After an incredibly weak season that would make yellow snow look gold, New England has cranked up the hype machine for an approaching blizzard that they’re calling a historic winter storm. They hope to get up to two feet of snow, which for them is indeed historic. People of the West, rejoice. Give thanks that [ more... ]

The disappearance of George Mallory and Andrew Irving on their June 8, 1924 Everest summit bid has been a thing of mystery. Sort of. We know they went up and never came back…there’s really not that much mystery. But people point out that we don’t know exactly what happened, and instead of accepting that small [ more... ]