Daniela Zangrando nel suo Coffee Break #17 traccia un ardito parallelismo tra scalata e (giovane) arte contemporanea italiana: dove sono i giovani artisti? Hanno forse smarrito la via della vita? La scalata. Conosco un mondo che ne sa quanto Alexander Huber. Che ne parla al bar come Chris Sharma. L’arte contemporanea non ha alcun dubbio […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates will descend on Iowa next week to do something that Native Americans say doesn’t happen enough: court their vote. At least seven White House hopefuls have said they’ll attend a forum in Sioux City on Monday and Tuesday named for longtime Native American activist Frank LaMere, who died in […]
The massive raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at Mississippi food-processing plants earlier this month has separated a young mother from her nursing four-month-old daughter, the Clarion Ledger reports. The mom, arrested at Koch Foods in Morton, where she had worked for four years, is now being held in a Louisiana facility while her […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is warning of an economic crash if he loses reelection, arguing that even voters who personally dislike him should base their ballots on the nation’s strong growth and low unemployment rate. But privately, Trump is growing increasingly worried the economy won’t look so good come Election Day. The financial markets […]
As Portland, Oregon, braced for dueling protests between right-wing extremists and the anti-fascists who have vowed to confront them on Saturday, President Donald Trump threw gasoline on the fire, threatening that the far-left demonstrators could be labeled terrorists. “Major consideration is being given to naming ANTIFA an ‘ORGANIZATION OF TERROR,’” he tweeted, adding that the […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in Ireland, official government documents leaked to the Sunday Times show. The Times said the forecasts compiled by the Cabinet Office set out the most likely […]
One sweet thing that happened after Israel barred Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Minn.): People are sending love to their “Sitty” — the Arabic name for grandmother. In a heartbeat, “My Palestinian Sitty” was trending on Twitter. Tlaib had to scuttle plans to visit her own Sitty Muftiyah Tlaib on the West Bank after the Democratic congresswoman […]
La 21enne climber torinese Federica Mingolla ha ripetuto Digital Crack 8a, Monte Bianco. Se è vero che sognare è un atto di pura immaginazione che attesta in tutti gli uomini un potere creativo, molto più difficile è realizzare quei sogni che nascono leggeri nella nostra fantasia. Se questo può essere corretto per la maggior parte […]
Il report di Massimo Malpezzi sul recente viaggio arrampicata al nuovo paradiso del boulder a Luogosanto in Gallura, dove pochi giorni fa Gabriele Moroni ha liberato il primo 8B blocco della Sardegna. Difficile non pensare al Monte Giovanni, a pochi chilometri da Luogosanto, come ad un luogo magico, ci sono tutti gli ingredienti per immaginarlo […]
Maurizio Oviglia porta l’attenzione sul nuovo documento dell’ UIAA (Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme) con indicazioni per produttori, chiodatori e frequentatori delle falesie marine riguardante la sicurezza dei fix e la spittatura delle vie d’arrampicata in ambiente marino. Dopo i casi di rottura di fix in acciaio inox, che nel 2012 insieme a Claude Remy […]