Published inCuriousHow the Mountains Saved My LifeI stroll into my Monday morning lessons, my fingers well and truly shredded from a Sunday climbing sesh. Again. My students, as always…Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
Published inThe StartupWhy I Climb: Subtlety, Meditation and the Regrettable Elusiveness of LevitationMonday. I stroll into my morning lessons with my fingers well and truly shredded from a Sunday climbing sesh. Again. I once told an…Jun 10, 20191Jun 10, 20191
Quantifying Greatness: What Alex Honnold Really Achieved on El CapI left San Fran on the Greyhound bound for Merced. There, I walked to the edge of town, stuck a thumb out and three rides later was stood…Jun 2, 2019Jun 2, 2019
MemoryMany years after myself, I see myself awakening In the eye of a body unknown And knowing then, as now, In silence, in tranquility, in…May 19, 2019May 19, 2019
Isn’t It Time We Stopped Calling Mount Everest, ‘Everest’?One needn’t travel terribly far to seek out critics of the age of political correctness. While to many the request that we not cause…May 6, 2019May 6, 2019
Brooklyn Boulders: Showcasing the Strengths of a CityWhen the fates determined that I’d be spending two months of my winter in the depths of New York City, my initial response was one…May 4, 2019May 4, 2019
The Time I Died in LadakhIn the month I’d been there, India had wiped the floor with me. There had been the obligatory tummy-troubles, of course, but also a…May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
The Assident: A Tale of Folly, Fortune and Silver LiningsThe summit ridge extended below me, a tapered line drawing the eye deep into a background of silhouetted peaks dotting the skyline like…May 1, 2019May 1, 2019
Speaking to Elephants: Three Questions to Help You Identify ‘The One’ From All the Other OnesBen Franklin once said that those who choose security over liberty deserve neither. He was, granted, talking about matters of state, but…Apr 28, 20192Apr 28, 20192
