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Is the cyborg mountaineer still an artist?
More than a century ago, George Mallory wrote that adventure qualifies as art. Is that still true today?
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Alex Roddie
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Unplugged #16: Revealing the elemental, the future is trust, a walk without a camera, and failures of imagination
‘Elbow grease is out. Handprints are in.’
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Alex Roddie
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Closer to the true heart of things
At a remote bothy deep in the Scottish Highlands, I meet a remarkable character on a lifelong quest – perhaps someone everyone in the world of adventure…
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Alex Roddie
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May 2025

Unplugged #15: A year on Substack, rehabilitating our relationship with adventure, and dances with editors
I've been thinking about rehabilitating our relationship with adventure lately, and I'm glad to see others writing about it.
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Alex Roddie
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Keeping the spirit of adventure alive forever: creating a new print magazine, film photography in 2025, and trading control for meaning
The Revelry Collection interview: 'If you can get enough subscribers, you can have a good business with this kind of magazine.'
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Unplugged #14: Craft and integrity, a fullness of presence, the call of the goldfinch, and maker’s knowledge
I got into an online debate with a pro-AI evangelist, and I don’t think I completely disgraced myself…
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Alex Roddie
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April 2025

Building Alpenglow Journal: going all-in on Substack
I'm no Substack evangelist, but sometimes you've just got to go where the readers are.
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Unplugged #13: Seminal moments outside, the invisible cost of staying dry, and romanticising Romanticism
A few analogue adventure treasures from this week, plus a tweaked Unplugged format
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The adventure film camera comparison no one asked for: Olympus Trip 35 vs. Olympus XA2
Looking for a film camera for your adventures? Balking at the cost of a new Pentax 17? Look no further than the Olympus Trip 35 or XA2... but which is…
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Alex Roddie
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Unplugged #12: The Meta book heist, tall fences and old trees, growing is painful, and the pursuit of perfection
In which I try to join the dots between Meta's colossal data theft from creatives, the future of outdoor storytelling, and thinking with simple tools...
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Freezeframe – one last journey into the Cairngorms before the world changed
Five years ago, with the first Covid lockdown imminent and a perfect forecast, I decided to seize the opportunity to complete a long-dreamed-of…
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March 2025

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