Field notes
The Journal.
I write when I have something worth saying: field notes from expeditions, gear decisions, things I'm seeing out there. No schedule, just when something's worth putting down.
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Worth reading
Books I recommend.
Into the Ice
Mark Synnott
Synnott writes about extreme environments the way they deserve to be written about. This one covers the kind of icy frontier I've been thinking about for years.
The White Spider
Heinrich Harrer
The definitive account of the Eiger North Face. Harrer was on the first ascent and writes about it with the kind of authority you can't fake. Essential reading.
Touching the Void
Joe Simpson
If you haven't read this, stop what you're doing. The most harrowing survival story in mountaineering. Changed how I think about decision-making in the mountains.
Starlight and Storm
Gaston Rébuffat
Six great north faces of the Alps. Rébuffat writes about the mountains the way they deserve to be written about: with reverence, precision, and joy.
Conquistadors of the Useless
Lionel Terray
Terray climbed with the best of his era and never lost his sense of wonder. One of the great adventure memoirs ever written.
Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8,000m Peak
Maurice Herzog
The first 8,000m summit ever reached, and the story of what it cost. Herzog's account is raw, honest, and impossible to put down.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
The definitive account of Shackleton's 1914–17 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Required reading before any Antarctic adventure.
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