![]() Partner Simon attempts the impossible and begins an inventive, courageous one-man rescue operation, but half way down the mountain he is forced to make a ghastly choice: stay roped to Joe and both will perish, or cut the rope and make a desperate bid to reach the bottom. But here they draw a spectacularly bad hand - first with Joe having a terrible bone crunching accident that leaves him scarcely able to move, and then with rapidly deteriorating weather. This is a true story of a mountain expedition in the Andes where two British partners take risks acceptable to experienced and fit climbers. This is an absorbing read and one of the great stories in mountaineering literature. What happens next is sure to make one believe in miracles. ![]() ![]() He cut the rope, believing that he was consigning his friend to certain death. So, Simon was finally forced to do the only thing he could do under the circumstances. In fact, Joe's weight began to pull Simon off the mountain. Joe could not get up, and Simon could not get down. The dark outline of a crevasse lay about a hundred feet directly below him. The edge was over hung about fifteen feet above him. About three thousand feet down, Joe, who was still roped to Simon, dropped off an edge and found himself now free hanging in space six feet away from an ice wall, unable to reach it with his axe. For the next few hours, they worked in tandem through a snowstorm, and managed a risky, yet effective way of trying to lower Joe down the mountain. Yet, they fashioned a daring plan to do just that. When Simon reached him, they both knew that the chances for getting Joe off the mountain were virtually non-existent. Beneath him was a seemingly endless fall to the bottom. Near the summit, tragedy struck when Joe, up over 19,000 feet, fell and hit a slope at the base of a cliff, breaking his right leg, rupturing his right knee, and shattering his right heel. The author, Joe Simpson, and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, attempted to ascend a perilous section of the Peruvian Andes. TUNE INTO METALEXPRESSRADIO.This book recounts an amazing tale of courage, fortitude, and the will to live, despite dire circumstances. Iron Fire is band that is capable of great things, and this fact makes the album’s lack of noteworthiness even more painful. As it is, Beyond The Void is not bad by any means, but simply has no real impact or sense of importance. Perhaps either a return to a more traditional Power Metal sound, or a move in a more Progressive Metal direction would re-light the iron forges for this band. Without another revolution in sound, that style may drag them down like a merciless iron anchor.Īlthough you can hear that the band is really trying on Beyond The Void, the overall album sounds stale, both in technical execution and artistic inspiration. ![]() Now though, it seems that the band may have clung to tightly to the style that brought them success in the middle of their career. Iron Fire is in a unique position of having tried to blend their classic Power Metal influences with mid-late 2000s era bands, creating a down-tuned meets Speed Metal sound that, at the time, was welcome. While their skill is undeniable, the current sound of the band is starting to become a bit dated. Some will argue that their earlier material was stronger and more true to their roots, while others will say that their later albums (this one included) offers a more modern, relevant sound. As one of the earlier, new generation Power Metal bands, getting their start at the beginning of the 2000s, Iron Fire has evolved and changed over the years. With a career spanning nearly twenty years, Iron Fire comes out swinging but missing with their ninth studio album Beyond The Void.
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