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Immersing myself in the outdoors - climbing, travelling, wildlife photography, and then extending the experiences and solidifying the memories by writing about them.

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  1. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Cracking Open a Bold One with the Boy: Valle dell Orco (opens the original)

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    It’s well established knowledge that too much of a good thing is bad for you. Therefore, it stands to reason that too much of a bad thing is also pretty terrible for you. Either way, after two weeks of very difficult walks in Ailefroide, my bad foot and I were fed up of slabs. It was time to batter my ego on another form of climbing I suck at: cracks. Yosemite is a mecca for climbing. It’s known for its featureless granite faces, its splitter cracks, and it’s rich climbing history. For those of

  2. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Soaring on Cold Wings: Climbing in Ailefroide (opens the original)

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    Summer can be a real bitch. You have all these plans and expectations for the good weather and then you get bitten by a shitty little bastard of a tick and end up with suspected Lyme disease and a massive course of grim antibiotics and then your foot gets sick of being crammed into too-small rock boots and sets itself on fire with multiple tendonopathies till you can barely walk without pain and then you somersault over a chair (don’t ask) and sprain your finger so badly it turns black for a wee

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