Mountaineering Expert’s Book Tour Launched

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14 June 2012

Mountaineering Expert’s Book Tour Launched

Leading active travel company World Expeditions, announces the New Zealand Book Tour for Simon Yates in Auckland, Nelson and Christchurch in late June.

In 1985, Simon Yates made the life and death decision to cut the rope of his climbing partner Joe Simpson, while climbing the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. This famous expedition was documented in the award winning book and film ‘Touching the Void’.

Going beyond the “void”, Simon has become one of Britain’s most prolific climbers. With a career spanning nearly 30 years, Simon’s climbing and travelling has taken him from Alaska to Australia and from the Canadian Arctic to the tip of South America.

Simon will regale audiences with his tales of adventure, many with life threatening situations, and how they have shaped his life. Simon will be selling signed copies of his third book, ‘The Wild Within’, along with posters at each event.

Tickets are $20 or $15 for students and Macpac members. Book online at www.worldexpeditions.com or purchase tickets at any Macpac Store.

Simon Yates is the author of three autobiographical books about mountaineering. The first, ‘Against The Wall’ is about an expedition to climb a new route on the central Tower of Paine in Chilean Patagonia and was short-listed for the Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature. ‘The Flame of Adventure’ describes a series of climbing adventures around the world. His most recent book, ‘The Wild Within’ describes expeditions to the Cordillera Darwin in Tierra del Fuego, the Wrangell St-Elias ranges on the Alaska-Yukon border and Eastern Greenland.

Book Tour Dates and Venues

AUCKLAND: Wednesday 27 June – Auckland Girls Grammar, Dorothy Winstone Centre, 16 Howe St, Newtown
NELSON: Thursday 28 June – Nelson Collage, Assembly Hall, 67 Waimea Road
CHRISTCHURCH: Friday 29 June – Cashmere Club, 50 Colombo St

Doors open at 6.00pm with Simon’s talk starting at 6.30pm

Notes for editors: Since its inception in 1975, World Expeditions has earned an outstanding reputation as a world leader in small group trekking and adventure holidays. World Expeditions is independently owned and a truly global company, with offices in London, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Ottawa and Montreal.
World Expeditions acknowledges the support of Macpac Ltd during the Simon Yates Book Tour.

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