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Inspirations, Part V: The Wisdom of Exploration

Damien Gildea shares his inspirations. “Repeats were given a line or two at most. Details were scarce, photos grainy—but how much help do you want? That approach, including only the essential and knowing what to leave out, reflected one of the basic tenets of alpinism. And all without the narrow-minded, style-as-dogma hectoring we get now from wannabe alpine prophets.”

Best (or Worst?) Climbing.com Captions

Don’t get me wrong… I don’t hate fun, but some of the absurd captions on climbing.com are more ridiculous than Tuesday Night Bouldering. Here’s one I read today in Two Quick Ascents of The Fly: “Video still of Kevin Jorgeson about to soil his trousers while falling from the top of The Fly (V14) at Rumney, New Hampshire.” First of all, did The Fly get downgraded from a route to a boulder problem? Probably. Anyway, here are some other caption and headline abominations from the same site.

Lowe Alpine Summit Attack 30 Hyperlite: A Solid Little Pack

In my decade-long quest to find the perfect little pack, one that has all the right features and none of the bells and whistles, this one comes as close as it gets. The Lowe Alpine Summit Attack 30 Hyperlite is the only pack I’ve owned that’s been spared the knife and trimming that my other packs have been subjected to. It may not be the beefiest, but as long as it lasts, it’ll be comfortably on my back.

Opinion of a Chinese Reader

Some young people, like myself ten years ago, thought the west must be filled with idealism, democracy, prosperity and fairness. Well, if I have to put one adjective on how western media has reported the riot, the only word I can think of is “prejudice.”