Kirkpatrick's Climbing Notes
I once shared a stage with Robert Twigger, author of 'Angry White Pyjamas'. His book tells the story of moving to Tokyo in order to master aikido at Japan's most famous and elite academy, a year-long education that was brutal, sadistic and painful, where mastery was pretty much …
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Aged about five, I found a long stick that was about the same height as me. For some unknown reason, I decided to walk down the street pushing the stic…
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I had a friend who once cut his thumb off while clearing a fouled up lawnmower, another who had his arm twisted off by a fouled up yacht propeller, ano…
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