You totally should! It is a great book and the movie is just as good, one of the best depictions of mountaineering in film. The book’s forward was written by Sir Chris Bonnington, famous for his first ascent of the south face of Annapurna in 1970. Annapurna is the most deadly mountain in terms of summits to fatalities…

I suggest looking at the accounts of mountaineers who suffered seemingly fatal accidents that somehow miraculously made it out of their circumstances by “breaking it down” into smaller pieces. Particularly Joe Simpson’s account of his ordeal on Siula Grande, popularized by the book Touching the Void, and the movie of…

Was this filmed at Road America? Those bleachers look familiar

Have we forgotten that this team is also 1 year behind everyone else in terms of development of these hybrid power units? Give them time, they’ve already improved immensely over last season. The partnership between Honda and McLaren was fantastic back in the late 80s and early 90s. I’m still hopeful that improvements…

Some people have massive hard on’s for Hamilton. They are immune to both humor and logic.

I don’t get people these days. They bitch and moan about “safety” and then others complain when there isn’t enough crashing in Formula One. People complain all the time that passing is too difficult and yet when they get a track where people regularly pass each other they complain that not enough people crashed.

I did…

This isn’t the first time a drain cover has caused problems on this course. Rubens Barrichello had a problem with a drain cover in 2010.