One of the great moments of my life
This afternoon, I completed the first part of the two-fold mission I set for myself when I embarked on this China’s Wings project.
Month: January 2012
A few articles about the Compressor Route Controversy
David Roberts’ good and fair “Patagonia’s Cerro Torre Gets the Chop: Maestri Unbolted” for National Geographic Adventure. Chris Weidner...
A book at last!
This is a strange experience. There it is. China’s Wings. A book at last No longer in my imagination.
A CNAC Short Snorter signed by movie star Jinx Falkenburg
Kai Friese, a writer and CNAC enthusiast in New Delhi, brought this to my attention yesterday — a short snorter signed by Ridge Hammell, Jimmy Scoff, Bob ...
Interview w Jason Kruk, Hayden Kennedy, Rolando Garibotti, and Colin Haley
Here’s an interview with Jason Kruk, Hayden Kennedy, Rolando Garibotti, and Colin Haley. In what will pose difficulties for some, it’s written in Sp...
More on the Compressor Route
So I checked out of the net for a few days and scored classic surf with Mark and Susan Robsinson and Randy Leavitt “somewhere west of Goleta.” We ta...
China’s Wings on Facebook
I’ve built a Facebook page for China’s Wings, and if you “like” it with the button at the bottom of the sidebar on the right (or find an...
The Compressor Route chopped… more thoughts
Having slept on it, I find myself more uncomfortable with the news that the upper sections of Maestri’s Compressor Route were chopped by Hayden Kennedy an...
The Compressor Route chopped!
The Supertopo thread just posted by Rolando Garibotti — a friend I much admire and treasure — clarifies the facts of Hayden Kennedy’s and Jaso...
CNAC wreckage in the Himalayas
Recently, I posted the news that the wreckage of CNAC #60 had been found in a remote corner of Yunnan Province. The plane, a C-47, went missing on November 17, ...