Climbing
Rope soloing: the systems, and why most people should not
Climbing alone with a self-belay is a legitimate technique with a real place in the sport. It is also unforgiving of exactly the errors that a partner would otherwise catch.
Topic
risk
Every Extreme Sports Adventures article tagged risk — 3 pieces across 2 sections.
Risk & Rescue
Group size and the quality of the decisions you make
A larger group has more resources for a rescue and, reliably, makes worse decisions about avoiding one. The trade-off is real and worth planning around.
Risk & Rescue
The heuristic traps that get experienced people killed
Accident reports are full of competent, well-equipped, well-trained people who walked into obvious hazard. The pattern is not ignorance. It is a small set of mental shortcuts that work everywhere except here.