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Me, Myself & I 2023 part I
The catalyst for my latest book, "On the Line", wasn’t actually to pen a new book but to add a section on top rope soloing (TRS) to the third edition of…
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Reclamation
How outdoor institutions destroy themselves
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Spoiler Alert
A Climbers Guide to the Nose of El Capitan
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On Stoicism and Climbing
Paid subscriptions to my substack automatically restarted this week, so I thought I’d start writing and podcasting again (a podcast is on the way soon).
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The problem with skinny singles
The issues arising from the widespread use of the thinnest single ropes.
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Circular Saw
I was once involved in working on a promo for a film that never came to anything.
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What They Leave
What is it that your heroes leave you?
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Normality of tragedy
I wrote the following short essay in 2016 and it ended up being one of the most read posts on my website.
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Everything
I had a realisation the other day.
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Buyers Remorse
Illusions of grandeur in high tech material solutions.
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Stars in their Eyes
Drink and drugs and climbing.
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By a Thread: Slim Margins
The following was meant to be a short - bang it out - piece on an obscure and "trivial piece of equipment, the Saran footbed.
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