Category: CRITICAL THINKING
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ONE DAY AS A TIGER. REVIEW
*THIS REVIEW FOLLOWS OUR NEW REVIEW FORMAT FOR BOOKS. PART OF OUR GENERAL STREAMLINING ACROSS THE TRIPS & WEBSITE NOW WE ACTUALLY GET ENOUGH ATTENTION TO WARRANT IT. THIS BOOK IS GOOD BUT NOT BRILLIANT, A COOL READ BUT NOT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE OUR PRESCRIBED READING LIST. AS A DABBLE INTO MANY THINGS, NOT…
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EXPEDITION SOFT BARRELS
ROLL A FEW OF THESE BABIES THROUGH AN AIRPORT AND NO ONE MISTAKES YOU FOR JUST ANOTHER TOURIST, OUR CUSTOM TEAMSTER SOFT BARRELS CHANGE THE EXPEDITION CONTINUUM ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
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TEAMS, AND BEING ON ONE
OUR OPERATION MEANS IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE TAKING THE EMAILS AS CLIMBING ON THE MOUNTAIN, AND BY THE TIME YOU ROLL THROUGH ARRIVALS THERE WILL ALREADY BE A RELATIONSHIP. AS A TEAM - A REAL TEAM - YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PLANNING, WITH NO NAMELESS MINIONS IN THE SHADOWS OR HIDDEN SURPRISES. THIS…
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HIGH ALTITUDE SUPPLEMENTS
OUR TRIPS ALREADY HAVE THE BEST FOOD OF ANY EXPEDITIONS GOING, THE CUISINE OF CHINA, TIBET AND XINJIANG GUARANTEE IT, AS DOES THE AVAILABILITY OF RESTAURANT-GRADE SOURCES THAT MEANS WE EASILY COVER THE NEEDS OF HUNGRY CLIMBERS. BUT, ONCE ON THE MOUNTAIN EVERYONES NUTRITION AND CONDITION IS THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY. THE SUPPLEMENTS LISTED HERE ARE…
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WILD THINGS; LIGHTER IS RIGHTER 40 YEARS ON
THE POINT OF ALL THIS IS NOT TO MASTURBATE OVER NUMBERS, CREATING DREAM GEAR LISTS, OR USING THEM TO REWRITE THE PAST. THE POINT IS TO USE THEM TO PROJECT FORWARD, TO SEE WHERE CLIMBING CAN GO, BY MATCHING THEM WITH OTHER FACTORS LIKE TRAINING, CLIMATE AND ACCESS TO PICK WHAT THE NEXT GENERATION CAN…
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MAMMUT TAISS LIGHT GTX REVIEW
ONCE MODIFIED, THESE ARE THE BEST APPROACH FOOTWEAR FOR OUR TRIPS WE'VE KNOWN IN YEARS. WE NOW WEAR THEM IN ON THE FLIGHT AS OUR ONLY BOOTS OTHER THAN DOUBLES, FINDING THEM LIGHT ENOUGH AROUND TOWN AND EASILY RUGGED ENOUGH RIGHT UP TO WHERE IT'S TOO COLD. A CASE COULD BE MADE FOR PAIRING THESE…
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FIXING: SHORT vs ROUTE
SHORT FIXING IS WELL WITHIN THE PARADIGM OF ALPINISM, AND DOES NOT REDUCE ACTUAL CLIMBING TO ASSISTED VIA FERRATA. YOU STILL NEED TWO TOOLS, YOU STILL ACTUALLY CLIMB, BUT IT SPEEDS THINGS UP BY REDUCING THE TIME SPENT ON PITCHING. IT TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT OF THE SECONDING CLIMBERS EFFORT WHICH HELPS KEEP FRIED MINDS…
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CHENGDU FOR CLIMBERS
WE HAVE RUN TRIPS THROUGH CHENGDU FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, AND GOING BACK TO THE 1980s EVERY MAIN EXPEDITION TO TIBET HAS STAGED FROM HERE. THE HISTORY OF CLIMBING NORTH OF THE HIMALAYA ADORNS THE HOTELS AND GEAR SHOPS OF CHENGDU, HAVING HOSTED MANY OF THE GREAT ALPINISTS HEADING WESTWARD TO TIBET.
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EXPEDITION SANITY
SANITY IS OVERRATED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. NOT ALL ASPECTS OF A PSYCHE RETOOLED BY EXPEDITION CLIMBING ARE HEALTHY, AND MENTAL STATE NEEDS TO BE OBSERVED TO REMAIN PROPORTIONATE AND SYMMETRICAL WITH OFTEN DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS. THE OLD POP PSYCHOLOGISTS AFFIRMATION THAT YOU ARE NOT CRAZY IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT…
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FTRE CUSTOM SUMMIT PACKS
OUR GEAR COMES FROM THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY, COMPANIES THAT PUSH WHAT MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS CAN DO. WE PRESENT THEM WITH ENDLESS BIZARRE AND RADICAL IDEAS TO SOLVE PARTS OF OUR TRIPS, BUT SOMETIMES WE FIND THE LIMITS OF WHAT THEY WILL DO, THEY FIND THE LIMITS OF THEIR PATIENCE WITH US, AND…
