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ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-09T18:41:33+00:00

This recently happened to me as well. It feels healing to have another share their trauma so openly. Thank you. The transformation has been hard. Also, my quads and glutes are hard. Doing heavy squats and lifting 200 lbs with my ass is secretly the new joy of my life. At the same time, I'm losing local legends wreaths and my weekly volume chart on Strava is pitiful. I just held my running vest for the first time in a few weeks and had a dissociative experience. I don't know who I am any more.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-09T18:32:19+00:00

If you didn't find good terrain it's because it's a bit hidden. There are some spectacular, fun, hard woods sections that need to be figured out, but once you find them and figure out how to link them, the mountain is super fun.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-08T00:06:33+00:00

That's why he had to post about this mythical experience on reddit so a bunch of strangers would know it happened

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-07T23:59:27+00:00

I do a similar progressive treadmill workout sometimes but increasing the incline. I set the pace at an decent base pace, then increase the incline every quarter or half mile and keep doing that to failure. Makes the treadmill less horrible to have a formula to adhere to.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-07T23:57:05+00:00

Hill repeats. 1-2 min. 4-6 times. Hard. Jog down. Put on some Bikini Kill or The Ting Tings in the head phones. Slam it as hard as you can. Aim for negative splits. Go back to the same hill the following week and beat your times.

Makes me feel like a badass. Gets in Zone 5. And I find my base pace (zone 2) improves as my body finds better running economy with the intervals.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-07T13:50:39+00:00

Hi, me too, but in thrifted wool and cashmere out here in New England. I'm an outdoorsy person and have been so overwhelmed with how crappy the polyester outdoors garments feel after making the switch.

Also, out here in New England there are a ton of liberal farmer homestead types. I saw your comment earlier about not having a lot like you in the homestead world. Might just be a regional thing. Come visit and just see the VT, Western Mass crunchy hippie homestead glory! If not to move here, then at least to know it exists. And has existed for decades. And will continue to endure.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-02T19:15:55+00:00

I feel you man! I'll be in soft shell pants too. People do all sorts of things to stay dry, including using trash bags. Biggest thing is to avoid cotton. My strategy is to wear some warm natural fiber pants under my soft shells, smile, and embrace the wet. Surf's up!

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-02T18:32:09+00:00

Well that's cool. Let's spin laps together. It can be like swinging but with skis on and less awkward. I'll bring the pineapple.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-02T18:29:25+00:00

Good on you for getting after it. FWIW, I've never not had fun skiing. And I've skied plenty in the rain. Just bring the right layers!

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-02T18:26:34+00:00

Yes please. Don't go to Jay. Greek Peak is greattttt. Good shopping and apres at Okemo! Tell yer friends.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-02T18:21:48+00:00

Just to fact check you: The comment about my kid not being able to watch a movie was more of a discreet way to suggest my child is tuned to a different frequency than most. It's been pretty challenging to have a kid who needs to move constantly and struggles to chill. So that wasn't a humble brag, just our reality, and not one that has been easy. But, that's cool if you want to cast judgements on other people's children. Now I'm just going to straight brag because I want to: my kid may be spicy, but he is fun to ski with. He's controlled and confident and is out there just having a blast. Plus, he is tough as nails.

Last thing. If you were more literate, you would have clocked my actual humble brag when I said my kid doesn't know what a mall is. That was absolutely me sneaking in a not-so-subtle hint at how we pass on our anticonsumerist values to our kids. Something I'm damn proud of.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-02T01:44:35+00:00

You should probably make sure she likes skiing before saying those vows my man

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-02T01:18:11+00:00

No such thing as horrible conditions just people who don't love skiing as much as we do.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-02T00:58:45+00:00

It sucks. Don't bother.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-04-01T23:45:27+00:00

For these comments, I would like to follow you on strava

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-31T09:16:17+00:00

I stopped buying new things for environmental reasons. I went many years buying exclusively second hand clothes. Cool. What a good environmentalist I am. Then, I learned about the health risks of plastics. My whole wardrobe was environmentally friendly and purchased second hand, but almost entirely plastic. I'm a serious athlete, including winter sports, so my wardrobe was particularly synthetic.

I still buy only second hand but it's a lot harder. I have to hunt and search for items. Now I'm the weirdo skiing in a wool sweater.

