11 Mountaineering Preparations

Introduction

Mountaineering is a dangerous pastime, make no mistake about it.

Last weekend I suffered a fall in the Dolomites in South Tyrol and badly injured my left arm, yet training and a fair share of luck saved me from far worse injuries.

So now is as good a time as any to give some information and guidance as to hazard prevention and preparations when making a mountain tour what … read more

Do we want to see the world burn?

Introduction

What an attentive reader of contemporary books, printed periodicals and online media is bound to notice in the course of the years is an as it were familiar set of recurring themes, accompanying an (usually, but not necessarily) unprecedented and dreadful kind of event or a political circumstance.

One of those recurring themes is the outlook on a soon to come collapse of the economic system, financial markets, or … read more

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