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Running in Beijing
August 16, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
It sounded like a good idea at the time. Immediately after getting off of two international flights to Beijing, go straight to a friend’s house and run 12-17k. In the dark. Sweltering heat. With dust and pollution. Combined with jet lag and lack of sleep. How wrong could that be?
After de-boarding from my Korea Airlines [...]
Getting to be part of the Team
August 14, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
I’ve written a lot about climbing and running (well, that is this site ) and about leadership and teamwork – but not so much on what it takes to be part of the team.
During the past few weeks, I have been interviewing candidates to be part of our work team and I started thinking [...]
Brotherhood of the Rope
August 7, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
I’m finishing the book High Exposure by David Brashears, the famous IMAX filmmaker and mountaineer (five Everest summits).
The following photo is from his website and rights:
What is interesting is to read about the Everest disaster of May 10, 1996 from his view, where having read it from Jon Krakauer’s point of view in Into Thin [...]
On Simplicity
August 6, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Sometimes, just sometimes, the right answer is the simplest one.
I had two incidents today, both very unrelated.
First, I have been having trouble with my new flat-screen TV since buying it several weeks ago. The color has been totally off. The more I adjusted the red and green, brightness, sharpness, tint etc., the worse it got [...]
