Simon Yates - Pleasure & Pain

Touring to Pontardawe Arts Centre, on Thurs 2 Oct, mountaineer, Simon Yates, brings a NEW show!!

A veteran of over eighty expeditions to high/remote mountains around the globe and showing no signs of slowing down, this is his story of the last decade, of new adventures and climbs in the far north and south, along with summits in South America, Central Asia and the Himalaya.

In 2023, Simon travelled with legendary British mountaineer Mick Fowler to attempt the un-climbed north face of Patkhor in Tajikistan, but contracted food poisoning from their freeze-dried food on just the second day. After some debate, they continued, but this was just the beginning of a series of events that would see them run out of food, retreat below the summit in a storm and Simon taking a bone-breaking 100m fall during the descent. After two days of lying on the glacier waiting for a helicopter, rescuers finally arrived but were unable to carry Simon down. Somehow, he would need to summon the energy for the painful three day walk to safety.

A survival classic, with the added twists of a fast-paced thriller.

You may also like the following events from Speakers from the Edge:

• This October, 1st October, 07:30 pm, Simon Yates - Pleasure & Pain in Cheltenham
• This October, 4th October, 07:45 pm, Simon Yates - Pleasure & Pain in Exeter
• This October, 6th October, 07:30 pm, Simon Yates - Pleasure & Pain in Bristol

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