Adam Butterworth
@adambutterworth.bsky.social
Tweets about rocks, film and politics
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
I agree with Camilla Tominey.
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I agree with Camilla Tominey.
My favourite of this style.
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
My favourite of this style.
Weird to see Amazon pushing this film given, y'know *gestures* everything...
December 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Weird to see Amazon pushing this film given, y'know *gestures* everything...
We're a long way from the anguished uncertainty of putting the El Cap solo on camera.
December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We're a long way from the anguished uncertainty of putting the El Cap solo on camera.
Oh Christmas hound, oh Christmas hound!
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh Christmas hound, oh Christmas hound!
So provided no one invents time travel, I should be safe.
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So provided no one invents time travel, I should be safe.
The spice must flow...
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The spice must flow...
The cat who stood guard outside our local Co-Op hoping for affection/tinned fish has moved and it's the most united I've ever seen the local Facebook group.
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The cat who stood guard outside our local Co-Op hoping for affection/tinned fish has moved and it's the most united I've ever seen the local Facebook group.
Facebook can absolutely fuck off with this 'pay for verification' subscription crap.
I add value to your platform. I should not have to pay you for decent search and basic customer service.
I add value to your platform. I should not have to pay you for decent search and basic customer service.
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Facebook can absolutely fuck off with this 'pay for verification' subscription crap.
I add value to your platform. I should not have to pay you for decent search and basic customer service.
I add value to your platform. I should not have to pay you for decent search and basic customer service.
You can take The Observer out of The Guardian...etc, etc
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
You can take The Observer out of The Guardian...etc, etc
Just spotted that you can get a copy of Nicola Sturgeon's collected speeches for the same price signed and unsigned.
Really feel they should knock 50p off the signed copies just for the sake of the joke.
Really feel they should knock 50p off the signed copies just for the sake of the joke.
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Just spotted that you can get a copy of Nicola Sturgeon's collected speeches for the same price signed and unsigned.
Really feel they should knock 50p off the signed copies just for the sake of the joke.
Really feel they should knock 50p off the signed copies just for the sake of the joke.
2025 marked 50 years since the Everest Southwest Face Expedition.
Éric Vola kindly translated a piece by Thomas Vennin which recounts the summit hallucinations of Doug Scott and Dougal Haston.
I used one of Doug's iconic photos of summit day to open the Journal.
Éric Vola kindly translated a piece by Thomas Vennin which recounts the summit hallucinations of Doug Scott and Dougal Haston.
I used one of Doug's iconic photos of summit day to open the Journal.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
2025 marked 50 years since the Everest Southwest Face Expedition.
Éric Vola kindly translated a piece by Thomas Vennin which recounts the summit hallucinations of Doug Scott and Dougal Haston.
I used one of Doug's iconic photos of summit day to open the Journal.
Éric Vola kindly translated a piece by Thomas Vennin which recounts the summit hallucinations of Doug Scott and Dougal Haston.
I used one of Doug's iconic photos of summit day to open the Journal.
One of my favourite pieces from this year's edition was Graham Avery's profile of Reginald Farrer, a mountaineering botanist.
Thanks to the kind folk at Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, I was able to reproduce a number of Farrer's paintings of alpine plants as section frontispieces.
Thanks to the kind folk at Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, I was able to reproduce a number of Farrer's paintings of alpine plants as section frontispieces.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
One of my favourite pieces from this year's edition was Graham Avery's profile of Reginald Farrer, a mountaineering botanist.
Thanks to the kind folk at Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, I was able to reproduce a number of Farrer's paintings of alpine plants as section frontispieces.
Thanks to the kind folk at Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, I was able to reproduce a number of Farrer's paintings of alpine plants as section frontispieces.
The end papers are both photographs taken by the Vissers, a Dutch couple who did an incredible amount of travelling in the Karakoram.
They cropped up in two expedition accounts where modern mountaineers trod in their footsteps and a little beyond, so it was nice to include a little more of them.
They cropped up in two expedition accounts where modern mountaineers trod in their footsteps and a little beyond, so it was nice to include a little more of them.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The end papers are both photographs taken by the Vissers, a Dutch couple who did an incredible amount of travelling in the Karakoram.
They cropped up in two expedition accounts where modern mountaineers trod in their footsteps and a little beyond, so it was nice to include a little more of them.
