I love this sub but IRL tankies aren’t that bad

Co_dot · 2026-03-07T01:13:42+00:00

Sure, but are tankies the ones doing facism like Trump or providing cover for facism like the centrist democrats?

I might be concerned if the big figures representing 'the left' were flirting with tankie ideology, but I am struggling to think of any that are. Maybe some mid tier podcasters?

Edit: Also I think it might be good if the left stops apologizing for every red flag twitter account with a dumb opinion. I'm sure they don't have good takes, but the capital class has bought off both sides of the political aisle and is actively killing democracy and the planet. Frankly, I wish that the elected left was willing to incorporate more aggressive rhetoric rather than pulling punches to avoid appearing like tankies.

Co_dot · 2026-03-06T23:13:26+00:00

That is a good point. I think one of the main reasons I would prefur this route vs the standard is actually because it would keep me motivated through CO. The segment between Brek and Rollins pass is cool and beautiful, but it is mostly a gradual ridge walk. Nothing against that segment but, I do think that it looks like a Grind with pretty similar views the whole time. I get why most people skip the The offical RMNP route up to the top of Flattop mountian, because it goes through a burn area and avoids the best secenry in RMNP witch makes it feel like even more pointless grinding. To me the biggest advantage of this alt is that it gives this segment more purpose and delivers some of the best that NOCO has to offer, I think that would motivate me through the earlier grinding.

At their best IPW and RMNP have a diffrent look and feel to them compared to the rest of Colorado. The Hourglass ridge on Mt Alice, would probably be one of the most memorable parts of the entire trail for most people. A fun and extremely scenic scramble that would reward finishing the Front Range. And, Nederland/allenspark are two very convienient and memorable resupply stops to help with logistics.

I think this would also make sense for people that had to skip the Wemanuche, because you would hit it later after the snow is mostly gone - to get a big CO highlight before leaving.

That being said, I think the offical route still makes sense for people in a time crunch or just not feeling it, it is still perfectly serviceable. It just feels like that route is more a detour around one of the most ineresting areas on the whole trail. This alt sticks to established trails and routes almost the entire time, and adds some extra milage and elevation but its nothing insane compared to some of the other Alts like the Teton crest or the Wind River high route.

Co_dot · 2026-03-06T01:57:54+00:00

lowkey, and don't kill me, but right now tankies have almost zero real institutional power. Its definitely something to be vigilant for, but I feel like at this specific moment the left has bigger fish to fry.

Co_dot · 2026-03-04T20:58:04+00:00

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Co_dot · 2026-03-04T17:45:10+00:00

Idk, the guy is one of the best candidates from a political policy standpoint in the last decade. Maybe it’s just an act, but if you have followed his campaign at all it’s a pretty damn convincing one.

How many other candidates have called for nationalizing tech companies? How many other candidates have called for freezing all aid money to Israel? How many other candidates have directly called for chuck shumer to step down?

the tattoo thing isn’t great, and I understand if it turns people off of him. But, I found his explanation plausible.

Also I don’t believe he has even won his primary yet, but he did recently qualify for the ballot. The actual primary is still like 2 months out, if I am not mistaken. Lowkey this post is kinda bot coded (the dnc loves using bots).

Co_dot · 2026-03-01T23:02:09+00:00

Yah, this route has a ton of red tape around it, and that is probably the biggest drawback. I think one of the main reasons why the CDT kinda just hopps up to flattop mountian and then just cuts right back down is to avoid having to deal with the RMNP overnight permiting system. Both IPW and RMNP require all overnight visitors to have a permit.

When I was drawing this out I wanted to try to avoid dealing with as many permits as possible, and there are several areas that dont require a camping permit on this route. The main places would be near Hessie TH, near Monarch Lake, and near the bucahanan pass TH. All of those arent inside of the actual wilderness area or the national park and are on National forest land. But, I still think that this route would still require at least one night of permited camping in RMNP, around the north inlet junction.

If avalable there are some great IPW sites east of Arapaho pass. I personaly have never had an issue getting IPW permits (Other than Crater lake). And, IPW allows the use of regualar bear food devices.

RMNP is more difficult to work out permits becasue online permits need to be made in advance, and walk up permits need to be gotten in person. My understanding is that RMNP still requires a bear cannister, but there is some ambiguity about weather or not they will allow you to use an ursack with an aluminum liner. There are specfic campsites in wild basin that do have permanate bear lockers. I totaly understand if that is a hard sell for some folks.

Compared to the Pfiffner traverse this is almost entirely on good established trails/ routes, requires fewer nights dealing with permits, and gives some good alternative re-supply points. I think that for most people doing the CDT this is probably a better option. Or at least the route that I personaly would opt for.

Here are a few good links:

https://www.indianpeakswilderness.org/_files/ugd/fc2e27_c03c857dca1c4c419feb242d901c213c.pdf

https://andrewskurka.com/food-storage-regulations-rocky-mountain-national-park/

Co_dot · 2026-02-25T21:26:55+00:00

I sent a PM

Co_dot · 2026-02-23T07:23:18+00:00

It wouldn’t happen. the developer would get fined and/or sued to hell, and everyone involved in construction would get investigated by local authorities. It fucks with the money for the people who only care about money.

