The Clockwork Chartophylax

Here’s a question I haven’t seen anyone in the media asking – just what are the Jötunn forging under Iceland?

Image: REUTERS/Olafur Eggertsson

Posted on April 17th, 2010 under Uncategorized. Tags: iceland, ragnarok, volcano. Comments: None

In a world of gravelly voiced imitators, one man will be missed.

Posted on September 4th, 2008 under Uncategorized. Tags: dead, don lafontaine, trailers. Comments: None

I missed this when it came out a couple of weeks ago – Marco Confortola’s (the last climber to make it down alive from the ill-fated K2 summit attempt of July 31) account of his ordeal on the mountain – and the death of Gerard McDonnell.
Having summitted the mountain just before sunset, they tried to [...]

Posted on August 18th, 2008 under Uncategorized. Tags: annapurna, gerard mcdonnell, k2, mountaineering, Mountains, Nepal. Comments: None

Elsewhere, hope seems to be fading for Gerard McDonnell, the Irish climber missing on K2. He was the first Irishman to climb the peak and was among those caught up in an avalanche while descending. There’s conflicting reports whether he was lost in the ice fall or whether he was among the climbers trapped above [...]

Posted on August 4th, 2008 under Uncategorized. Tags: gerard mcdonnell, irish, k2, mountaineering. Comments: None