Today’s Forum Thread of the Day concerns the split between Jason Day and caddie Steve Williams. The pair have decided to part ways after working together for two months, with Day describing their relationship as “a disconnect of old school and new school”, and our members have been discussing the split and giving their thoughts on…
Read moreHow capitalism exploits our fear of old age
So I’ll be out in public, maybe ordering coffee, and someone I don’t know will address me as “sweetie.” I’m a 60-year-old woman, and I look my age. Because people haven’t called me “sweetie” since I was about 5, I’m thinking this is an age thing. That seems more obvious when a stranger ironically addresses…
Read moreBanning a burqa that doesn't exist – the cowardice of Dutch politics and the courage of those who resist
It took the Dutch government fourteen years to implement the ‘Burqa Ban.’ First passed in 2005 by a majority in the Lower House, it then failed to pass constitutional muster. Multiple revisions and multiple governing coalitions later, it finally was confirmed by both houses of parliament. Now it has come into force. Western Europe has…
Read moreUsing courage, and one’s privilege, to counter racial profiling in Moscow
Racial and ethnic profiling by the Moscow police is a problem so old that it’s simply not news. But rarely do you catch police acknowledging it on camera. Alexander Kim did just that. Kim told me that he was walking through an underground passage in southern Moscow on 20 July when he saw several police…
Read moreTurkey does imperialism: Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East
This article is part of ourEconomy's 'Decolonising the economy' series. The world capitalist system is characterised by hierarchies among countries, which both stem from and reproduce uneven economic development. In this sense, the world economy can be considered imperialistic. Located at the periphery of global capitalism, Turkey has long had dependent economic, political, and military…
Read moreManolo a Bologna: la serata Eravamo immortali per Sportfund
Mercoledì 7 novembre 2018 Manolo, alias Maurizio Zanolla, sarà a Bologna ospite di Sportfund per la serata ‘Eravamo immortali, storie, libere arrampicate e passioni di una vita.’ Conduce la serata Vinicio Stefanello di PlanetMountain.com Uno dei più celebri protagonisti dell’arrampicata sarà ospite di Sportfund fondazione per lo sport Onlus mercoledì 7 novembre a Bologna per…
Read moreGole del Verdon: Sébastien Bouin libera il suo capolavoro nella falesia di Ramirole
Nelle Gole di Verdon in Francia il climber Seb Bouin ha liberato ‘La cote d’usure’, una via d’arrampicata sportiva di 60 metri gradata 9a+, chiodata 9 anni fa. Sabato scorso il climber francese Sébastien Bouin ha liberato un progetto da lui chiodato ben nove anni fa nella Gole del Verdon in Francia. A suo dire…
Read moreStefano Ghisolfi 8c flash al Monte Colt, Stefano Carnati libera un 8c+ a Gajum
Stefano Carnati nella falesia Gajum a Canzo (Como) ha liberato un vecchio progetto di arrampicata sportiva ora chiamato Vortex e gradato 8c+. Stefano Ghisolfi invece nella falesia di Monte Colt vicino ad Arco ha liberato l’8c Terra Piatta e, soprattutto, ha salito in stile flash Riflessi di 8c. Con questo stile e su queste difficoltà…
Read moreRangtik valley: nuova via italiana sul Chareze Ri North in India
A fine agosto Davide Limongi, Federico Martinelli, Enrico Mosetti, Federico Secchi e Luca Vallata hanno salito lo spigolo est del Chareze Ri North nella valle del Rangtik, zona Zanskar, in India. Salita in stile alpino e con un bivacco in parete, Jullay Temù (1000m, 70° ghiaccio, V+ roccia) raggiunge la cima nord a quota 5950m….
Read moreDavid Lama e Conrad Anker camminano sul filo del Lunag Ri
Il documentario Walk the Line degli alpinisti David Lama e Conrad Anker, i loro tentativi di salire il Lunag Ri (6888m) in Tibet e l’infarto di Anker Nel novembre del 2015 l’austriaco David Lama e lo statunitense Conrad Anker hanno tentato invano di salire il Lunag Ri, splendida montagna sul confine tra Nepal e Tibet,…
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