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highrepute
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sxrxg said:
Upsetting stuff.
I listened to G's podcast recently and he was saying that he'd been discussing the danger in cycling with friends and the only sport they felt came with similar risks was the isle of man TT. Fast speeds on public roads with little safety features.
andy popp
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It's been a few days now but I feel Glenda Jackson should be noted: a remarkable professional career (two Oscars!) and a principled, sincere politician.
sxrxg
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highrepute said:
They really are gladiators for the modern era. Heart rate at maximum summiting an alpine pass straight into a descent at 70mph+ just in lycra where you can't ease off for fear of losing 2 or 3 seconds. Total respect to all the pro peleton.
I also found it very upsetting, think it is just the age and how much life they had ahead of them. It is similar to how I felt when Antoine Hubert died in F2 at Spa, a sadness for the loss of a talent that could have been.
Johnny Brown
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Sinead O’Connor. A force of nature.
Duma
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This has upset me more than I thought.
And of course I'm like a wild horse
But there's no other way I could be
Water and feed are not tools that I need
For the thing that I've chosen to be
And of course I'm like a wild horse
But there's no other way I could be
Water and feed are not tools that I need
For the thing that I've chosen to be
bluebrad
Everything's a grade harder hauling these 'burns!!
Brian McBride - most famous as one half of ambient drone band Stars of the Lid and also released a couple of albums under his own name as well. Only 53! :no:
Nice piece in the Guardian today about his work with SotL here.
Saw them down in Nottingham a few years ago - a truly amazing experience. Might have to dig out some of their vinyl over the next couple of days - it's been too long.
Nice piece in the Guardian today about his work with SotL here.
Saw them down in Nottingham a few years ago - a truly amazing experience. Might have to dig out some of their vinyl over the next couple of days - it's been too long.
El Mocho
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Tof Henry
https://www.skimag.com/news/tof-henry-38-has-died-while-skiing-in-chile/
Had a style/approach similar to Jeremie Heitz - an ex racer trying to ski big lines in a very fast, fluid style...
https://vimeo.com/302645996
https://www.skimag.com/news/tof-henry-38-has-died-while-skiing-in-chile/
Had a style/approach similar to Jeremie Heitz - an ex racer trying to ski big lines in a very fast, fluid style...
https://vimeo.com/302645996
Fultonius
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El Mocho said:
Shit, well known guy in Chamonix, and the third big name Chamoniard to die in Patagonia. (well, 2 proper big names, Andreas Fransson*, and a friend from when I lived there, Liz Daley who was less of a mainstream name but still a guide/pro type). I sometimes wonder if living and skiing in Chamonix changes your perspective on risk and conditions, as there's a much lower chance of deep layers building unknown as things just get skied so soon after it falls, and everyone knows the evolving conditions through the year (and still things go wrong)...
I was going to post similar about wondering if conditions etc in S America are a lot different to N America or the Alps, as there seem to be a fair few very competent skiers dying over there; the above plus JP Auclair, Matila Rapaport etc.
andy popp
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Historian Natalie Zemon Davis at age 94. NZD was one of the single most important and influential historians of the last sixty years. I know this probably seems very niche but if you've seen the 80s film The Return of Martin Guerre then you've been exposed to her work (though, interestingly, her well-known book of the same name actually came out after the film), A enormous loss to my profession.
mrjonathanr
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I have seen the original, Le Retour de Martin Guerre, it’s brilliant. Haven’t seen, Somersby, the Hollywood remake. Did she research the original French setting? Or the American one?
andy popp
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mrjonathanr said:
The original French version, from a real if much disputed historical case. As I mentioned, after consulting on the film she then decided to write the book, which became her best known and canonical in so-called "microhistory." She's seriously one of the most influential historians for a very long time. I'm greatly influenced by her.
mrjonathanr
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Cool. Strikes me as as much an archetype as a specific case. Intriguing scenario.
