# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-yates
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:25:16.463Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-yates"
name: "Simon Yates"
slug: "simon-yates"
description: "Simon Yates is an English mountaineer. In 1985, he and Joe Simpson made the first ascent of the west face of Siula Grande in the Huayhuash mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. After Simpson fell and badly broke his leg on the descent, Yates lowered him gradually down the mountain with ropes, but in extreme weather conditions, Simpson fell over a cliff edge. Yates was forced to cut the rope attaching him to Simpson to avoid being pulled over as well. Simpson survived, and recounted the story in the book Touching the Void, which was later adapted into a film."
tagline: "British mountaineer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.359233333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%84%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Саймон Єйтс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "سيمون ييتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Yates_(Bergsteiger)"
    title: "Simon Yates (Bergsteiger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Yates_(mountaineer)"
    title: "Simon Yates (mountaineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Yates_(alpinista)"
    title: "Simon Yates (alpinista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Yates_(alpiniste)"
    title: "Simon Yates (alpiniste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Yates_(alpinista)"
    title: "Simon Yates (alpinista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Yates_(bergbeklimmer)"
    title: "Simon Yates (bergbeklimmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Yates_(alpinista)"
    title: "Simon Yates (alpinista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Йейтс, Саймон (альпинист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923301"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump