Last year, my friend and former colleague Miguel Helft reached out to me with a story idea. Before going into journalism, Miguel had spent some time as an outdoors and climbing guide. On one of his first expeditions, climbing a 23,000-foot mountain called Lenin Peak in 1990, he had witnessed the deadliest mountaineering disaster in history. More than three decades later, he was finally ready to write about it. The story he produced is as gripping as it is clear-eyed. I'm honored to share it with you. – Brian O'Keefe, Executive Editor Plus: |
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Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the disaster and have lived with the memories ever since. Here's the untold story of mountaineering's deadliest day. |
By the time I caught up with my teammates at an elevation of seventeen thousand feet, the call had already been made to stop and set up camp. That decision saved my life. We'd spent most of the day inching our way up the slopes of Lenin Peak, a 23,406-foot mountain in what was then the Soviet Union, and were still a few hundred yards short of Camp 2, our intended destination. Progress from Camp 1, around three thousand feet below, had been slow in part because we were struggling to breathe in the thin mountain air, but also because it had been snowing for several days, and making headway in the soft snow was hard work. |
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Because of my Francophile tendencies, I preach the good word of linen to anyone who will listen. And because my bed is my favorite place to be, I am uniquely qualified to report on all things sleep related. I truly believe linen is the most elite material for bedding, and it'll change your sleep experience for the better. I don't believe in sleeping on synthetics. You want what you roll around in, nurse your illnesses in, and ride out your hangovers in to be made of natural materials. Save the polyester blends for budget hotels and hospital beds. In my home, where I reign supreme, the place I spend the most time in is going to be covered in the most comfortable and natural fabric possible.
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Across the soundscape of Star Wars, the mosaic of alien languages is as important as John Williams's brass horns. But the Ghorman tongue heard throughout Andor season 2 is unusual, even in a galaxy far, far away. Unlike Jabba's gooey Huttese or R2-D2's whistling bleeps, Ghorman, spoken by the proud Ghor, is one of the most fleshed-out, well-constructed languages (commonly referred to as "conlangs") in all of Star Wars. For that, you can say "indebe"—that's Ghorman for "thank you," people—to dialect coach and conlang creator Marina Tyndall.
Hailing from London, Tyndall is a dialect coach and constructed language creator with a growing list of credits in Hollywood. She's applied her craft for movies such as Inferno (2016), Tenet (2020), Death on the Nile (2022), and TV shows like Killing Eve. Since 2016, Tyndall has contributed to the Star Wars franchise, beginning with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and more recently with Andor. |
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