HipMF Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 Real climbers are goddam freaks. (pictured above) John Gill was one of the fore-runners of modern climbing (bouldering especially) . Devil's Lake is home to one of (allegedly/possibly the only?) routes that he ever "chipped" aka modified to make more climbable. Little Flatiron. Rated at V4 it's an lower-intermediate climb, but a lofty goal for a noob, and conveniently an hours drive from my spot. Who knew there was historically significant rock climbing areas in Wisconsin? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ REKIII and damnboy037 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damnboy037 Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, HipMF said: Thank you for the cautionary tale. I don't intend to go too deep down the strength-training rabbit hole. Ultimately though, every year I look at myself and see that I am a little bit fatter than I have ever been. I don't want this one-way trend to continue indefinitely. As I've gotten older the work that I do becomes less active and more sedentary. It's clear that I need to find some other way of being physically active. I do some biking when the weather (and my motivation level) allows, but I'm not much for doing fitness just for fitness' sake. Climbing seems like an activity that I would enjoy, and my hope is that if I build some muscle along the way it will help keep my belly in check. However, I'm a somewhat obsessive person and my attentions span rarely stretches more than a few weeks, so we'll see what happens... The easiest way for anybody to keep body fat down is strength training, you burn 6 extra calories a day for every pound of muscle you have. You don’t necessarily have to be a gym rat, I don’t lift much right now, but I’m able to maintain by training in Kickboxing and BJJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 Went out wheeling the other weekend because a friend was looking to test out his Jeep. It started with driving right into a river that was not shallow and driving down the bank a bit. We laugh after exiting and ask him what the heck that was about. "It's usually just river rock along the bank, turns out it's water today!" We then proceed to drive to a spot where we've gone winter wheeling up a mountain before, and it started snowing as we got closer. We didn't see much for tracks going up, and this is a popular spot. Turns out that it had snowed many feet since the last people were up there! The Jeep was a snow plow, and the only reason we did have snow rolling over the top of the 35" tall tires was due to the bumper pushing it to the side first. It was an awesome time! I need to fix / scrap my broken ass Jeep lol. Ripped a brake line off it accidently on our new years day run up the same mountain, not to mention all the other issues. It's snowing here today which is odd and reminded me of this. I also love seeing people play in the snow in the city here since it doesn't happen often. People sledding in the streets, quads / side by sides ripping around with sleds behind, just people out enjoying it. That and a ton of cars in the ditches haha. Jdesign, P_Roloff and m42b32 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 7 hours ago, GunMetalGrey said: Is this him? https://imgur.com/gallery/vAvMhKx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 22 hours ago, GunMetalGrey said: Went out wheeling the other weekend because a friend was looking to test out his Jeep. It started with driving right into a river that was not shallow and driving down the bank a bit. We laugh after exiting and ask him what the heck that was about. "It's usually just river rock along the bank, turns out it's water today!" We then proceed to drive to a spot where we've gone winter wheeling up a mountain before, and it started snowing as we got closer. We didn't see much for tracks going up, and this is a popular spot. Turns out that it had snowed many feet since the last people were up there! The Jeep was a snow plow, and the only reason we did have snow rolling over the top of the 35" tall tires was due to the bumper pushing it to the side first. It was an awesome time! I need to fix / scrap my broken ass Jeep lol. Ripped a brake line off it accidently on our new years day run up the same mountain, not to mention all the other issues. It's snowing here today which is odd and reminded me of this. I also love seeing people play in the snow in the city here since it doesn't happen often. People sledding in the streets, quads / side by sides ripping around with sleds behind, just people out enjoying it. That and a ton of cars in the ditches haha. That looks like a lot of fun, pretty impressive how it handles that deep snow! I've started to want a vehicle that goes over things vs. around them. I spent the last 3 days working on my brother's new-to-him XJ. They're a breath of fresh air compared to a BMW as far as access to everything. However, the mix of metric and english bolts all over the place is ridiculous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 IMG_2748.MP4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 lolol i dont have video editing abilities so e30 text version: show e30 dashboard, insert key, start car, pan up to check control, push button, no lights, happy crying people, pan down to cluster, no lights, more crying. B C, m42b32, SteelBlue and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Reminds me of the old joke about the guy with the worlds most useless job. He works at the BMW factory putting the turn signals on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 What's the difference between a BMW and a porcupine? The porcupine has it's pricks on the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 That's enough dad jokes for one day 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekpoint Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Shameless plug. If anyone wants to see rare/uncommon BMW parts follow my instagram https://www.instagram.com/bimmerbreakers.us/ Selling a lot of cool stuff on there. Also offering rare part finding services. patsbimmer1 and Jdesign 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 23 hours ago, Rekpoint said: Shameless plug. If anyone wants to see rare/uncommon BMW parts follow my instagram https://www.instagram.com/bimmerbreakers.us/ Selling a lot of cool stuff on there. Also offering rare part finding services. Do we get Wibimmers discounts on parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekpoint Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Bassboy3313 said: Do we get Wibimmers discounts on parts? Yes Bassboy3313 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REKIII Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Do you have any account other than instagram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 23 minutes ago, REKIII said: Do you have any account other than instagram? This, I don't have and will not make an instagram account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted March 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 When do the cars come out of hibernation? I see rain early next week but I can imagine they will spray the roads with Salt/cheese brine/chemtrails afterwards though. maybe not this saturday, but next? Hope so. SteelBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, B C said: When do the cars come out of hibernation? I see rain early next week but I can imagine they will spray the roads with Salt/cheese brine/chemtrails afterwards though. maybe not this saturday, but next? Hope so. I usually wait for a few good rains, the forecast is making it look like it'll happen sooner rather than later this year though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, B C said: When do the cars come out of hibernation? I see rain early next week but I can imagine they will spray the roads with Salt/cheese brine/chemtrails afterwards though. maybe not this saturday, but next? Hope so. As soon as the snow melts and I can drive my car out of my back garage to the front garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 9 hours ago, patsbimmer1 said: As soon as the snow melts and I can drive my car out of my back garage to the front garage. Same here. Gotta wait for all this snow to melt and for the yard to dry up before pulling the fleet out from my barn. I will say, working at a performance shop now, people are definitely getting anxious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 I just to get some summer tires mounted and I’ll be good to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBlue Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 It's supposed to be like 60 next week and I am really getting the itch. But I really should wait, if it was a newer car I would feel fine, but with it being delicate 31 year old metal, I think I'm going to wait until we are for sure out of the thick of it. Everyone at work has started to bring out their summer cars and I'm getting FOMO. m42b32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilber33 Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 We've started moving things out of the apartment and since the house isn't entirely done yet, they are being stored in the garage. Which means the e30 is buried. 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, YoungCR said: I just to get some summer tires mounted and I’ll be good to go So it'll be your fault this year when we get 6" of snow in March. Thanks for taking one for the team this year. B C and SteelBlue 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, SteelBlue said: It's supposed to be like 60 next week and I am really getting the itch. But I really should wait, if it was a newer car I would feel fine, but with it being delicate 31 year old metal, I think I'm going to wait until we are for sure out of the thick of it. Everyone at work has started to bring out their summer cars and I'm getting FOMO. Just go grab the e30 in the garage. I'm sure the keys are in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted March 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 I just reinstated my insurance policy for the year. Not sure how detrimental that will be to the weather forecast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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