ONE of the most accomplished exploratory mountaineers of all time is coming to Salisbury next month.

Simon Yates, best known for his role in the harrowing expedition to the Andes documented in Joe Simpson’s bestseller Touching the Void, is coming to Salisbury Guildhall on November 20, with doors open at 6.45pm.

Following that experience in Peru, he has been increasingly drawn to places where few others have trod.

This talk features spectacular images and film from some of the most remote and rarely visited mountain ranges of the world.

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From the Arctic to the Antarctic and Alaska to Central Asia, there is hardly a significant range that Yates has not visited.

People are asked to arrive early and enjoy a drink from the bar before the talk begins at 7.30pm. The evening will run for approximately two hours, including a short interval.

Tickets on sale now at https://bit.ly/simon-yates.