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And then there's the uncropped, unedited candid shot, fired off at random, that turns out better than everything else you did all day:
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10 hours ago, KaiserRolls said:
Eau Claire?
SR33, highway C (Mindoro cut) ?
Sounds about right. If you're looking for a legit switchback, there's one by Devil's Lake. I don't remember it being particularly photogenic, but there's plenty of rubber on the road from the fuckbois.
It's on street view as well.
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At work replying to my own emails where I asked people questions and got no response...
- YoungCR and KaiserRolls
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Dude paddle boarding with the doggos. Fog really lingered today.
- straight6pwr, P_Roloff and Jdesign
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Took the OM-D and Sigma mini-wide along for this weekend's climbing adventure.
I scrambled up the talus on the west bluff to a boulder problem called Super Slab, explored around the base of the prospect point area, then climbed Wiessner's Chimney. The top of Wiessner Wall is one of the best views of the lake that I've found so far. I'll have to get up there with a wide-angle in the next week or two when the colors get a bit better.
- P_Roloff, straight6pwr and YoungCR
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Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin the scene with a gangsta lean, woo-ooo
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Odd. Also saw an Isuzu Vehicross for sale recently. Not sure what's happening, but I don't like it.
https://madison.craigslist.org/cto/d/madison-1994-subaru-svx-awd/7368016212.html
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7 hours ago, patsbimmer1 said:
Next week I will be in Mexico driving Baja Challenge trucks along sections of the Baja 1000 and 500! It's two days worth of driving through the desert in the actual Baja Challenge trucks used for racing. I've never done something like this so I'm pretty excited! The video below is the exact route and places I'm staying while we're on the trip.
Sounds rad! If you need any help with that let me know. I know a guy.
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I feel like I haven't made anyone here uncomfortable in a while, so I just wanted y'all to know I'll still out here.
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Doesn't matter your age, we're all part of the ________ generation
Liars put it another way: "They threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top". Label it, pretend you know everything about it, and go on with your life.
"Everybody in, his or her own life, needs a hobby; fills the void that work and rent creates... we can win..."/s
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6 minutes ago, straight6pwr said:
agreed - good climbers have crazy strength and muscle endurance! my brother is a rock climbing guide out in utah. leading a pitch can take him from 10 minutes to hours depending on the circumstances. Difficulty, if its a new climb that needs anchors placed, novice level of the belayer that will be following, etc all come into play. Maybe that guy was also still learning so extra time was needed (which is a good thing, because planning and safety are obviously critical in rock climbing)
a story he shared with me re: safely leading a climb -
he went a climbing/repelling adventure with a friend who was visiting him near zion national park. at some point during the day they came across another group doing the same. they stopped and chatted, then took a break and watch that group repel for a few minutes. it was super clear to him they were being very unsafe and sloppy in technique, so he kindly let them know. they were, of course, young and cocky and dismissed his concerns. well, a couple hours later on his way back out of the canyon he came back across the same group in the same place. sure as shit, one of the girls in the group had fallen down their repel after he left and had broke her femur. compound fracture. in the middle of nowhere with a clearly inexperience and unprepared group leader. it was late in the day, with little water left in the group and the girl was in shock. my brother and his friend (both Marines) field dressed, splinted and proceed to carry this poor girl out of the canyon, including setting up rigging to to pull her up the repel she fell down and doing half of the rescue in the dark. injuries in hard-to-access places are the most dangerous.
Thanks for relaying the story.
One of the first questions our guide went around and asked everyone in the group was "Is rock climbing safe?". It's not safe, but neither is driving a car. If you take it seriously and mitigate the risks where you can you can tip the odds in your favor, but if you wanted to be safe you'd just stay home. That's not much of a life though, so you have to find a balance point somewhere. Everyone has a different comfort level with risk. At the end of the day if luck's not on your side, you're screwed either way. I'm not trying to promote risk-taking or stupidity. "Everything in moderation" is what the greeks said and it still seems to hold true.
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Speaking of hanging onto a wall for a long time...
