Cpt.Caveman Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Friend of mine was talking about this Joe Simpson dude. I have read a book of his and it was good. Also read some other short stories and they were good as well. It seems as if this dude gets nearly whacked all the time. Is it bad luck or stupidity? Like for instance when he went ice climbing and told the local Scots he did not need leashes then shortly after suffering a long groundfall because he could not hold his axes any longer. Story was related by friend on this one I have not read. If you had this dudes mishaps would you continue climbing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstrickland Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Maybe, but Simpson finally got the chop, perhaps after the fourth or fifth major incident you might want to take up something safer...like parachuteless skydiving for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Simpson is still alive and drinking beer. The thought of having to use a spoon to scrape the contact lens off that has frozen to your eyeball, however, has always seemed pretty to me. [ 12-17-2001: Message edited by: Dru ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Pumpington Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 There is no way any one person could experience that much bad luck. I've read several of his books and found them quite entertaining; perhaps he should just stick to writing. A few times, you might be able to blame "bad luck", the rest is probably bad luck he made those decisions. With a reputation like that, how the hell does he find people willing to tie into a rope with him? I'd go to the pub with the guy and that's about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 I had the same thought after reading a couple of his books. I wouldn't go climbing with Joe. He is bad luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_johnson Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Simpson might be cursed. I've always thought that Wickwire had the curse too. Lots of wreckage along the way behind him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Bad Luck? Luck is a victim position. I think Joe Simpson is a shit magnet. Somehow he has attracted all of this shit to him. Of course he has mad a pretty damned good living at it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Wickwire's lucky, it's all the people that've climbed w/ him that've had bad luck. Of the terminal kind in several instances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_J Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Wick is not lucky, he is a survivor number one. Secondly he has made it a life long study to search out "the why did this happen to my friend", so it does not repeat itself with me or others. Simpson, is not dangerous to others, but to himself. It seems that his friends are always OK but taking care of him and his battered, bent body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 Joe is a dumb ass moron. Bad luck my ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 still, if you had to choose between simpson and wickwire, choose simpson. cause all the bad shit will happen to simpson whereas it always happens to wickwire's partners. just like if you go to everest with bonington someone in your party will die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 19, 2001 Author Share Posted December 19, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Dru: still, if you had to choose between simpson and wickwire, choose simpson. cause all the bad shit will happen to simpson whereas it always happens to wickwire's partners. just like if you go to everest with bonington someone in your party will die. True True Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbconlin Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Dru: still, if you had to choose between simpson and wickwire, choose simpson. cause all the bad shit will happen to simpson whereas it always happens to wickwire's partners. I say we team up wickwire and simpson and SEE WHAT HAPPENS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 20, 2001 Author Share Posted December 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by dbconlin: I say we team up wickwire and simpson and SEE WHAT HAPPENS! Now that would be intense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RStewbone Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 In one book about 50 or 60 of his friens die and when he's a kid his sister kicks his ass! now thats bad luck but good reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 If Simpson and Wickwire teamed up, wouldn't that mean Simpson would be a goner for sure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 unless it one of those things where two negatives make a positive and everyone else in the world but joe and wick died... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backcountry Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 Cosmic balance would be thrown askew...Paradigm of unimaginable proportions!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 the book would be a bestseller though. maybe they could drag krakhaur along too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 How about this? Simp and Wick are down on their luck. Their respective baggage is not helping to enlist partners or sponsorship for their climbing aspirations. Enter shadowy government figures who enlist the unlikely pair to co-lead a crack multinational team into the mountains of Pakistan in search of fugitive number one. The wacky black comedy lurches through malfunctioning attack helicopters, booby trapped cases of beer, and nuclear-weapons-toting camels with bowel disfunction in a non-stop hilarious ride toward total nuclear annihilation! [ 12-20-2001: Message edited by: chucK ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 As long as they both go climbing with Big Lou they'll be okay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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