Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Catching lightning in a bottle

Different than any climber. Doing things that people thought could never be done. Pushing the limits. Comfortable on mountainous terrain. On hindsight, too comfortable. Marc-André Leclerc 1992-2018. He died doing what he loved so much. Frightening experience to watch his solo climbing tasks. Everything in Peter Mortimer's and Nick Rosen's The Alpinist predicts his death.

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In the harsh face of stardom

This was tamer and kinder than I remembered. The rock escapism of this fictional band called Stillwater is delightfully smoothed over what ...