I was already pretty restless last year and thinking of traveling Mexico. Still not sure what I'm doing with my life. Been reading Kerouac and looking at my old travel thread.
I don't hate my job or my life as much as I did back then, but at the same time it's felt like a crime spending my days inside sitting on my ass in front of a computer, especially now that the weather is nice. May need to make a break for it again...
Probably nothing as big or exciting as my last jaunt, but the farther you get from your life, the more perspective you have on it...
Thinking of a Wisconsin-centric trip, maybe by bicycle... not sure. Lease is up in late summer and I have twice the savings I did last time. On the fence about trying to keep my job vs walking away and starting over again. Or just keep my head down and use my savings to buy a house the next time the economy implodes, assuming that it all doesn't get inflated away in the meantime...
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31 minutes ago, YoungCR said:
Does the humidity affect the climbing? Just curious if the rocks sweat at all or if the sun bakes that away.
I don't know about the humidity, but the rain that we got definitely left the rock wet and there was some water seeping out throughout the day. There was a guy (not from our group) that spent, literally, and I'm not exaggerating or being hyperbolic here, like 45 minutes to an hour lead-climbing a moderately difficult climb next to what we were climbing. He couldn't figure out where or how to place gear because the rock was wet and slippery. I have no idea how someone can just sit there hanging on to a wall for that long...
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I got stuck on a detour on the way to Devil's Lake on Saturday. Cruising down highway 12 at 65. Couldn't decide whether or not it was my turn coming up. It was. Decided I could still make it and jammed on the brakes hard. Let off and chucked the e34 hard into the right-hander. The rear end dutifully followed the front around the corner, despite my continued provocation. Pretty boring.
Did my first day of real climbing outdoors. The people I was with were better climbers than I am, so I didn't get the relaxing day of easy climbs that I was hoping for. I managed to get up a few climbs. Fell a few times. Pretty minor when you're top-roping. Drank almost a gallon of water. Legs are sore. Lots of bug bites. Overall a good day.
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Haven't been paying much attention to car news, but heard that Hyundai was coming out with a new "mini truck". So disappointed:
The bed fit's half a mountain bike... at an angle... I looked it up and the bed of a Subaru Brat was 2 inches wider and 8 inches longer. This is not a truck, it's a hatchback with part of the roof missing.
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My dad (not exactly an upstanding citizen...) had the same issue, but just built the shed right behind the garage and nailed a 2x4 between them and called it one building. Last time I was back in the old neighborhood both the garage and shed were still standing. I'm not recommending that approach, but a "lean-to" or "carport" might be an option though.
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Signed up to get my outdoor climbing cherry popped at an "open climb" day at Devil's Lake, because I have no friends and suck at making new friends.
Next Saturday, 7:30 am, $145/ head.
https://www.devilslakeclimbingguides.com/trips/guided-climbing#opengroup
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Made friends with a bat today at david dudly (above) and didn't even think to take a picture. It was just sunning itself on one of the holds I wanted to use. Took until my 3rd or 4th time through before it realized I was there and crawled back into it's crack.
No bees, please!
Tentatively planning a guided trip to Devil's Lake sometime early/mid summer. I have one co-worker who's on board already. Let me know if struggle is your game. The more, the merrier.
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Do kids these days even know what emo is?
that baggy-ass Thrasher sweater...
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Found a climbing spot right in Madison, about 4 miles from the capitol. Unlike the gym, there was no one here and no masks required. Very nice.
Mostly just did some traversing since I don't have any ropes or actual climbing gear. I might have to do something about that so I can give this crack a try.
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GAY
I literally LOLed because I'm a child.
chit chat thread
in General Off-Topic
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A couple years ago, the electronics industry went through a capacitor shortage. The cause was allegedly that the manufacturers had planned on demand falling, but it never did. It takes years to spin up a new factory and no one wanted to do it if demand was going to level off or fall. Supply slowly started to dry up.
Of course, when word got out that there wasn't going to be enough supply, everyone panic-bought, which of course made the problem worse, causing more people to think "This is bad, maybe I should panic-buy...".
A year later everything was back to normal and no one was worried about the alleged capacitor shortage anymore...