Darrell Hartman
Co-Founder, Jungles in Paris and Freelance Writer at Freelance
Author of "Battle of Ink & Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media" (Viking)
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1 week ago |
furthermag.com | Darrell Hartman
FURTHER AFIELDFive Alpine towns where you can travel to the top of Western Europe — and back into the Golden Age of Mountaineering Hiking toward Lac Blanc in Chamonix, France, the birthplace of modern mountaineering. Photo: Cassie Floto. Many of us hike to escape into nature, but one of the beauties of the Western Alps — that storied, snowcapped range shared by Switzerland, France, and Italy — is that the region’s centuries-old mountain culture rarely feels too far away.
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1 month ago |
businessandamerica.com | Darrell Hartman
Until recently, David Friedman and his friends braved New York City parks and playgrounds to get their pickleball fix. They brought their own nets and line tape, avoided the broken glass, and adjusted to the weird bounces the ball took on cracked concrete. “We were competing with kids on scooters,” he says. Pickleheads in other cities think nothing of setting up on tennis courts, but Friedman knew better than to try that in Brooklyn. “Tennis players here will murder you,” he says.
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1 month ago |
fastcompany.com | Darrell Hartman
Until recently, David Friedman and his friends braved New York City parks and playgrounds to get their pickleball fix. They brought their own nets and line tape, avoided the broken glass, and adjusted to the weird bounces the ball took on cracked concrete. “We were competing with kids on scooters,” he says. Pickleheads in other cities think nothing of setting up on tennis courts, but Friedman knew better than to try that in Brooklyn. “Tennis players here will murder you,” he says.
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2 months ago |
furthermag.com | Darrell Hartman
Thirty years ago, Erling Kagge became the first person to reach the so-called “three poles” — the North Pole, the South Pole, and the summit of Mount Everest — on foot. He now admits that he was partly motivated by “unsympathetic reasons” like competitiveness and thirst for recognition. That said, he got to know the ends of the earth — and extremes of human experience — in a way that few of us ever do.
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Nov 21, 2024 |
furthermag.com | Darrell Hartman
THE DOWNLOADLondon’s centuries-old independent pubs — with their cask ales, brass footrails, tobacco-stained walls, and nary a TV in sight — face extinction. Our correspondent pulls up a stool at a few of the holdouts Some cultures commiserate at the saloon, the teahouse, the wine bar, or the café. In Britain, the dearest (and usually nearest) drinking establishment is the pub.
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