I write about climbing, mountaineering, and the strange things people do to fill life’s void. If you like wilderness, danger, rock, ice, and the cold hand of death, stay tuned.

My name is Will Maclean. By day I am a software engineer. At other times I am a writer and climber from the United Kingdom.


I am my own home. And my handkerchief is my flag. Reinhold Messner.

Few people, after all, think about philosophers much, and some of those who do may well regard them with a mildly bemused respect. Bernard Williams

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Mildly Bemused Respect is a Substack about risk and adventure. I write about mountains, polar exploration, rock climbing, and death.

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Trained on software and AI, fine-tuning on architecture and construction. Emergent Ventures winner 2025. Founder @ set4.io