Category: CRITICAL THINKING
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BECOMING A HIGH ALTITUDE ANIMAL. FULL SEASONS IN TIBET
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO SPEND ENTIRE SEASONS AT ALTITUDE, DOING AS MANY HIGH ALTITUDE ASCENTS AS YOU WANT, RACKING UP HUGE AMOUNTS OF EXPEDITION ALPINE TIME. WHERE PREVIOUSLY THIS SORT OF THING WAS LIMITED TO THE RELATIVELY LOWER RANGES OF ALASKA, THE ALPS AND TATRAS etc, NOW PARTS…
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MT FUJI WINTER ALPINE ASCENTS
OUR STYLE ON FUJI DOES IN AS LITTLE AS A SINGLE DAY - OR NIGHT - WHAT OTHERS USUALLY DO IN THREE DAYS, CLIMBING STEEP AND UNTRACKED TERRAIN THAT REQUIRES PROPER ALPINE TECHNIQUE. ROUTES CAN GET AS TECHNICAL AS YOU WANT THEM, RIGHT UP TO MULTI-DAY ASCENTS OF OVERHANGING MIXED WITH AIDED SECTIONS, NEEDING THE…
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ANARCHY BARS. ENERGY FOR ADULTS
LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO, WHEN THE COMMERCIAL VERSION WON'T DO WHAT WE WANT WE INVENT OUR OWN, AND IF WE CAN CO-DEVELOP TENTS, PACKS, BOATS, NORMABARIC CHAMBERS, CLIMBING HARDWARE, STOVES AND DOWN SUITS WE CAN DEVELOP AN ENERGY BAR. LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THESE ARE NOT FOR COMMERCIAL RELEASE, BUT WE DO MAKE STICKERS SO…
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WHERE ARE ALL THE COOL PICTURES?
SCANNING THE ENDLESS ROLE OF STUFF FROM THE HIGH ALTITUDE INDUSTRY THAT WE SEE, IT IS TRUE - FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS IS OUT OF PLACE AMONGST ALL THE DISPLAYS OF BRIGHT DOWN SUITS, BIG BOOTS, EXCITED LOOKING PUNTERS HANGING OFF ICE TOOLS, POSTURING IN FRONT OF GLACIERS AND HOLDING BANNERS ON SUMMITS. WHERE CELEBRITY…
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SNOWLINE PRESSURE COOKER REVIEW
THIS REVIEW IS ABOUT THE SNOWLINE OUTDOOR PRESSURE COOKER, AND THE WAY IT SHIFTS WHAT A SMALL TEAM CAN EAT AND HOW THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. YES, IT SOUNDS MUNDANE AND NOT THE EXCITING STUFF LIKE NEW CARBON TOOLS, DYNEEMA TENTS, ALUULA PACKS OR 1100FP SUITS, BUT WE CONSIDER THIS THE BIGGEST LEAP IN ALL THE…
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SO YOU WANT TO WORK WITH FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS? PART 3 – THE INTERVIEW
… WHAT WE DO IS WORKING CLIMBING, AND THIS MEANS A WORKING RECRUITMENT PROCESS, AND IN THIS CASE THE ‘INTERVIEW’ IS AN EXPEDITION. WORKING CLIMBING INVOLVES A LOT OF OTHER STUFF THAT IS NOT JUST ACTUAL CLIMBING, AND WE NEED TO SEE AN APTITUDE FOR ALL THIS BEFORE GIVING SOMEONE RESPONSIBILITY. IN OUR CASE, BEING
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WARNING. CANISTER ADAPTERS AT ALTITUDE
WE KNOW WE MESS AROUND WITH SATIRIZING SAFETY ALERTS FOR SOME THINGS, ALWAYS ADVOCATING SELF-RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE HYSTERIA OF AN INDUSTRY THAT BECOMES EVER MORE COTTON WOOL, BUT THIS ONE IS A REAL CONCERN AND IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN MENTIONED
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10 THINGS NOT TO BRING ON AN EXPEDITION
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF AND MARKETING MEDIA, EXPEDITIONS DO NOT NEED A MILLION BITS AND PIECES - THEY NEED A RELATIVELY SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS DONE RIGHT AND REFINED BY EXPERIENCE. EXPEDITIONS ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT WITHOUT ADDING EXTRANEOUS OR SUB-STANDARD GEAR, THAT GETS IN THE WAY AND LEAKS EFFICIENCY THAT COMPOUNDS OVER…
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TIBET. EXPEDITION ICE CLIMBING 2026
THIS IS FRONTIER ICE CLIMBING IN A PLACE YOU WON'T HAVE HEARD OF AND SOMEWHERE WE WON'T BE DISCLOSING, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE WISHES OF THE LOCAL NOMADS WHO VISIT THE HOT SPRINGS THERE. YES, WE SAID HOT SPRINGS, SOMETHING THAT ALONE MAKES THIS TRIP UNIQUE, HAVING A SIDE OF EAST TIBETAN LIVING THAT…
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MUZTAGH ATA CLIMBING. NOTHING TO DO WITH US
… RECENTLY WE’VE HAD A SPATE OF ENQUIRIES ABOUT MUZTAGH ATA, JOINING TEAMS, GETTING PERMITS AND ARRANGING TRIPS. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD, AS PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD SEE ABOUT ONE ENQUIRY A YEAR, SO WE LOOKED INTO WHAT’S GOING ON. TO BE CLEAR – WE DO NOT RUN TRIPS TO MUZTAGH ATA, NOT BECAUSE WE
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