Adventure and Sleeping

There Is No Adventure Without Risk

Jimmy Chin | Outside | 28th September 2026

Profile of Yvon Chouinard, who began climbing as a kid to escape his alcoholic father, climbed Yosemite’s El Capitan in 1964, founded outdoor gear company Patagonia, made “clean climbing” a global standard for climbers, invented the “dirtbag” aesthetic, redefined ice climbing, and then in 2022, gave the company away to a non-profit. “It’s so easy to complicate your life. It’s so much harder to simplify it” (4,000 words)

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Would You Quit Sleeping?

Rebecca Lowe | Ends Don’t Justify The Means | 27th September 2026

Thought experiment. If someone created a drug that took away the need for sleep with no side-effects, would you take it? Many of the immediate reasons that spur a “no!” would not hold up on scrutiny. If you are not aware that you are asleep, you cannot enjoy it. The pre- and post-sleep rituals that humans claim to enjoy are coping strategies for the fact that we need sleep, putting us back in square one (2,400 words)