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Morromico Bay, Chocó, Colombia | July, 2018

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The Passing of a Hero and Mentor: Lou Whittaker

Lou Whittaker (February 10, 1929 – March 24, 2024) was a hero, boss, friend, and legend. It's hard to believe he's passed, a man larger than life who had an outsized impact on American mountaineering.

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100 Years of Everest, 25 for Me

100 Years of Everest, 25 Years of Everest, a slideshow for dZi in Chamonix, and another Mallory hopes to get to Everest!

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Fingers, Infections, and Why we Climb

Years ago, climber and author Greg Child wrote: Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb. Greg - a prolific climber with an uber-impressive resume - is no stranger to standing on summits, and some of the hardest ones. But, like any true climber, […]

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Thankful Thoughts

It's a challenge to be thankful these days. The world seems awash with horror and tragedy, wars and famines and vitriol sucking marrow from the bone of humanity. And the relentless algorithms that control so much of our lives feast on calamity, serving it up in heaping spoonfuls again and again. If we look, though, […]

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Rights and Wrongs and Meaning and Dreams

Note: The below is more of a thought dump than a true article or essay. My mind, as I wrote yesterday, has been - and remains - a clot of ideas and opinions and deep, sickening sadness, rendering clarity and coherence illusory. As we we stand witness to immense horror and tragedy unfolding daily, my […]

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A Cloud of Evil, an Eye for an Eye

All week I've been thinking, trying to parse recent events, horrors, tragedies, inexplicable darkness casting a pall upon the global landscape. I've not been successful. I've not come to conclusions. I've found myself able to do little more than vacillate, an eternal back and forth, a putrid smoothie of emotion: rage, horror, crippling morosity, deep […]

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Gurla Mandhata Memories

A look back after 17 years to a wonderful expedition exploring western Tibet and climbing Gurla Mandhata in this "Real - Not AI" entry.

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