Mountain man Simon Yates remembers over three decades on mountains and ice caps

Legendary explorer and climber Simon Yates will be talking about his experiences during his Cork tour, writes Conor Kane

AFTER the 1985 near-tragedy in the Andes which necessitated him cutting a rope and sending his climbing partner plummeting over the edge of a cliff, just to give the two of them a chance of surviving, mountaineer Simon Yates gave up the outdoor life, retired to rural England and has spent the intervening years working in an office and gardening.

Like hell.