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Jake Norton

Everest Trash to Treasure: A Battery with a Story

I’ve got a lot of things in my office, old and new, bought and found and scavenged and given to me. They’re disparate items, lots from…

Apr 27

Bookshelf in my office containing the fascinating trash/treasure collected over the years, including a battery from 1922, Everest postcard from 1924, a pill bottle from 1933, piton from 1938, piton hammer from 1960, and more.

Apr 27

Glorious Birds

Admittedly, I looked strange.

Jan 18

Glorious Birds

Jan 18

Me Say War

Strangely, reggae pulsed through my brain as I hiked through the snow to our yurt this morning.

Nov 30, 2023

Me Say War

Nov 30, 2023

Rights and Wrongs and Meaning and Dreams

Note: The below is more of a thought dump than a true article or essay. My mind, as I wrote yesterday, has been — and remains — a clot of…

Oct 13, 2023

Rights and Wrongs and Meaning and Dreams

Oct 13, 2023

A Cloud of Evil, an Eye for an Eye

All week I’ve been thinking, trying to parse recent events, horrors, tragedies, inexplicable darkness casting a pall upon the global…

Oct 13, 2023

A Cloud of Evil, an Eye for an Eye

Oct 13, 2023

Mastering Perfectionism

It should have been — or at least should have felt — pretty darn perfect.

Sep 8, 2023

Jake Norton on the summit of Everest, May 18, 2002.

Sep 8, 2023

Ṛta, Dharma, Oppenheimer, and War

Note: I’ve not yet seen the new movie, Oppenheimer, but hope to soon. It will doubtless cover it’s namesake’s famous quote, discussed…

Sep 6, 2023

Schoolgirls look at a panoramic images of Hiroshima after the bombing in 1945.

Sep 6, 2023

Ego’s Triumph

What is our obligation as climbers, as humans, when big goals are at stake? Do we help others, or continue on to a summit? Some thoughts…

Aug 31, 2023

Ego’s Triumph

Aug 31, 2023

Imaginary Friend

Normally it would’ve been a brief stop, some water and a snack, nothing exciting, nothing out of the ordinary.

Aug 11, 2023

Imaginary Friend

Aug 11, 2023

A Cross in the Snow

A visit to John Noel’s Eagle’s Nest on Mount Everest, and a visit back in time 99 years to June 10, 1924. This is Real — Not AI.

Jun 10, 2023

Some extra-curricular exploring high on Everest in April 2001.

Jun 10, 2023

Jake Norton

Jake Norton

I’m a climber, photographer, filmmaker, activist, and writer. Most importantly, I’m a husband and father. Home is Colorado, and our world. More: jakenorton.com

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