Category: CRITICAL THINKING
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MAKING IT HAPPEN. EXPEDITIONS 107: STEPPING OFF
MORE THAN ONE CLIMBER HAS CONFIRMED THE TRIP, SORTED THE TEAM, BOUGHT & PACKED THEIR GEAR, TRAINED, BOOKED FLIGHTS AND GOT THE STAMPS ONLY TO IMPLODE AS THE TRIP STARTS. SEVERAL TIMES WE’VE WATCHED AS WE STEP OFF IN A FOREIGN PLACE, LOADED UP AND FOCUSED, THEN PEOPLE WHO UNTIL THEN HAD SEEMED FINE CRUMBLE.…
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MAKING IT HAPPEN. EXPEDITIONS 106: PREPARATION
CONFIRMING THE TRIP IS OUR PART IN THIS. YOURS IS PREPARING YOURSELF. ONCE YOU’VE GOT THE DATES AND OBJECTIVE SQUARED AWAY YOU NEED TO GET YOURSELF READY TO LEAVE. THE KEY HERE IS TIME. 6 MONTHS OR A WEEK, THERE’S SEVERAL FACTORS NEEDED TO AVOID ARRIVING IN A FOREIGN LAND WITH PROBLEMS YOU COULD HAVE…
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MAKING IT HAPPEN. EXPEDITIONS 105: GEAR
AHHH GEAR. IF IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE GEAR K2 WOULD HAVE BEEN CLIMBED IN WINTER NOW AND THERE’D BE NOWHERE LEFT TO EXPLORE. PERHAPS THANKFULLY, THROWING MONEY AT GEAR AFFECTS EXPEDITIONS NOT HOW PEOPLE EXPECT, AS HISTORY SHOWS US WITH HARD STUFF BEING DONE IN THE CANVAS-AND-LEATHER ERA THATS NEVER BEEN REPEATED. THE RIGHT…
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MAKING IT HAPPEN. EXPEDITIONS 104: THE TEAM
IT’S ONE THING TO KNOW YOU WANT TO HEAD OFF ON A TRIP. IT’S ANOTHER TO DO IT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. LARGE TEAMS OR SOLO, ‘THE TEAM’ WORKS AS BOTH A COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUALS AND AS A UNIT ITSELF. WE’VE FOUND OVER THE YEARS IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IF A TEAM IS A BUNCH OF…
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MAKING IT HAPPEN. EXPEDITIONS 103: MONEY
EVERYONE ASSUMES MONEY WILL BE THE #1 ISSUE, BUT PUT IN ORDER IT’S ACTUALLY FAIRLY EASY TO WORK OUT. LIKE TIME, MONEY IS A PRODUCT OF LIFESTYLE CHOICES. THE BASIC PARADIGM HERE IS TO BRING COSTS DOWN AND VALUE UP, TO GET THE MOST FOR WHAT YOU PAY SO YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM YOUR…
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MAKING IT HAPPEN. EXPEDITIONS 102:TIME
PEOPLE OFTEN THINK MONEY COMES NEXT, BUT RICH OR DIRT BAG, PROFESSIONAL CLIMBER OR DILETTANTE, THE THING THAT KILLS MOST TRIPS IS TIME.OR MORE, MAKING IT. THERE’S SEVERAL FACTORS HERE; MAKING THE TIME, THE TIME IT ACTUALLY TAKES AND HOW THE TIME IS USED. OBVIOUSLY THIS RELATES MORE THAN ANYTHING TO THE OBJECTIVE YOU’VE FLOATED,…
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MAKING IT HAPPEN. EXPEDITIONS 101; THE OBJECTIVE
BY FAR, FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS MOST COMMON CONVERSATION IS HOW TO GET A TRIP OFF THE GROUND?. PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE THE IDEA, BUT WE’D SAY ABOUT 1 IN 10 EVER GET THERE. GOING FROM ‘I REALLY WANT TO DO XYZ’ TO ACTUALLY DOING IT IS A PROCESS OF SEVERAL STEPS THAT’S NOT HARD…
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PERMITS IN CHINA
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BUKUDABAN FENG
IN 2020 CENTRAL ASIA meets TIBET We’ve been going to Central Asia and Tibet for nearly 2 decades; the high plateau, Turkistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and the Wakhan. We’ve paddled rivers, climbed serious peaks, crossed deserts, ridden horses and been to lots of places we arent meant to have. the scope for proper, old…
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TSHIBURONGI (LITTLE GONGA) 6000m TIBET
‘Little’ Konka isnt so little. at just on 6000m this is about the coolest 6000m peak around, almost a miniature K2. beautiful and straightforward approach using horses (rare in Tibetan areas), surrounded by big walls and huge glaciers, steep but relatively safe, Tshiburongi is far more interesting than the 6000m safaris of peaks like Island…
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