Nov 4, 2025 I'd say I was 15kg lighter, or 2.3 stone, but I seem to put on weight fast, and lose it equally quickly. Twice I've been on major expeditions where I got as fat as I could befo… View Message

Nov 4, 2025 This sort of stuff is a bookmark to that life. View Message

Nov 4, 2025 I wanted to paste this TR in here, but it's too long. So read if hear: https://andykirkpatrick.substack.com/p/down-punching-a-trip-report-for-the View Message

Oct 30, 2025 When I lived in the Middle East for a year (Kuwait) and visited places like Saudi Arabia and Oman, I found it fascinating how obsessed people seemed to be with going to the toi… View Message

Oct 3, 2025 It's interesting how long it takes for good ideas to catch fire, or just smolder, or die, like the original New Alp Magic Plate, that seemed to be knocking around for years unt… View Message

Oct 1, 2025 I'm talking about how when cordelettes first began to appear, they were only used by guides, so very specialized, but are mainstream now, the same as how mono points and curved… View Message