Northern Light – chilled thoughts from the top of Europe

"Let it be one cheerful rational voice amidst the din of mourners and polemics." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1840. A Brit-in-Helsinki's blog about global politics, climbing, cycling, things that annoy me and other bits of life. But not necessarily in that order.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Wild camping

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I've spent much of my adult life going of on trips to the mountains and generally, whilst there, camping. I've camped in rain and sn...
Saturday, June 23, 2007

What's the point of MySpace?

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I want to be down with kids, so I signed up for MySpace. Actually, truth told, I was investigating/cyber-stalking someone and found they had...
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dead rock shoes

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dead, dead, dead,critical, seriously ill, new, brand new Do all climbers end up with boxes of old rock shoes that you know you should throw ...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

How to carry an ice axe.

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If you aren't interested in ice tool-rucscac interface technology (or 'straps' as they are alternatively called) you can safely ...
Thursday, June 21, 2007

Baghdad critical

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These guys might be the police. Or Medhi Army. Or both. I haven't written anything about Iraq for months. The news from the country is s...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Flight of the Conchord - New Zealand absurd

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Perhaps I'm behind the times but I hadn't head of the Flight of the Conchords before. I've just listened to them being interview...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Stasi-baiting in the DDR

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I've just heard a fascinating radio programme called the " The Brixmis Story " on Radio 4. At the end of the Second World War ...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Weekend climbing

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The writer halfway up "Ants in your Pants" (MVS 4b/Finnish 4+) I have managed to go the whole of the last two whole weeks without ...
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