Touching The Void Analysis

The documentary Touching the Void is about two skilled climbers Simon Yates and Joe Simpson, the two friends had reached the top of the Siula Grande Mountain which had never been done before. Everything was going fairly smoothly until Joe shatters his leg from falling down an ice cliff. Simon did not know that Joe had fractured his leg and but he did however attempt to lower him down. These efforts were unsuccessful and both Joe and Simon were sliding down the cliff, it was clear that if things continued like these neither SImon nor Joe would survive. Simon made the hard choice to cut the rope that Joe was supposed from in order to save himself this caused Joe to fall into oblivion and remarkably from the fall he made his way back to the campsite around four days late. As illustrated in the documentary the climb down was not easy for Joe and the chances of him living where almost impossible. However in the end he beat the odds
I believe that it was the best option for Simon to cut the rope in order to make sure that at least one of them would survive to complete the task they desperately wanted to.
When Joe had made it back to the camp Joe had told Simon that what he did was the right thing to do and that he would’ve done the same thing if he were in his shoes. Joe still fiercely protects Simon's decision to cut the rope.
Lastly I think the Simon made the right choice because he needed to do what he needed to do. As horrible as that sound realistically there was pretty much no chance that Joe was going to survive. I also don't’ think that I can understand the rationale that one would have when they are in that situation because I have never had to make a choice like that ever in my