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06-20-2023, 10:36 PM
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06-20-2023, 11:05 PM
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No, I haven't done any guided trips. I just started local/small and got comfortable on snow. Did hikes on lower grades with microspikes. Then some steeper stuff with crampons. Got comfortable using the ice axe and learning how to self arrest. You'll also meet people out there when you're doing that stuff, and often that can turn into a big learning experience.
Lots of YouTube videos will show you how to use crampons and an ice axe properly. Search for French Technique and Standard crampons usage. Ice Axe stuff search how to self arrest. After this though you need to actually practice. Take some easy winter hikes in microspikes along flat trails. Do some steeper stuff in crampons and get comfortable with how you move in them. Find some safe areas where if you slip, there are no bad consequences. Think a long runout at the bottom of a 30-45deg slope. Go there, climb up, and fall down and start sliding in different positions. Stop yourself. This just needs to become second nature because if you find yourself in a slide situation with any sort of actual exposure/consequences, you need to stop soon or you won't be able to at all. If I ever manage to do a biiiiig objective like Denali (7+ days) I'll def be using a guide program though. Freedom of the Hills is the bible for backcountry/mountaineering safety.
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06-21-2023, 12:59 AM
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Personally, I don’t see myself doing enough alpine hikes. I hate the fookin cold, lived in AZ my entire life so I am a desert rat. It’s not that my threshold is that much lower, is that when I do finally get cold I’m miserable and Ima let everyone around me know it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I just watched a Denali disaster story from years ago, multiple dead… | |||
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06-21-2023, 01:00 AM
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#836
06-22-2023, 02:32 PM
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Sorry Elon, my money would be on Zuck
“It all started when Musk reacted to a report about Meta's Twitter rival. Apparently, Meta chief product officer Chris Cox said the company has "been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run." Someone told him to be careful, because Zuckerberg does jiu jitsu now. "I’m up for a cage match if he is," Musk responded. As The Verge reports, Zuckerberg posted a screenshot of the exchange as a story on his Instagram account with the note: "Send Me Location."” - That “send me location” line is an homage to former undefeated UFC Champion Khabib. Props to Zuck for being an MMA/UFC fan and using the line! | ||
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06-22-2023, 03:38 PM
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06-22-2023, 11:10 PM
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I heard of this gym before in AZ, and that it was generally celebrity-only, didn’t realize also apparently for pro athletes
Honestly, I think my rich buddy’s gym of platinum-status Lifetime at the Biltmore ($150-200+/month I hear) that I’ve been to is better. His has a pool on the roof with a bar and DJ, place to order food, nicest equipment I ever seen, spa, Olympic pool with water park slides, rock wall, all that shit https://m.youtube.com/watch?v= | ||
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06-23-2023, 11:38 AM
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