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Joe Simpson, with just his partner, Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000-foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June of 1985. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out with torches, where they found Joe, badly injured.

Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed west face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June of 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into base camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead.

With all his family and friends gone except an estranged grandson, retired Major League ballplayer Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a spirited 10-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Murray is determined to help Jason fulfill his dreams. Together, they race against the limited time each has left, ticking off Jason's wishes one by one.

Joe Simpson et Simon Yates, deux jeunes alpinistes britanniques, tentent la première et ambitieuse ascension de la face ouest du Siula Grande dans les Andes du Pérou. Ils atteignent le sommet, mais c'est à la descente que se produit le drame. Dans la tempête, Joe tombe à travers une corniche de neige et se blesse gravement à la jambe. À 6000 mètres, sur cette montagne isolée du monde, il n'a aucune chance de s'en sortir. Il le sent.

The trouble with being the fastest gun alive was having to prove it to all the trigger-happy gunmen who scoured the West itching for a challenge. Some traveled even further — Count Frederick von Hausen sailed across the Atlantic from Germany to hunt the most dangerous game of all — Smoke Jensen. Gathering together a hunting party of the toughest, most ruthless hard cases in the West, von Hausen shadowed Smoke into Wyoming's high Rockies — the odds were worse than 50 to 1.

For Ky, it’s not just about liberating the star systems subjugated by Turek and defending the rest of the galaxy’s freedom. There’s also a score to be settled and payback to be meted out for the obliteration of the Vatta Transport dynasty...and the slaughter of Ky’s family. But the enemy have their own escalation efforts under way - including the placement of covert agents among the allies with whom Ky and the surviving Vattas are collaborating in the war effort.

In the time of the Crusades, the Knights Templars were holy warriors who seemed to be blessed by God himself. But over the years, the order dissolved into mysteries both sacred and profane — creating an object whose power bends to the true nature of its owner.... But until she held it in her hands, archaeologist Annja Creed hadn't heard of the Skull of Sidon nor the twisted tale of its origins. Even now, she's still not convinced. Yet someone wants it badly enough to hire a man who wields power beyond her imagining.

Author Charles Lewis, and climber and author Joe Simpson on this edition of Fresh Air. Charles Lewis and a team of researchers at the Center for Public Integrity have investigated the financing of all of this year's presidential contenders in the new book The Buying of the President 2004: Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers - and What They Expect in Return. Joe Simpson wrote the book Touching the Void about his ill-fated climb of Siula Grande mountain in Peru.

Programa 5x13, amb Juliana Canet. En Joe Simpson i en Simon Yates eren dos bons amics que van anar a escalar el Siula Grande, als Andes peruans. Van pujar-hi per la cara oest, una cara que encara estava per estrenar; ells serien els primers a escalar-la! Tot anava com una seda fins que se'ls hi va girar una tempesta de cal déu a mig fer. La cosa es va complicar encara més quan el bo d'en Joe va relliscar i es va rebentar la cama per tots els costats. En Simon haurà de prendre la decisió més difícil de la seva vida: intentar salvar el seu amic o deixar-lo i salvar-se ell.

Abe Simpson, Joe Biden and Shrinkflation. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

The town called Fury, Arizona was started with a lick and a prayer and has been fighting for its life ever since. But in spite of drought, strife, and an attack by Mexican bandits, Fury has managed to grow and thrive. Jason Fury, the sheriff, is partly responsible for the town's success. He should be; Fury was named after his father. But now, a new relentless threat has appeared on the horizon. Lone Wolf and his Apaches are determined to bring the town to its knees.

Connecting the dots across mobility, design, and culture. The partner show to Looking Out - The Newsletter.

This guide will give you the information you need to take your real estate investing business to the next level. In this audiobook you will learn different strategies from some of the top real estate investors in the business, including marketing, wholesaling, renting, rehabbing, using private money, and more.

Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it's no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can't hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It's adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family's misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable asset. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down.

In this comprehensive anthology, former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has gathered together exceptional poems from the 14th century through to the present day, creating an extraordinary poetic journey for the listener. From the love poems of Shelley and Keats to the grim war elegies of Owen and Sassoon, there is a poem here for every sentiment, each with something different to offer.

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Like a Jay Ward cartoon in audio, The Adventures of Tea Man, Volume Two is a hilarious, wacky collection of radio theater written and performed by Mitchell Pearson and the DQD Theater of Philadelphia and produced by Joe Bevilacqua. Get ready for two hours of comedy entertainment!

Why is it the Party who preaches tolerance is so intolerant to members of the black and gay communities when they don't tow the Party line?So much for the socialist dream... look like Sweden is transitioning to private healthcare.AND...Baltimore's Conservative mad black man, Corey Prez Duncan, says Baltimore is living up to it's name. An elderly couple shot dead. Did you see the Mayor's news conference? Nope.Reviewing Donald Trump's holiness qualifications. The Donald says he reads the Bible more than anyone. Really?!Obama promised change, but he's systematically dismantling the country. ...

Eamonn Lynch stares at the letter announcing the imminent arrival of his father, Dermot. His first thought is: I’ll make an excuse, I’ll put him off. But it is too late. Dermot is already here, in southern Spain, and soon he’ll discover that Eamonn lives in an unfinished building site; that Laura’s left him; and that it’ll be just the pair of them for two long, hot weeks. Eamonn doesn’t seem to know what to make of his father’s arrival.