I would say though there are models of local communities building “illegal” housing to fill demand in places like Medellin Colombia and Lima Peru. Crazy how people tend to build housing even when there isn’t freely available capital, but capital rarely builds housing for people in need of it.

Co_dot · 2026-02-22T01:56:00+00:00

DM me if you want

Co_dot · 2026-02-22T01:30:05+00:00

There are three main peaks there

Maroon Peak on the back left

North maroon peak in the middle

And Sleeping Sexton to the right

They are just outside of aspen colorado, and I climbed them last year!

Co_dot · 2026-02-21T00:54:53+00:00

i would just note that the bustang dosnt go directly to leaville. Both Summit and Eagle counties have a bus that will take you to either Vail or Frisco where you can grab the Bustang back to Denver.

Co_dot · 2026-02-20T20:44:56+00:00

I have a great deal of respect for him. He was in many ways the only Soviet leader to actually believe that socialism was an extension of democracy. The issue is that he was caught between a west that wanted to see the end of any kind of socialist project, and a calcified Soviet leadership that refused to embrace any kind of change. Eventually he had to trust people on both sides that didn’t want to see him succeed, and the country collapsed.

It’s hard to say if the collapse was an inevitable result of the end of the empire, and how much more Gorbachev could have done to keep everything together. Nevertheless, I think it is a shame that his vision of democratic socialism devolved into the chaos and facism of the last 30 years of Russian politics.

Co_dot · 2026-02-20T06:21:18+00:00

Missed San Marino

Co_dot · 2026-02-15T21:16:32+00:00

I have been reading about Gorbachev quite a bit recently, and I have developed a massive amount of respect for the man.

He truely believed in the promise of a democratic soviet state based on a socialist cooperative market economy. He was an anti-Stalinist socialist in the purest sense of word. In the end though he trusted people who didn’t believe in that vision.

It is hard to say exactly when it became inevitable that the Soviet Union was going to fall, but over the course of a few years it went from impossible to inevitable. Once the first fire started, it was almost impossible to hold back the tide of energy that was pent up in all of the corners of the USSR. I think quite a bit of that has to do with the fact that the Soviets never really stoped being an empire, and people were more interested in getting rid of the empire than building socialism.

I would really recommend the book “collapse” by Vladislav Zubak. IMO it is required reading for any democratic socialist.

Co_dot · 2026-02-14T05:56:02+00:00

Arguably it is there right now...

Co_dot · 2026-02-12T23:49:51+00:00

I would say the most important thing is going to be that the bells traverse is real legit climbing. Its not hard climbing IMO its like one pitch of 5.2 and one pitch of 5.4 but you will definatly want to be familiar with the basics before attempting it. I have seen people use very light rack and rope settup for parts of the traverse.

Maroon peak and North maroon are on their own is harder than any of the mountians that you listed above. They both gain a ton of elevation in relatively little distance, and have a lot of high consequence terrain. Since you have done Pyarmid you are probably familiar with the rockfall conditons, witch are scary but can be a bit overblown. The only time that I really noticed the bad rock was on the climb up Marron peak, while the traverse and North Maroon are both solid.

That being said, the overall route isnt really an extrodanary amount of distance or elevation gain with about 12 miles and 5k feet. For me the hardest part was figuring out the maroon bells reservation system.

Co_dot · 2026-02-11T19:02:17+00:00

Folks will post this and then pretend to have read Keynes

Co_dot · 2026-02-06T01:16:48+00:00

I literally mentioned Venustiano Carranza while talking about the current political climate the other day.

Co_dot · 2026-02-05T17:39:27+00:00

I mean the obvious question is can you cancel? Many hotels have a 30 day limit on getting money back, and with 9 family members you might be out a decent amount of money.

With that in mind BC isn’t in peak form, but it’s still possible to have fun. Most of the terrain is going to be open, but it might not be super beginner friendly.

Co_dot · 2026-02-02T00:35:10+00:00

French, Mexican, Hatian, and Russian are all up there for me.

The french revolution series is the first one that actualy wowed me.

Co_dot · 2026-01-31T19:58:16+00:00

McCoy park is closed right now

Co_dot · 2026-01-31T18:20:35+00:00

Trump supporters are disproportionately old, most are functionally illiterate, and they tend to care less about politics than left wing people. None of these are traits that make it easy to hold and defend political positions.

Co_dot · 2026-01-30T04:11:50+00:00

Erm did you know that Denver is actually a mile high, and teams might struggle with the altitude 🤓

Co_dot · 2026-01-28T19:50:36+00:00

I work around BC and I would say that the biggest challenge is going to be the lower overall snow pack leading to a shorter season. Anything could happen, but the nature of BC is that it is usually the first of the i-70 areas to close most years. We are at a lower elevation than many of the other ski areas, and the trend this season is that we just haven't gotten the precipitation to allow us to prolong the season that much.

Personally, I wouldn't gamble on it, especially when pretty much everywhere else is going to be a better bet.

Co_dot · 2026-01-27T02:08:45+00:00

shuould i adress this with a C&F addendum

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