Fic: Grounded and Matinee at Biolay (Coldfic RPS)
Fandom: Coldfic, The Joe Stories. The first of these was Sastrugi, Joe Tasker/Pete Boardman.
Title: Grounded
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1000
Pairing: Joe Simpson/Simon Yates
Summary: RPS. It's not true.
In 1985, early on the descent of Siula Grande in the Andes, Joe Simpson fell and seriously injured both legs. Climbing partner Simon Yates heroically managed to lower him almost to the base of the mountain, until an unforseen ice cliff left Joe dangling on the rope and Simon, impossibly, trying to hold his weight on a collapsing belay stance. Simon, as Joe would have done, cut the rope.
Joe survived. Three years later he published his book, Touching the Void, about what happened next: in 2003 the book was filmed under the same title.
Written for isiscolo
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Title: Matinée at Biolay
Rating: R
Wordcount: 1000
Pairing: Joe Brown/Don Whillans
Summary: RPS. This one's not true either.
Joe Brown and Don Whillans were two of Britain's best, and best known, climbers during the 50s and 60s, both responsible for pioneering techniques and routes in Britain, the Alps and the Himalaya.
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