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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…

2 min readApr 27, 2024

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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.

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Jake Norton

Glorious Birds

Admittedly, I looked strange.

5 min readJan 18, 2024

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Glorious Birds

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Jake Norton

Me Say War

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

6 min readNov 30, 2023

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Me Say War

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Jake Norton

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…

11 min readOct 13, 2023

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Rights and Wrongs and Meaning and Dreams

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Jake Norton

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…

3 min readOct 13, 2023

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A Cloud of Evil, an Eye for an Eye

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Jake Norton

Mastering Perfectionism

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

5 min readSep 8, 2023

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

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Jake Norton

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…

6 min readSep 6, 2023

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

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Jake Norton

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…

6 min readAug 31, 2023

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Ego’s Triumph

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Jake Norton

Imaginary Friend

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

3 min readAug 11, 2023

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Imaginary Friend

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Jake Norton

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.

6 min readJun 10, 2023

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

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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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