They cropped up in two expedition accounts where modern mountaineers trod in their footsteps and a little beyond, so it was nice to include a little more of them.
The front cover shows Tom de Csilléry on the Innominata Ridge. In 2024 Tom and his father Michael both completed a round of the 82 4,000m peaks of the Alps.
Just like their climbs, they authored an account of their experience together and brought the rest of the family, past and present.
Just like their climbs, they authored an account of their experience together and brought the rest of the family, past and present.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The front cover shows Tom de Csilléry on the Innominata Ridge. In 2024 Tom and his father Michael both completed a round of the 82 4,000m peaks of the Alps.
Just like their climbs, they authored an account of their experience together and brought the rest of the family, past and present.
Just like their climbs, they authored an account of their experience together and brought the rest of the family, past and present.
The difficult second album is now out in the world.
A few notes on some of the production choices for those who are interested.
A few notes on some of the production choices for those who are interested.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The difficult second album is now out in the world.
A few notes on some of the production choices for those who are interested.
A few notes on some of the production choices for those who are interested.
The people of Britain have Web Fever!
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@blankcheck.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The people of Britain have Web Fever!
@blankcheck.bsky.social
@blankcheck.bsky.social
My mother is currently undergoing a protracted stay in hospital, but, due to the wonder of the Internet, she has still succeeded in turning the house into what can only be described as a Christmas-obsessed prepper's wet dream.
The woman was wasted in social services. She could have run armies.
The woman was wasted in social services. She could have run armies.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My mother is currently undergoing a protracted stay in hospital, but, due to the wonder of the Internet, she has still succeeded in turning the house into what can only be described as a Christmas-obsessed prepper's wet dream.
The woman was wasted in social services. She could have run armies.
The woman was wasted in social services. She could have run armies.
Mabel has had a tough week.
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Mabel has had a tough week.
I hope that our few remaining friends give up on trying to save us,
I hope we come off with a fail safe plot to piss off the dumb few that forgave us,
I hope the fences we mended fall down beneath their own weight,
And I hope we hang on past the last exit,
I hope it's already too late.
I hope we come off with a fail safe plot to piss off the dumb few that forgave us,
I hope the fences we mended fall down beneath their own weight,
And I hope we hang on past the last exit,
I hope it's already too late.
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I hope that our few remaining friends give up on trying to save us,
I hope we come off with a fail safe plot to piss off the dumb few that forgave us,
I hope the fences we mended fall down beneath their own weight,
And I hope we hang on past the last exit,
I hope it's already too late.
I hope we come off with a fail safe plot to piss off the dumb few that forgave us,
I hope the fences we mended fall down beneath their own weight,
And I hope we hang on past the last exit,
I hope it's already too late.
Just realised that I've now edited 10 issues of the AC newsletter.
(And the latest even has the peak on the logo fixed!)
(And the latest even has the peak on the logo fixed!)
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just realised that I've now edited 10 issues of the AC newsletter.
(And the latest even has the peak on the logo fixed!)
(And the latest even has the peak on the logo fixed!)
Yesterday began with a quick scramble in the Llanberis Pass.
While 'The Dragon's Back' looks spectacular as you drive down the pass, it's unfortunately a little grassy and inconsistent up close.
Still, never a bad morning when you can put a few hundred metres under your heels and enjoy this view.
While 'The Dragon's Back' looks spectacular as you drive down the pass, it's unfortunately a little grassy and inconsistent up close.
Still, never a bad morning when you can put a few hundred metres under your heels and enjoy this view.
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Yesterday began with a quick scramble in the Llanberis Pass.
While 'The Dragon's Back' looks spectacular as you drive down the pass, it's unfortunately a little grassy and inconsistent up close.
Still, never a bad morning when you can put a few hundred metres under your heels and enjoy this view.
While 'The Dragon's Back' looks spectacular as you drive down the pass, it's unfortunately a little grassy and inconsistent up close.
Still, never a bad morning when you can put a few hundred metres under your heels and enjoy this view.
It didn't particularly go away.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It didn't particularly go away.
Does Dog TV help with the firework fear?
Mabel says: "What fireworks?"
Mabel says: "What fireworks?"
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Does Dog TV help with the firework fear?
Mabel says: "What fireworks?"
Mabel says: "What fireworks?"