I’m annoyed. Stu and I blithely assumed that we could tackle Stob Ghabhar (something like Stob Goor) on the Blackmount tomorrow. Got myself some trousers in Black’s at lunchtime but it wasn’t until I was back at work that the need for gaiters hit me, so Ann and I went to Tiso after work. Though I’m a sceptic when it comes to expensive gear, the staff in Tiso are very experienced and knowledgeable: every time I visit the shop I pick up a gem of advice. This time it felt more like a shovelful of shit heaped on my bright fresh fledgling hopes. When I casually mentioned that I didn’t have an ice axe or crampons he immediately wrote off … read on »
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Veggie Pathology
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Is there a connection between principled vegetarianism and ghoulishness? An obscure example is the vegan grindcore band Carcass (defunct many moons ago I think). And as an obscure example perhaps it’s inadmissable. But no, I present Carcass here as the apogee of this disposition and the perfect illustration of this idea, the idea that whatever it is that leads people to become principled vegetarians has, for some at least, got something to do with a preoccupation with, or a fear of or fascination with, the macabre and the grisly and the anatomical.
I haven’t thought it through yet, but I’m fairly sure there’s at least a kernel of truth here. It’s certainly true that these vegetarians and … read on »
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