Category: CRITICAL THINKING
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FIELD RECORD AG3 MAT REVIEW. FINALLY AN AEROGEL SOLUTION
WHAT THE AG3 GETS SO VERY, VERY RIGHT RIGHT REGARDLESS OF THE UNHOLY THERMAL PROPERTIES, IS IT IS PUNCTURE-PROOF, COMPACT AND IT IS VERY, VERY LIGHT. AT
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FUCK THE DATA. FEEDING THE RAT, NOT FEEDING ALGORITHMS
DATA IS THE PRODUCT OF DEVICES NOT EFFORT. ONLY ROBOTS ARE PROGRAMMED WITH NUMBERS, TO MINIMIZE DEVIATION, TO FOLLOW CODING, TO DO WHAT THEY ARE INPUTTED TO, AND TO KEEP THEM AS UNTHINKING TOOLS IN A LARGER SYSTEM OF REPEATABILITY WITH A TINY MARGIN FOR CHANGE. THIS SOUNDS PARANOID AND THOUGH IT MAY NOT SEEM…
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X-RATED EXPEDITIONS.
ALL THE EXPERIMENTATION, EXPLORATION, AND EXTREMISM OF EXPEDITION CLIMBINGS EXTENSIVE PAST BRINGS US TO THIS WINDOW IN TIME, TO EXTRAPOLATE THE EXAMPLE OF EXEMPLARY EFFORT, AND PULL OFF THE MOST EXCELLENT ASCENTS THAT CAN POSSIBLY EXIST
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TIME ON YOUR FEET, TIME ON YOUR ARMS. EXPEDITION ENDURANCE
"YOU DO NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR GOALS, YOU FALL TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR SYSTEMS". IT IS EXACTLY 6 MONTHS TILL OUR NEXT HIGH ALTITUDE EXPEDITIONS STEP OFF, AND EVERY DAY DIVERTED FROM PREPARATION WILL BE FELT INTENSLEY WHEN OUT THERE. DAYS NOW DETERMINE ENTIRE WEEKS AND MONTHS LATER IN THE PROCESS,…
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NEW – SUMMER EXPEDITIONS TO XINJIANG. KARAKORAM, SHAKSGAM & THE KUNLUN
YEARS IN THE MAKING, WE HAVE BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION TO CLIMB IN THE RANGES OF SOUTHERN XINJIANG OVER SUMMER. LONG ONLY OPEN TO ELITE TEAMS, WE HAVE THE GO AHEAD FROM THE XINJIANG MOUNTAINEERING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BIG NAMES LIKE K2 AND THE GASHRBRUM GROUP, AS WELL AS VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED 6000m TO 7000m FIRST ASCENTS.…
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SAMAYA ALPINIST2 ULTRA TENT REVIEW. THE NEW STANDARD
IN 2024 WE WERE SENT A PROTOTYPE ALPINIST2 ULTRA BY SAMAYA, ALONG WITH OUR OTHER EXPEDITION TENTS FOR A WINTER IN TIBET AND XINJIANG. AS ALWAYS, PROTOS FROM SAMAYA ARE MET WITH HEIGHTENED EXCITEMENT, BEING DRIVERS OF SERIOUS INNOVATION, AND THEIR TAKE ON THE ALPINISTS ARCHETYPAL TENT WE KNEW WOULD BE A BIG EVENT IN…
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WHERE NEXT? 6000m FIRST ASCENT EXPEDITIONS
THE LAST TWO SEASONS HAS SEEN A PSEUDO-REVOLUTION IN HIMALAYAN CLIMBING, WITH A MODEST SURGE OF ATTEMPTS OF NON-MAINSTREAM 6000m PEAKS BY MODESTLY SUPPORTED COMMERCIAL TEAMS. SUMMIT SUCCESS IS MIDDLING - WHICH WE THINK IS FINE - AND THE HIGH ALTITUDE TABLOIDS ARE FINDING A RARE DISTRACTION FROM THE REALITY SHOWS THAT 8000m HAVE BECOME.…
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EXPEDITION COFFEE ROASTS. THE RIGHT BUZZ IN THE RIGHT PLACES
FROM 2025 ALL OUR EXPEDITIONS WILL HAVE UNIQUE BEAN ROASTS, EITHER FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS OWN WICKEDEST ESPRESSO IN THE WORLD! BEANS, OR SOMETHING DONE TO THE TEAMS OWN REQUEST. IS THIS THE FINAL DESCENT INTO THE ABYSS OF HIPSTERISM, FIRST-WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE INANE? WE DON'T THINK SO. IT COULD BE IF WE WERE…
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THERM-IC 8K ULTRA WARM MITTS REVIEW.
YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY GOOD GLOVES AND THE EXPENSE IS ALWAYS JUSTIFIED, AND ANYTHING THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF ENDING UP WITH FROSTBITE IS MONEY WELL SPENT. SAVE YOUR DOLLARS ELSEWHERE (TITANIUM SPOONS ARE FOR SUCKERS), BECAUSE FAILING ON A $15K TRIP BECAUSE YOU SCROOGED ON GLOVES IS JUST DUMB. IF YOU MUST…
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TOM ROSPABE. IMAGES OF AKSAI QIN.
AKSAI QIN IS A REMOTE AND ALIEN FRONTIER ON THE EDGE OF HABITABILITY, WHERE PEOPLE ARE BARELY RELEVANT, ESPECIALLY IN WINTER WHEN THESE IMAGES WERE TAKEN
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