Posts made in February, 2010
More than Ready: Prepared
Look around the numbers and, if equipping yourself with statistics, get some probability for an emergency. Fuelled both by the Winter Olympics and extended British Winter, much discussion continues here at Step-Up HQ about metaphoric mountains. Having likened the climbers and their mountains and considered skills for survival in a wilderness it was interesting to read Mountain...
Read MoreA Series: Outside the Box – Those That Draw Beyond Confines No.17 – Wilderness Survival Skills School
“A man raised in one part of the desert would know its flora and fauna backwards. He knew which plant attracted game. He knew his water. He knew where there were tubers underground. In other words, by naming all the ‘things’ in his territory, he could always count on survival.” A line from Bruce Chatwin’s, controversial, Songlines. By using skills, the wilderness,...
Read MoreAcclimatising to the Balance for Ascent
Grimacing, shouting, hiding eyes behind hands and admiration continues as we follow the athletes at Whistler who, without exception, give it their best shot. Astonishing camera work allows empathy for situations we’ll never be placed in physically, whilst confirming, with the challenge of bad weather , the concept of metaphoric mountain. During the last couple of years, probably the...
Read MoreInspiration to the Rescue
We’re suckers at Step-Up Finance for any co-workers with a long mane, leg hair or a cold wet nose; especially those that work nine-to-five and beyond. Yep, working animals. And it seems like there is a branch of the animal and man team heading out to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Trained to work in adverse conditions these animals reminded us, along with a brilliant article by Kevin Garside in...
Read MoreBranding a Maverick
Our current favourite watch is on TV tonight. Stories surrounding those branding Mad Men; for it is set in the time of ‘it’s a man’s world’. A time when they only had to say ‘smoke one of these and you will be the Wichita Lineman ’ and they were believed; the amazing sets are rarely without purchase from the tobacconist. Different times, different attitudes and branding now...
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