A few hundred men on Omaha Beach have found the courage to run into bullets that “fell like rain.” There is no equality in war. The few rise far beyond what most can stomach and endure. They win battles. They save the day. They have saved the Allied invasion.
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Actor Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”
Witold Gilarski: The search continues Despite daily searches involving local police, fire and military, no sign of missing pilot Wiltold Gilarski has been found. – https://t.co/y02JGyketv
Healthy habits. Here is my first ditch effort to provide something of actual value to social media.
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Spending my life in the mountains (and traveling between them) I always ask myself at the end of each day where I felt unsafe and also what I could have done better during the day. I also ask whomever I’m in the mountains with any given day the same questions.
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This gives not only myself but also others around me the chance to talk about the day, and occasionally what I felt safe on others may not have. It also helps us to improve all the little things. If we take care of the little things the big things take care of themselves. Layering was good? Fueling was good? Style was good? Safety on point? Gear changes?
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Little things to you may be big things to others. Big things to you may be little things to others. Learning ourselves and our chosen companions is a wise move to creating and nurturing maximum enjoyment (without compromising safety). A small traverse over a convexity on icy snow could have felt fine to one person and maybe not another.
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This isn’t always about level of proficiency. I know 8c+ (5.14) rock climbers that move very poorly on unprotected and exposed steep snow. We all know what we know. We all are most proficient at what we do the most often. And so on and so forth. We all have room for improvement (yes, you too).
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Today’s take home point is checking in with yourself and with the people you go into the mountains with at the end of each day. This doesn’t need to be formal and can be done over a beverage with the purpose being to hunt and seek positive experiences in the mountains and a long life of skiing, climbing and adventuring.
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During this period at the end of the day I also review the plan we made at the start of the day of skiing or climbing and how we stuck to that plan and why and how we made changes to it.
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It all seems a bit stiff at first but the “you just go skiing bro” mentality will eventually catch up to us. Planning and communicating well amongst your crew of friends is the way. Happy sending. Choose wisely. painting: Hokusai, 1831, woodblock on canvas
@montedamastiff@Super70sSports He was awesome. I remember a Buddy of mine recognized him in a diner one time. went up to his table and started doing whole Grand Wizard bit to him. The Wizard was not amused…
Indoor climbing has gotten so expensive that the American Alpine Club officially considers it an "access issue." Is there anything we can do to stop climbing from becoming an elites-only pursuit like skiing or golf? https://t.co/n8ybIPNPmU
“For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the whole basis of my concept of alpinism.”
/Walter Bonatti/
In memoriam Walter Bonatti who would have turned 94 today.