Mar 28, 2023
The Frailty Myth | Note 15
In 2001, Adam Małysz of Poland won gold in the Nordic World Championships in ski jumping. Soaring in great style over a mind-boggling...
Mar 21, 2023
The Alpine Club and a Bitch | Note 14
Located in the Swiss Alps, the proud peak of Zinalrothorn rises 4,221 metres above sea level and, to this day, it is usually climbed with...
Mar 11, 2023
Reisefieber | Note 13
I’m stuck. Instead of flowing in lively meandering streams, exploring and experimenting before joining up in orderly rivers, my thoughts...
Mar 6, 2023
Polar Opposites | Note 12
Call me old-fashioned, but I think that there are better ways to support trans rights than getting upset about people reading Harry...
Feb 27, 2023
The Universe Doesn’t Care | Note 11
We all want to be productive. To get shit done. As though ticking things off an endless list was the one antidote against existential...
Feb 20, 2023
Self-improvement | Note 10
I really hate self-help books. Or, at least, I can’t read them and definitely would hate it if I were forced to. Most of them are...
Feb 13, 2023
Motivation | Note 9
It seems that we got motivation all wrong. Or, at least, I certainly got it wrong in climbing. It only occurred to me when I ended up not...
Feb 6, 2023
Thinking Mythically | Note 8
A few years ago, not long after my thirtieth birthday, I was sitting with a good friend in the corner of a huge barn adapted for a common...
Jan 30, 2023
Books | Note 7
One of the best things about getting your own place is that your books finally have somewhere to settle. Between moving out of my mum’s...
Jan 23, 2023
Chamonix | Note 6
Sitting in my friends’ flat in Geneva, with a panoramic view of the city’s lights and the dark expanse of the lake, it feels surreal that...
Jan 16, 2023
The Night School | Note 5
I’m standing next to the teacher’s desk, looking over her shoulder at the class register. She also stares at it, shaking her head in a...
Jan 9, 2023
Deep Play | Note 4
In 1958, Clifford and Hildred Geertz arrived in a small Indonesian village of about five hundred. Decolonisation had not yet raised...
Jan 2, 2023
On the Dole | Note 3
Monday, January 2nd. The first week of the new year. Barely awake after staying up until five am last night. Caught up with my bestie...
Dec 26, 2022
Social Media Addiction | Note 2
“Compulsion had always plagued computer-facilitated social networking—it was the original sin.” Ian Bogost Flames were dancing in our...
Dec 19, 2022
A New Beginning | Note 1
This is a beginning. Beginnings are hard. Since 2020, I have an organiser which, for the first time ever, is actually helping me get...
