HipMF 1087 Report post Posted February 14 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)_/¯ 2 damnboy037 and REKIII reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damnboy037 69 Report post Posted February 14 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunMetalGrey 1271 Report post Posted February 14 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. 3 Jdesign, P_Roloff and m42b32 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HipMF 1087 Report post Posted February 15 7 hours ago, GunMetalGrey said: Is this him? https://imgur.com/gallery/vAvMhKx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m42b32 1214 Report post Posted February 15 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5233 Report post Posted February 17 IMG_2748.MP4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
straight6pwr 2366 Report post Posted February 17 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. 4 SteelBlue, m42b32, B C and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HipMF 1087 Report post Posted February 18 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HipMF 1087 Report post Posted February 18 What's the difference between a BMW and a porcupine? The porcupine has it's pricks on the outside. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wasnt m3 1286 Report post Posted February 18 That's enough dad jokes for one day 😄 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rekpoint 538 Report post Posted yesterday at 02:56 AM 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. 2 patsbimmer1 and Jdesign reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bassboy3313 819 Report post Posted 17 hours ago 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rekpoint 538 Report post Posted 14 hours ago 3 hours ago, Bassboy3313 said: Do we get Wibimmers discounts on parts? Yes 1 Bassboy3313 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
REKIII 527 Report post Posted 6 hours ago Do you have any account other than instagram? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jc43089 880 Report post Posted 6 hours ago 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
