I’ve spent the summer mostly writing on Medium (see my previous post), working, and climbing around Colorado.
Quite truthfully, I’ve felt a little too spent to write anything “serious.” That’s just how things are, for now. Y’all are used to me coming and going, I’m sure.
Here are some of the places I’ve been seeking my serenity:
Continue readingHey friends, you may have noticed the blog has been a little light on content lately. That’s because I’ve been having a flirty summer romance with a different blogging platform.
Medium is an effort to create an ad-free space where writers and creators and showcase their work WITHOUT having to resort to problematic business models like sponsored content and display ads.
It hasn’t all been roses for Medium, which seems to undergo a major pivot about once a year. Nonetheless, the platform still exists and has a pretty nice distribution infrastructure in place — quality writing does, generally, end up in front of more eyes on Medium than it would elsewhere.
So I’ve been writing there, seeing what it can do for me. If you check out my Medium profile, you’ll see some new stuff alongside some older pieces that should be familiar to readers of this blog. I’ve always been a better writer than I am a marketer; and Medium seems to do a pretty good job marketing me. For instance, yesterday my article was featured on the front page of their travel section:
You can find that story here: https://medium.com/better-marketing/i-spent-3-months-in-an-instagram-hotspot-heres-what-i-learned-b8034854cc77
So if you’re a Medium user, please give me a follow at https://medium.com/@thisisyouth! It’s important to note that This Is Youth isn’t over – most content will probably be posted to both platforms – but my experiment with Medium has been going good so far, and looks like it will continue. So I’d love your support over there, as well.
As always, thanks for being loyal readers, and hope you’re enjoying your summers. I certainly have been.
Cheers!
There was a viral photo last week, showing what appeared to be hundreds of people waiting in line on the summit ridge of Mount Everest.
I won’t share that photo here, as I haven’t paid for it. A quick Google search will turn it up if you haven’t seen it yet.
The man that took that photo was Nirmal Purja, a.k.a. Nims. Nims is a Nepalese climber who served in the British Gurkhas, and has been awarded the Member of the British Empire by the Queen of England for his accomplishments in high altitude mountaineering.
You may have seen his picture. But you don’t know Nims’ name.
I want to talk to you today about disposable cameras. Yes, those 24-shot, zoom-less, little green boxes you remember from family vacations in the early 2000s. Yes, film cameras!
I hear you laughing: They still make those?
Please remember that, as we prepare to start reading stories in the mainstream media about the annual Mount Everest climbing season.
See this video below to understand why none of this sillyness would be possible without them:
It’s just a casual chat between two guys; about a rescue one participated in high on Everest. Interspersed with some AMAZING GoPro footage from Mount Everest. Gives you a true sense of the Himalaya.
But more important than the mountains, are the people. I think you will get that sense, after listening to these guys chat.
Love always to the Nepali people. Namaste.
