032 - Unrestrained Passenger

Welcome to thirty-two eleven (”3211”). This newsletter will entail: 3 Reads, 2 Rabbit Holes, 1 Watch, and 1 Listen — 3/2/1/1. Detailing what I have been up to, on the internet.

introduction:

^{A busy Thursday pushes this weeks edition to today, Happy Friday. I am currently reading Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer, a non-fiction collection of articles and essays on mountaineering and rock climbing.}

^{One story is written on the original pilots of Alaska who flew between glaciers and landed on once unattanable mountains. An interesting excerpt about other ventures the pilots took when competition became tight:}

The competition in Talkeetna these days has motivated the pilots to seek out a clientele beyond the traditional fare of mountaineers, surveyors, hunters, and miners. Geeting, for example, has contracted with the Department of Fish and Game to fly misbehaving grizzly bears to distant comers of the Alaska Range. During one such flight, the unrestrained passenger awoke from a drugged stupor and expressed her displeasure by shredding the plane's upholstery before Geeting managed to land and push her out the door.

3 reads:

1 - For fifteen years the writer Varlam Shalamov was imprisoned in the Gulag for participating in “counter-revolutionary Trotskyist activities.” He endured six of those years enslaved in the gold mines of Kolyma, (Eastern Russia) one of the coldest and most hostile places on earth.

2 - America’s 11 most endangered historic places.

3 - One Day You’ll Find Yourself

2 rabbit holes:

1 - All things bikepacking

2 - Finding the most efficient lightweight toiletry bag for camping and beyond. Inspired by the following:

Using bottles from LiteSmith, I am potentially going to use one of the following bags, updates to follow.

1 watch:

1 - Pat McAfee with the Kavanaugh brothers after winning the Men’s lacrosse national championship.

1 listen:

1 - Watch Me Dance - Tom Misch (gets groovy around 1:43).

Cheers,