb the Siula Grande?

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What inspired Joe Simpson and Simon Yates to climb the Siula Grande?

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Siula Grande certainly qualifies as an extreme peak. It is located one days drive from Lima and over two days hike into the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes. The objective dangers are very significant. The steep ice covered rock of the face is swept by avalanches of powder snow from the almost continual regional snowfall. The fluted ridges of Siula Grande are extremely dangerous, knife sharp and festooned by huge hidden cornices. This mountain has attracted extreme alpinists from around the world. In 2002, Marjan Kovac and Pavle Kozjek (Slovenia) and Aritza Monasterio (Spain) climbed a new route on the northeast face of Siula Grande. For Simpson and Yates this was an affordable, do-able and grand adventure.