Volume, Proximity, Repetition: a time-honored argument technique, and also our home for opinion pieces, esoterica, podcasts and audio rambles.
Truth can be an elusive prey. In The Tower, Kelly Cordes succeeds in tightening his grip on the truths and lies that make up the history of climbing on Cerro Torre. The subtitle “A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre” only hints at the depths in which he researches the topic.
In this episode of THR Podcast, we begin to wrap up the season that was and still is with writer and SLC denizen Pete Vordenberg.
Our AK based correspondent and sometimes Lycra enthusiast, Alex Lee, ponders the merits of the Grand Reverse course that was and the this-way-and-that logistics of a CB to CB jaunt.
Lou grew up in a haze of hippiedom, moving from the east to Texas to Colorado. He highlights the imagination, insecurity, excitement, and dismay in a counterculture beatnik upbringing and recounts stories of Aspen before its glam heyday. Challenges at home fueled a drive towards the outdoors, a theme carried through his story. The high country finds him as much as he finds it.
What if?
That’s a question I ask myself every time I turn on my beacon. What if. What if I don’t come back?
