We spent an afternoon with @ugly.tatts_beautiful.view, @micky_guggenheim, and Barnabé after the rush of @filmfestlocarno and the energy of @festival_basecamp. The setting was Rancate in Mendrisio, where the rocks rise steady and the air feels wide open.
For David, climbing is more than strength. “It clears the head,” he says. “You focus, you breathe, and somehow everything else falls into place.” It’s movement that demands presence, but also rewards it—with calm, with perspective, with the small joy of reaching higher than before.
The day unfolded slowly, with good company and perfect weather turning stone into playground. Each route became a rhythm, each hold a reminder that effort and ease can meet in balance.
During our time together, David wore our LOGO-PROJECT Stewart Armstrong shirt—clean, grounded, and built for days that shift between motion and stillness.
The Quiet Side is about moments that reset us. On that wall in Rancate, surrounded by friends, it felt exactly like that