“Nero fiddled while Rome burned”: Brace For Impact

In my younger years, I had a climbing partner who had a unique way of phrasing his encouragement when I would voice my trepidation of exposure on any of the routes he would inevitably be excited about. “It’s not the fall that kills you, it’s hitting the ground”, he would say confidently. In our formidable … Continue reading “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”: Brace For Impact