Joe's Article Archive
- Back in UK
- Monday, February 23, 2004
- I was absolutely stunned that we won a BAFTA and still cannot quite believe it - a great compliment to everyone who worked so hard to make the film under such difficult conditions. To beat big budget...
- Update from Joe in America
- Tuesday, January 27, 2004
- I am currently in Denver en-route to Chicago and then Boston coming to the end of a manic 2 week publicity tour of the States. In fact I have been promoting the film in the UK, France and the US...
- High Risk or Hot Air?
- Friday, August 09, 2002
- Last year an unfortunate accident in a Swiss canyon claimed 21 lives. Sad but these things happen. It may have been avoidable and doubtless an enquiry will reveal whether this was the case....
- Joe Simpson's Guide To Waterfall Ice
- Friday, August 09, 2002
- Waterfall ice climbing is a strangely addictive pastime. It arouses in me a host of conflicting emotions giving rise to questions to which I have no answer. The most prominent of these questions is...
- Death On The Eiger
- Friday, August 09, 2002
- Chances are you're reading this feature because of the title. Death sells, the Eiger sells - death and the Eiger in one article hits the jackpot. And that, of course, is why the popular press covers...
- Joe Simpson On Surviving Till 40
- Tuesday, August 01, 2000
- 'Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigour of the emotions; it...