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Stories of uncompromising people. Legends of the Cold.
Namur
Joined June 2024
In alpinism terms, unrealistic expectations means being so far out there that one just couldn’t exist in this world. Underneath the oddities, and boldness, there is someone like the rest, with wishes, loves, and gratitude. But great suffering too.
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First edition, just months after the passing of Giusto. Recovered from the library of a school which was to be thrown out. Providence.
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A person may change job, country, partner, friends … but won’t give up a passion (The Secret in Their Eyes, source:%20Wikipedia)
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I guess that the personality trait that best describes an Alpinist is … short term memory
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Hey @kilianj, I can send you the draft if you would like to read it
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<<Muchas veces me he preguntado cómo nació mi pasión por las grandes montañas, pero es un poco como si intentara recordar cuándo aprendí a nadar. Me parece que siempre he sabido hacerlo…>>
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Werner Herzog and Reinhold Messner. Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg (1984).
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This September I ran, climbed and biked from California to Washington, linking 14,000ft peaks across the American West, as part of a project called States of Elevation. I wrote a detailed, day-by-day blog post about it:
mtnath.com
I will try to write a bit about what has been my last month running, climbing and riding a bike in the American West felt like. I say “try,” because time stretched and compressed—at once two years …
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CARLOS, TE RECORDAMOS. Excepcional el trabajo publicado ayer en @marca sobre los riesgos y las pasiones de la escalada en solo y el salto base. Lee 👉 https://t.co/Adkqe1elXV
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This is a great document from Danielle Nardi et al, of course: Nanga Parbat. https://t.co/KGmchbKwsb Feat Ali Sadpara, Tomek, Txikón, Eli, Danielle.
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The permit issued to Jerzy Kukuczka, one of the greatest mountaineers all time, by Government of Nepal before his fatal attempt to Lhotse through notorious South wall, he died in an attempt to climb the unclimbed South Face of Lhotse in Nepal on 24 October 1989. Photo Credit:
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The Mazenos Ridge, Nanga Parbat, Diamir. https://t.co/Iu4ZjJGJy1 Great account from Rick Allen (rest in peace). The ridge is roughly 13km from 6300ish to the top of Nanga. Mariano Galván and Alberto Zerain lost their lives at the ridge because of a fracture of the snow ridge.
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