Category: CRITICAL THINKING
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NEVER MIND THE ALPINISM, HERE’S OUR OWN REPLIES
IN FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS PERSPECTIVE, 'PUNK ALPINISM' IS JUST ALPINISM, AND WHAT WE DO IS IN AN UNBROKEN LINE THAT GOES BACK TO CLIMBING'S ORIGINS. LIKE PUNK ROCK, THIS STUFF NEVER WAS MEANT FOR THE MASSES, BEING A SUBCULTURE FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL, THE PRAGMATIC AND THE INDIVIDUAL
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THE NORTH FACE SUMMIT SERIES TORRE EGGER BOOTS REVIEW. 6000m INNOVATION.
THAT MANY BOOTS ARE STILL WED TO THE OLD IDEA OF A RIGID CRAMPON ON A RIGID BOOT WHERE EVERYTHING IS LOCKED INTO IMMOVABLE PLACE, HERE - BY MAKING THE RIGID ELEMENT PRECISE - WE HAVE FREELY ARTICULATING ANKLES ON CRAMPONS THAT HAVE NO RIGID BAR AND THAT CLIMB STEEP STUFF AT EXPEDITION LEVELS. WE…
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NEVER MIND THE ALPINISM, HERE’S TWIGHT & ROLLINS
"The punk ideal is self-knowledge and the alpinist uniquely positioned to test the validity of his or her knowledge and capability. Be honest or get dead." - MARK TWIGHT
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THE NORTH FACE + KAWS MOUNTAIN LIGHT PANTS REVIEW. A RETRODELIC REVIVAL
IF YOU REMEMBER THE 1990s YOU WEREN'T THERE, AND THOUGH MUCH OF THE GEAR OF THE ERA IS BEST LEFT TO THE PAST, THE NORTH FACE WENT AHEAD AND REVAMPED SOME OF THEIR 'CLASSIC ERA' DESIGNS TO APPEAL TO TODAYS HIPSTER MARKET AND ACCIDENTLY NAILED IT FOR EXPEDITION CLIMBERS AS WELL
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FIRST DEGREE FROSTBITE. THE IDIOTS GUIDE TO GETTING IT WRONG
THE MAIN ISSUE WITH FIRST DEGREE FROSTBITE IS LEARNING THE LESSON, BECAUSE ONCE EXPOSED THE RISK OF FUTURE INJURY INCREASES. ANALYSIS OF WHAT LEAD TO IT SHOULD BE THOROUGH AND INCISIVE, AND THE LESSONS HEEDED. THE CLIMBER WHO ALLOWS IT TO HAPPEN TWICE NEEDS TO APPRAISE THEIR MINDSET AND FACE THE GAPS IN THEIR BEHAVIOUR,…
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VISAS FOR EXPEDITIONS IN CHINA. DO YOU NEED ONE?
ONCE ISSUED, IMMIGRATION ENTERING CHINA IS EASY, AND THIS SAME VISA WILL SEE YOU THROUGH ANY CHECKPOINTS, HOTEL BOOKING AND PERMIT CHECKS THAT ARE COMMON IN THE SENSITIVE AND REMOTE AREAS WE USUALLY CLIMB IN. CHINA VISAS COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, WHICH MEANS XINJIANG AND TIBET ARE PART OF THAT, NEEDING NO SPECIAL ADDITIONS TO…
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PARBAT EXPEDITION 140L ULTRA PACK
IN OUR WORLD EVERY GRAM SAVED ON PACK WEIGHT BECOMES FUEL, FOOD AND INSULATION, WHICH WHEN COMPARED TO REGULAR PACKS EQUATES TO AN INCREDIBLE EXTRA WEEK OF SUSTAINMENT. THIS FURTHER EXTRAPOLATES TO ANOTHER 1000m OF CLIMBING OR ANOTHER WEEK INTO WILDERNESS OR TWO WEEKS INTO WINTER, WHICH ARE VERY REAL NUMBERS IN A VERY REAL…
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OIERLIZUOKE 6700m, AKSAI QIN, 2024. WHERE CELCIUS & FARENHEIT MEET.
IN 2024 FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS OBTAINED THE FIRST PERMITS TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE K2 MASSIF SINCE 2011, INCLUDING THE NORTH SIDE OF K2 ITSELF. THE OBJECTIVES WERE A +6500m FIRST ASCENT, OBSERVATIONS OF GLACIAL CHANGES OVER THE PAST DECADE, RECCE OF THE NORTHERN CHINA SIDE OF K2 IN EARLY WINTER CONDITIONS, AND…
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EXPEDITIONS TO PLACES THAT DON’T EXIST*
WE BARTERED OUR SOULS AT THE CROSS ROADS OF TURKESTAN AND TIBET A LONG TIME AGO, IN EXCHANGE FOR GAINING ACCESS TO THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF UNCLIMBED HIGH ALTITUDE PEAKS ON EARTH. WE WILLINGLY HANDED OVER ANY PLACE IN THE COMMERCIAL CLIMBING INDUSTRY, TO HAVE PERMISSION TO PLACES FAMOUS FOR BEING KNOWN AS FORBIDDEN
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