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...and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all. McCarthy. All the Pretty Horses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know this isn’t really part of the genre, but
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Did you hear the one about the lion tamer who followed the directions by the book and in the end, the lion ate him anyway?
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Japanese Enso. Fairly well represents my view from the seat of the car, although the circle became nearly all black by the end. Read on... Hip surgery last Tuesday. Unreliable narrator. My wife and I leave surgery at 4pm. We head to the Bengal Smiths and park in the shade.
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A few thoughts on perception, decision making, and action. Knowledge and Knowing. Knowing and Acting. A few weeks ago, I sat down to chat with Ian McCammon at a coffee shop. Ian has been a driving force in helping us better understand avalanche mechanics and behavioural science as it relates
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Even Georgia O'Keeffe would blush at this American Beauty I suspect Ms O'Keeffe would never consent to paint a rose, preferring instead her Sacred Datura (Jimson Weed). * Her Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 (1932) sold for more than $44M in 2014. Georgia O'Keeffe
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The Covid pandemic was fascinating in so many ways in terms of risk management and risk communication. There were so many parallels with the guiding and forecasting worlds. To keep with the cartoon theme (last week's Safer Than You), I am reprinting a three frame cartoon I had
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It had never been done before and even the Bedouin looked upon Lawrence as if he were mad. It’s July 1919. The northern Arabian desert. Daytime temperatures reach 110°F. The sun is merciless. There is no shade, there is no water. And yet. Midway through his traverse through
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It’s July 1931 on the Grand Teton in northwest Wyoming. A 20 year old Glenn Exum spies an enormous ledge (now known as the Wall Street ledge, photo below) well to the east through a gap in the rocks. He hustles through some easy but consequential terrain to get
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To borrow from Bashō Even at Alta - hearing the cuckoo's cry - I long for Alta.
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Does the Condemned man Floss His teeth The night before the gallows? Who Else but a blind man Wins a staring contest with the sun? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bright Constellations Now you see them, now you don't Alpine headlamps. (Evening views of the Middle Teton) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This world of dew is only
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The young alpinist Michael Gardner died this week in a climbing accident on the north face of Jannu East in Nepal’s Kangchenjunga region. Although I didn't know Michael as well as I knew his father, I do know that his star shined brightly. Searingly bright. He once
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My friend Mark Johnston spends a lot of time in the mountains and a lot of time traversing from Y to Z. Many of these travels are solo. Many are with his sidekick Archie - Man's best friend. Or is he? Mark send this to me a few