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I have sacked my Alpinist subscription this year for the same reasons. Less and less about climbing, more and more about soul searching, poetry and redemption. I think AK said once that whilst a more ‘woke’ agenda (sorry, not sure how else to describe it) ticks boxes for some, they are not the ones who will pay for - or subscribe to - a magazine. It’s a real shame but I don’t see much future for the once-great publication.

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Absolutely brill.

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I feel this 100%. Canceled my AMC membership 2 years ago cause of the Bully Pulpit it became. "I just wanna climb bro!"

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Couldn't agree more Andy. I can't even escape pernicious cult of woke outdoors now.

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Brilliant. Never change, Andy.

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FIlm festivals are like bands: they start out unique, exciting, but rough around the edges. As success grows, so does the corporate need to continue success and a more formulaic, boring but consistent approach is followed. We need exciting new bands and exciting new film festivals.

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You know it's coming, it's only a matter of time, the Gore-Tex Burkah. Corporations only care about consumption, to them, developing nations and globalism represent market expansion, culture clashes do not factor in their calculations. I remember feeling nauseous at a Kenton Cool show hearing him gush about the mythical Sherpas. A few years later they tried to kill Ueli Steck.

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Kendal Woke Film Festival . Embarrassingly and tediously right on. Off!

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Spend less time crying into your beer about your lost youth, and more time organising an event you and other beer cryers do enjoy. You could have a male pale and stale punch up, but only for over 50s? I can see it now: Want to get angry drunk and hit someone, but in a safe caring enviroment with a de-fib to hand? Andy's Mountain Film Festival! Tell your daughter she's mostly doing a good job.

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Painfully true Andy

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Excellent!

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Oct 20, 2022·edited Oct 20, 2022

Rubbish.

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deletedMay 25, 2022·edited May 25, 2022
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