- 16 hours ago
Sun's Out, Boobs Out | Note 25
I must have been around thirteen when I went for a summer camp at the Polish seaside. I certainly appeared even younger, and I remember...
- May 29
The Weight of the World | Note 24
Last night, we climbed until twilight. We walked out of the forest, listening to birdsong. I overslept, not hearing the alarm go off, and...
- May 24
Olympic Tat | Note 23
I hate buying new things. I wish I could say that it’s my concern for reducing landfill that fuels this hatred but the reality is more...
- May 15
In the Moomin House | Note 22
I like to think that little things around us are connected in meaningful and mysterious ways. It doesn’t matter that I don’t actually...
- May 8
Calling out Catcalling | Note 21
I swear that I will write soon about something – anything – that’s good and wholesome and that brings me joy, but for now it seems that I...
- May 1
"Everybody is a little ADHD" | Note 20
Do you know the feeling when your to-do list is so long that you don’t really know where to start, and end up not starting at all? When...
- Apr 24
Struggling Right Now | Note 19
My last week’s Field Note made me feel quite horrible. Not because of the subject matter – granted, not a particularly cheery one – but...
- Apr 17
Higher, Faster, Stronger, Viler | Note 18
“The Cold War did not end, it merely shattered into a thousand pieces.” The opening of a lecture for a group of aspiring Russian spies in...
- Apr 10
April's Fool | Note 17
In much of Central and Eastern Europe, Easter Monday is known as Wet Monday. As per tradition, boys would throw water at girls and whip...
- Apr 3
Mind Blown in Yosemite | Note 16
I’ve heard it said that upon seeing Yosemite for the first time – not on film or in a picture, but in real life – you will be nothing...
- Mar 28
The Frailty Myth | Note 15
In 2001, Adam Małysz of Poland won gold in the Nordic World Championships in ski jumping. Soaring in great style over a mind-boggling...
- Mar 21
The Alpine Club and a Bitch | Note 14
Located in the Swiss Alps, the proud peak of Zinalrothorn rises 4,221 metres above sea level and, to this day, it is usually climbed with...
- Mar 11
Reisefieber | Note 13
I’m stuck. Instead of flowing in lively meandering streams, exploring and experimenting before joining up in orderly rivers, my thoughts...
- Mar 6
Polar Opposites | Note 12
Call me old-fashioned, but I think that there are better ways to support trans rights than getting upset about people reading Harry...
- Feb 27
The Universe Doesn’t Care | Note 11
We all want to be productive. To get shit done. As though ticking things off an endless list was the one antidote against existential...
- Feb 20
Self-improvement | Note 10
I really hate self-help books. Or, at least, I can’t read them and definitely would hate it if I were forced to. Most of them are...
- Feb 13
Motivation | Note 9
It seems that we got motivation all wrong. Or, at least, I certainly got it wrong in climbing. It only occurred to me when I ended up not...
- Feb 6
Thinking Mythically | Note 8
A few years ago, not long after my thirtieth birthday, I was sitting with a good friend in the corner of a huge barn adapted for a common...
- Jan 30
Books | Note 7
One of the best things about getting your own place is that your books finally have somewhere to settle. Between moving out of my mum’s...
- Jan 23
Chamonix | Note 6
Sitting in my friends’ flat in Geneva, with a panoramic view of the city’s lights and the dark expanse of the lake, it feels surreal that...
