The next American attempt turned into what the authors describe as "one of the most enigmatic expeditions of all time." The climbers reached the height of 8400 meters, but three team members died in a still not completely explained tragedy, with conflicting versions of critical events in existence. In deep contrast, yet another American attempt in 1953 was, in the authors' words, an "embodiment of team spirit and the standard to which all expeditions should aspire." Only an unusually brutal storm prevented the expedition from succeeding. It was finally in 1954 that an Italian team conquered K2: again there had been some controversial events during that attempt and the revelations that emerged fifty years after the climb justify the authors' viciously funny critique of the failed leadership in that successful endeavor. In 2013, Yosemite, along with all the US National Parks, was suddenly shut down for 16 days due to government disagreements over federal spending. Most climbers headed off to Bishop and elsewhere, but a few leapt on the wall, as they knew they couldn't be forced to get off again. Finding himself psyched but without climbing partners, Jorg decided to make a free solo of Freerider, even though he didn't really have the right kit. Reticent Wall is considered one of El Cap's hardest aid climbs. Only two previousrope solo ascents of free routes on El Capitan (i.e. routes that have previously been climbed without aid techniques) have ever been made. Both were on Freerider, 'El Cap's easiest free-route'– by Canadian Stéphane Perron (over seven days in 2007), and Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven (over four days in 2013). I recently found this illustrative error reading one of my favorite blogs (unnamed now, since I don't want to link the error to this otherwise wonderful blog): Can you find the error?

Just as with historic texts, the first recorded instance of something generally postdates the first appearance of something by some time. From wikipedia: What I remember is an old saying along the lines of "I only trust three people in the world…. me, myself and I" Act 2, scene 1 Romeo finds himself so in love with Juliet that he cannot leave her. He scales a wall and enters Capulet’s garden. Meanwhile Benvolio and Mercutio look for him in vain. I'm going to hypothesize that the commenter who thought of the Beyonce number is significantly younger than me and the other fellow who thought of the De La Soul one. I also thought of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Myself_I_(song), but that is not "rap" in any sense and also omits the "and," although doing so makes the lyrics weirdly unidiomatic (even allowing for "poetic license") if you focus closely enough on the issue.

Every young competitor who thinks about cutting weight or calories should add this one to their list.

Frankl, V.E. (1985). Man’s search for meaning (revised and updated Edn). New York, NY: Washington Square Press. Interestingly, Angela, a very odd record by a six year old girl from Harlem in 1971 comes a bit closer as she is trying to time her delivery to the music and there is some syncopation. Noticeable in "Lenox Ave" (mostly based on Langston Hughes' 'Good morning'). And the disaster on K2 of 2008 gave him pause to question is own expedition to K2 in 1992: That campaign “was the one most marked by ecstatic highs alternating with abysmal lows. And it was also the most morally complicated.”

Notably I read Jennifer Jordan's K2 book in December, which explicitly said/alleged that Ed had a romantic relationship with Chantal Mauduit. But Ed just... avoids that entirely. I don't know I find it pretty relevant that this huge rescue you're famous for on K2 you skip the part where maybe you were romantically entangled w/ the controversial woman climber whose life you saved (whose ex was also on the climb and also played a part in the rescue? He glosses over Thor as well.). Then again, I wouldn't really want to lay that out in a book my current-wife would read either lol. He does mention flirting later in the book, but I don't know. It just reminds you a LOT get left out of the stories, clearly. I did catch a tiny bit of... friction in a passage where he does reference Jennifer Jordan, so I can't help wondering if there's behind the scenes drama. But Jordan is also a journalist: I'd think she wouldn't include that tidbit about Ed and Chantal unless it was corroborated by multiple climbers? This morning, while washing my face and still not fully awake, I heard a rap song on the radio that kept repeating "me, myself, and I". It started to bother me. Why would anybody say that? Why would they say it over and over? What do they mean by it? Chapter 4: The Great Mystery is fascinating. It’s mainly the story of Fritz Weissner. An amazing strong climber. Viesturs considers him one of the heroes of K2.

Rock Up Abroad with BMC Travel Cover

Pacing/timing comes with experience and is really a micro-navigation technique, that is when you are homing in on a control in an orienteering event for example. Mearns, D. Thorne, B. & McLeod, J. (2013). Person-centred counselling in action (4th Edn). Sage Publications. Act 4, scene 1 Paris is talking with Friar Lawrence about the coming wedding when Juliet arrives. After Paris leaves, she threatens suicide if Friar Lawrence cannot save her from marrying Paris. Friar Lawrence gives her a potion that will make her appear as if dead the morning of the wedding. He assures her that when she awakes in the vault, Romeo will be there to take her away.

In humanistic counselling we like to think of a dialogue taking place between two competing parts of ourselves (‘configurations of self’; Mearns et al., 2013). But sometimes we also notice the presence of a third self, a referee, who is observing and ‘regulating’ the other two selves. It felt as if this was happening inside me. Act 4, scene 5 The Nurse finds Juliet in the deathlike trance caused by the Friar’s potion and announces Juliet’s death. Juliet’s parents and Paris join the Nurse in lamentation. Friar Lawrence interrupts them and begins to arrange Juliet’s funeral. The scene closes with an exchange of wordplay between Capulet’s servant Peter and Paris’s musicians. Pete is no stranger to Freerider: when he climbed the route in 2014, it was the first ever one-push flash of a free-route on El Cap. I'd guess if you listen to rap/hiphop that you know there is a burgeoning hiphop scene in Asia. My favorite group is Hong Kong's LMF, who rap in colloquial Cantonese. There's also DongTing's 2008 documentary on hiphop in China; the accompanying blog is no longer extant, but the videos are still available on DongTing's YouTube channel, including both interviews with artists and song selections. There's one video on whether to rap in Mandarin or topolect: I just want to eat but when I do I can’t stop, and that’s gluttonous, which is also a sin. I’m afraid god will punish me. Does he do that? Where’s god? Have I let satan in, like mom says?Most of our daily destructions (or possible attempts for answers to these questions) are being taken from us. We can no longer experience the same physical movement, accomplishment, or even sense of mission by going to work. We can no longer socialise with old and new acquaintances, or ground our future in a certain direction. All these losses, even if temporary, bring to the surface different expressions of anxiety, which are often linked to our ultimate anxieties of ‘how to be’.

Maybe you’ve never even set foot on a big wall because the weight of questions cannot be resolved, even though you’ve read all the books.

Ed Viesturs is an accomplished high-altitude mountaineer who has summited all fourteen of the world’s peaks over 8000 meters. K2, the world’s second highest peak at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet), is located in the Korakoram Range of northern Pakistan. It is considered one of the most difficult and dangerous peaks to climb. This book not only tells of Viesturs’ ascent of K2 in 1992, but also recounts the history of six other K2 expeditions up to 2009, including an assessment of successes, catastrophes, and controversies. It gives the reader a good idea of what it would have been like to be part of such an expedition. It provides an interesting look at the improvements in climbing materials and the evolution of climbing strategies over the years. A couple of the more riveting sections include an account of the avalanche that sent Viesturs and climbing partner Scott Fisher plummeting down the mountain, and the analysis of the 2008 tragedy that resulted in the deaths of eleven climbers. I went to Yosemite by myself, but had friends to meet up with and climb with. I only did my rope soloing in the last week and a half. I also climbed together with Sean Warren on an aid route and Jacob Cook on Freerider. The video is here: https://youtu.be/4S37SGxZSMc (over 95 million views). Comments include testimonials such as "This song helped me to realize that all I've got is me, myself and I."