http://www.calmandfearless.com Calm and Fearless - Reviews by Ed Douglas en-gb Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.calmandfearless.com/assets/rssLogo.gif Calm and Fearless - Reviews by Ed Douglas http://www.calmandfearless.com 88 31 simon@v-graphics.co.uk reviews@v-graphics.co.uk http://www.calmandfearless.com/index.php?component=reviews&reviewCategory=film&reviewUrl=the-long-hope Not that you expect justice in this world, but the story of the Long Hope Route on St John's Head is – or at least was – cruelly obscure. Remote, time-consuming to get to even now, and with the usual problems of the Scottish maritime climate, this grand cliff was never going to be popular with the average climber, and its grandeur has appealed largely to connoisseurs. The first ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 review_hBHCvXhjGS http://www.calmandfearless.com/index.php?component=reviews&reviewCategory=film&reviewUrl=journey-on-the-wild-coast She's a bit bossy. He's a little dreamy and has a habit of dropping useful stuff. They are very much together. Few marriages get put through the wringer quite like this one. Erin McKittrick, as she as at pains to point out, came up with the idea of a year-long adventure, walking from Seattle to the Aleutians along a coastline that has more threats than you can wave a ski pole at. But it clearly ... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 review_TH87JykTP http://www.calmandfearless.com/index.php?component=reviews&reviewCategory=book&reviewUrl=murder-in-the-high-himalaya In Murder in the High Himalaya Jonathan Green tells the story of the killing of 17 year old Kelsang Namtso, a novice nun who was shot dead by Chinese border guards in 2006. There was a lot of publicity surrounding her death, much of it contradictory. This book is an attempt to give a factual account of the events. It tells the story of Tibetans escaping to India. For most of the Tibetans the ... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 review_XT4l0gyTFz http://www.calmandfearless.com/index.php?component=reviews&reviewCategory=book&reviewUrl=full-of-myself Not since America waited on the quayside to learn the fate of Little Nell in the final instalment of The Old Curiosity Shop has there been quite the same sense of literary anticipation. Okay, I exaggerate. Climbing is more Royston Vasey than New York. But Johnny Dawes is without doubt its most striking old curiosity, and his memoirs have sparked genuine excitement. His ascent in 1986 of Indian ... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 review_dcqfpq0sbL