Finished: The Boys of Everest, by Clint Willis 📚. A history of (some) British climbers from the early 1950s to the early 1990s. The author is a climber himself, and this book focuses quite a bit of attention on the innter mental and emotional states of various climbers. Some of this comes from interviews, some is inferred from letters and other documents or (I suspect) the author’s own experiences. Rings true and makes for a distinctly different climbing book, though it will be impossible to ever know how accurate some of this stuff is.
“Good Morning”
Olympus TG-6 @ 8.4mm, f/4.5, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Columbia Lily along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
“The Trail Entices”
Olympus TG-6 @ 4.5mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 200. Trail at Mount Pisgah.
“Sand in the Gears”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/125s, ISO 125. Driftwood near the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.
#mbjune Day 9: wood 📷
One sign that I’ve been vegan for many years: tofu-based “cheese” sauce actually tastes pretty good on noodles.
“Candystick”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 2000. Close-up of the weird and wonderful candystick plant along the Rainbow Falls Trail.
“Who Dat?”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 15mm, f/8, 1/40s, ISO 320. The best travel is foot travel. This is me on the Cummins Creek Trail a few months back.
#mbjune Day 8: travel 📷
“Bears and Diamonds”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/16, 1/1250s, ISO 2500. Diamond Peak over flowering bear grass along the Eugene to Crest Trail.
“Moonscape”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 250. A high-intensity burn scar on the Eugene to Crest Trail along Bunchgrass Ridge.
Trump deploys National Guard to quell Los Angeles area ICE raid protests
Looks like we’ve reached the “military occupation” stage of the fascist takeover. Perhaps the most troubling part is the deliberate attempt of the Trumpists to erode the distinction between “protest” and “rebellion.” This is not to excuse every action taken by protestors in LA - but they’re clearly setting the stage to use the military anywhere, any time, for any reason.