Expedition update: sitting tight for a potential Monday departure. Some day soon - once I am picked up from ice and am safely on my way to Kathmandu - I will write up in great detail this gripping drama of geopolitics that sums up a battle for the Arctic, Russia's posturing … [Read more...]
Expedition Journal
Svalbard, the last Arctic frontier
Expedition GRIT&ICE is officially underway with my South Pole teammate Julia 'Schulzi', Eric Larsen, an uber experienced polar explorer and myself testing all polar systems. We are camping out this week in Spitzbergen in the Svalbard archipelago, a confusing amalgamation … [Read more...]
(Lack of) Reserve Rope
Homecoming. That’s what coming to climb Elbrus feels to me. I hale from a tiny republic, a 3 hour drive towards a Georgian border. When I come here my body language changes and so does my accent. Innately, I know the customs, admire hospitality, can crack a local joke, but … [Read more...]
What counts as a climb?
In a dining expedition tent in Antarctica amidst general banter about roads less travelled Sam, a 28 year old Google executive, proudly showed me a scar on his neck, a byproduct of a climbing trip to Carstensz Pyramid. 'I was held at a knife point by native tribes on the way … [Read more...]
Carstensz Ascent
A night in Nabire, West Papua. Dinner of sticky rice and deep-fried mystery meat. Beer in a brown bag in a hotel lounge. Pounding tropical rain. Scrawny kittens abandoned by a mother. Hotel room with dark green walls and airport lounge metal seats. In bed by 9pm for a 4am … [Read more...]
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