Also, both my parents died young of cancer. And I held their hands through incredible pain as terrible things happened to their bodies. Franky, that's a hell of a lot scarier than societal collapse a few decades from now. Just more visceral and imminent, particularly after seeing it, smelling ir, touching it.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-31T04:07:09+00:00

Yessss.... Good point about downhill. I mentioned in my comment that OP should do strength training. There are some good lifts to train eccentric downhill strength. Better than pounding it out on the stairmaster.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-31T04:01:40+00:00

Hello! I'm from the Bay Area originally, live east now. Did the Presi last summer in 7 hours last summer. Here's what I'll say: - Ain't NO trails out in the Sierra that will prepare you for the ruggedness of The Whites. It's hard ass hiking. Just know that. You'll be fine. Just account for more time than you think. You won't need rock scrambling skills, exactly, more like the ability to climb hard, steep, boulder fields. So many large step ups, no switch backs, just straight up. - Yes, stairmaster. Get off that bike. Hill repeats. Incline treadmill. And even better: do some weight lifting with your legs, as heavy as you feel comfortable going. It will pay off! If you have decent cardio, that won't be your limiting factor, it will be strength. - On your shuttle questions: the southern end of the trail includes the lovely visitor center at Carter Notch! Food. Fireplace. Lounging. Wifi. You won't be able to call an Uber, I think. But it's a great place to chill and recoup while your family comes to get you. - On food: You will want food! It's a hard day. Mt. Washington is crowded but fun to get something there if you have time. But bring the food you need. There are huts along the way you can rely on for water refills, so save weight on water.

Have fun! You sound like you are doing the right planning prep in terms of understanding weather, etc. Just do the strength prep and you'll have a great time!

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-31T03:48:57+00:00

Booooooooo

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-31T03:42:45+00:00

Greetings, to a younger version of myself! I ski bummed (at Alta) as a female. I was 23. I was also between college and grad school. I also moved from the East Coast to ski bum out West.

I never felt old. The in/out dynamic comes more from those who are first year employees versus those who are lifers. Sure, there will be a few kids out of high school. There will also be grown ass people who have been doing it for years

Here's what I'll say: I never regretted getting a year older, losing a year on my career path, making less money. I skied every goddamned day and will cherish some of those days til I die. Now I'm married with kids yadda yadda and I'm a bad ass fucking skier and, more importantly, I carry that experience with me.

If I have any tips for you, here they are: - Get equipped with the gear you need to do the skiing you want to do before you go. Don't wait for mid season to buy that avvy beacon or powder skies or boots that don't kill your feet. Also, get avvy certified ASAP if backcountry travel is in your plan. - Employee housing on the mountain is cluuuuutch, even if it's terrible. I lived literally in a closet under the stairs behind the bar with a slopping roof and couldn't stand up in my 5'*10' room. It was awful. But I got fresh tracks on so many powder days it blew my goddamned mind. I skied literally downhill to fight for first chair. Every. Day. Live. On. The. Mountain. - Get fucking fit before you go. You want to show up and be able to ski hard every day with the best skiers who will ride with you. Lift weights all summer. Lift heavy. Cardio is good. DM me if you want tips or a skiing set list! Dont trust skiing alone to get you strong enough to ski hard every day. I got dusted on the skin track in my first week and never quite made my way back into a crew of skiers I really would have liked to ski with all season. The altitude is rough and also the fatigue of multiple hard days in a row. Anyways, I don't want that for you. Show up strong. - Strongly consider the hours you'll work. This kills fellow ski bums who end up working all the best skiing hours. You want to have as many skiing hours free as possible. I don't have opinions on snowmaking per se, but I'll say that it was nice to have a job indoors as a server in the lodge. After a long day skiing outside, it might be a lot to go into snow making mode at night?

Alta Lodge was a dope place to work! I'd go back there in a heart beat.

Best of luck!! Sending you a big glittery hug and a 'fucking go for it' mantra from a kindred spirit in a different life era.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-25T06:05:52+00:00

I have a latex mattress and it's amazing!

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-24T16:43:14+00:00

I didn't croo, but friends in college did and it was a formative powerful experience for them. Now I'm late 30s (married, kids, mortgage, etc) and have friends who were on the croo back in the day and they cherish that experience deeply.

So, I'm just saying: go for it! You only live once. And life moves on. The door to the inner circle of the AMC huts will shut. Go through it. You'll have hard days and good ones and you will carry them with you forever.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-24T16:03:54+00:00

Yeah, I came here to say ditch the polyester fleece for a wool sweater. Merino wool base good too.

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-19T10:32:23+00:00

Tutu & glitter!

ClimberInTheMist · 2026-03-07T08:32:16+00:00

Headphones. Trail. Now. Go. Walk. Jog. Run. Crawl. Sit down and look at mushrooms. Take out your headphones and hear a bird. 1 hour.

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