Электронная презентация на английском языке "Несмотря ни на что"- "Against all odds"

Against all odds

• THE STORY OF SIMON’S CHOICE and the result of his decision

Irresistible challenge

In the summer of 1985, British mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb SIULA GRANDE, a 21,000-foot peak in the Peruvian Andes

• Siula Grande is a mountain in the C in the Peruvian Andes.
• It is 6344 m high and has a subpeak, Siula Chico, 6260 m high.[1] Carnicero, Siula Grande, Yerupaya Grande and Rasac (from right to left) as seen from Paso San Antonio (looking north).
• Elevation 6,344 m (20,814 ft)

Joe and Simon chose the most difficult way-they reached the summit without any problems. For their descent they chose an easier path.

• Joe slipped and broke his leg

in three places. In severe pain,

he was crippled, unable to go on.

Against all odds, Simon decided to get his injured friend down to safety using a rope. He began lowering his friend down the mountain …. one hundred incredibly painful metres at time. .

• After one particular drop, Simon got no sound from Joe. Without knowing it, in the pitch black of the night, Simon had lowered Joe over a deep crevasse, trying to hold Joe’s weight on the other end.

Joe’s finge Joe’s fingers were so frosbitten he could not climb back up the rope.

But Simon’s strenght grew weaker and weaker, and he felt himself being slowly pulled down towards the edge of the crevasse.

rs were so fros bitten he could not climb back up the rope.

He could not hold onto the rope, without being pulled to his death himself.

Shaking with cold, Simon made the painful decision. He took the knife, and cut the rope that tied him to his friend.

But miraculously, Joe was not

Killed by his fall! He was badly

Injured, close to death, he had no

food or water..but he was alive!

It took him four days. Joe’s great

courage and extraordinary determination saved him.

If you want to learn about adventure and survival- read Joe Simpson’s book “Touching the Void”

• A film of the same name has also been made based on Joe’s book

Touching the Void ascent

It was made famous by Joe Simpson's book Touching the Void, about an ascent and subsequent harrowing descent of the mountain by him and Simon Yates in 1985. The book was made into a film of the same title in 2003. Although they ascended the West face, and thereby became the first to reach the summit by that route, they chose the North Ridge (first descended in 1936 by a German team) for their descent, which was made almost impossible by horrible weather. All subsequent climbers have avoided the ridge and rappelled back down the face. As of 2009 the south face has not been climbed.

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TRANSLATE

• Life or death decision
• Faced with an agonising decision
• Send friend to certain death
• Slipped
• Incredible tale of survival
• Against all odds
• Determined not to die
• Mountaineers|Climbers
• Reach the Summit
• Frosbitten fingers
• Hold weight |Cut the rope