Last night I watched 28 Days Later, an uber-creepy zombie flick. (Warning: spoilers ahead.) Some of the most striking images in the movie are in the opening minutes, when Jim, the protagonist, wakes from a...
My best climbing buddy and I were once eating at Erbert & Gerbert's at midnight when we got to talking about dying. Specifically, dying outdoors. More specifically, dying while climbing. "I wouldn't mind freezing to...
A thought-provoking quote from High Exposures: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other Unforgiving Places, by the renowned high-altitude filmmaker David Breashears:"I rounded out my reading with books about Rudolf Nureyev. I was thoroughly impressed by...