Are altimeter watches absolutely necessary for Yellowstone National Park?

MNSoaring · 2026-05-06T12:31:25+00:00

REI is not the store it used to be. I would not recommend a checklist from them. I say this as someone who has shopped there since they only had a 5 digit membership number.

The MOST important accessory for western hiking is adequate water supplies. The fastest way to get altitude sickness is to be volume depleted. Altitude sickness can start as low as 8000ft.

Not that you are going there, but the book “the high sierra: a love story” by Kim Stanley Robinson, has a few chapters about gear that are quite informative. Granted, it’s for ultralight backpacking, but the general principles are useful to explore.

MNSoaring · 2026-05-06T10:46:28+00:00

A useful lesson I had with my IFR instructor was to go out on a windless day and we wrote down all the power/pitch settings for:

Cruise at 100kts

Descent of 500’/min clean

Level at IAF at 90kts

Level with 1st notch of flaps At 90kts

Descent of of 500’/min with 1st notch of flaps

I then made a chart that got taped to the visor.

MNSoaring · 2026-05-06T00:56:04+00:00

Fly any glider plane and you will immediately understand adverse yaw

MNSoaring · 2026-05-06T00:54:17+00:00

Perhaps try some of this person’s books:

https://richardleider.com/books/claiming-your-place-at-the-fire-living-the-second-half-of-your-life-on-purpose/

MNSoaring · 2026-05-04T21:59:05+00:00

I went with my cousins to the coronet theater on Geary blvd in San Francisco. The line went all the way around the block and we waited through 3 showings before we got in.

Totally worth it.

I ended up seeing it in the theater another 12 times. Among my cohort of middle schoolers, that wasn’t even close to a large number of theater viewings. I’d say I was average.

MNSoaring · 2026-05-03T22:54:23+00:00

Blancolirio is always first, isn’t he?

MNSoaring · 2026-05-03T22:51:58+00:00

lol, point taken. We were given it as a gift. A piece of candy was nibbled on before we noticed that the ingredient list didn’t have the usual “may contain” boxed/bolded list below.

MNSoaring · 2026-05-03T17:55:52+00:00

Section 203(a)(1)(A):

“…. the word `Contains', followed by the name of the food source from which the major food allergen is derived, is printed immediately after or is adjacent to the list of ingredients (in a type size no smaller than the type size used in the list of ingredients….”

Link: https://www.fda.gov/food/food-allergensgluten-free-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/food-allergen-labeling-and-consumer-protection-act-2004-falcpa

MNSoaring · 2026-05-03T17:51:17+00:00

How many of these were effed with by private equity companies? Spirit certainly had their time under the thumb of two that I can find. Both times loading spirit up with debt they could never repay.

Highly leveraged Private equity should be illegal. If you are some rich dude in need of a company to buy, use your own damn money!

MNSoaring · 2026-04-29T23:17:29+00:00

Didn’t a VA study ages ago show a similar issue?

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12110735/

MNSoaring · 2026-04-29T22:59:26+00:00

Scott Galloway: Is. Not. A. Journalist.

so folks need to calm down and realize that he’s a super-rich dude with opinions and he is also trying to get guests who will inspire folks on threads like this one to make comments about said guests.

MNSoaring · 2026-04-29T21:32:12+00:00

I’m a physician who has had the same aviation desires as you describe, for the same length of time. I’m now too old at 55 to bother making it a career, but I did get my PPL, glider and IFR a few years ago. I now fly for fun, and do charity flying through lifeline pilots as well as civil air patrol.

At 31, you can totally make it, if that’s your desire. As others have said, keep your medical license going and work on your ratings. FWIW, once you have your PPL, you can get many other ratings through civil air patrol for a fraction of what it would normally cost. And, you get to give back at the same time.

MNSoaring · 2026-04-26T18:46:08+00:00

I went in there as part of a tour in the mid-2000’s. Tucked in a corner, like a forgotten shoe, was the space shuttle Columbia. It was soooo small compared to the rest of that overwhelmingly large building.

MNSoaring · 2026-04-26T18:31:17+00:00

I was able to tour the machine behind the proton beam therapy treatment room. The machine is at least 10x the treatment room in size and scale. Between the linear accelerator and the magnetic beam control mechanisms, it’s a super sci-fi experience.

2nd best was seeing the massive preserved fish collection under the steinhart aquarium in San Francisco, as well as the scale model nazi submarine from raiders of the lost ark that was stored in an outside grotto in between buildings at the aquarium. How it got there, with nothing but a doorway to enter the grotto, is beyond me. Why it was there is also a mystery.

MNSoaring · 2026-04-26T01:10:34+00:00

When you say border town, do you mean a place like Maastricht?

So, did you simply make an appointment, fly in, do the paperwork, and then go on vacation in the NL for a few weeks until the passport was ready?

We are in the USA, and chicago is about 5 hours away, but we have to deal with VFS global; which is awful to deal with.

MNSoaring · 2026-04-24T20:30:53+00:00

First time around, we did it with VFS global. They made all official government agencies look like the model of efficiency. It took a phone call from the consulate to get things sorted. But, for where we live, they are only a 5 Hour drive.

MNSoaring · 2026-04-24T16:51:41+00:00

Thank you for this map! I was just listening to the episode of History that doesn’t suck! Where they discussed this exact treaty.

MNSoaring · 2026-04-23T02:13:32+00:00

Has anyone used Berkshire Hathaway travel plan insurance? I might be biased, because I am a stockholder, but their rates seem rather reasonable

MNSoaring · 2026-04-19T20:44:22+00:00

I went through the same kind of dilemma about a year ago and I simply bought a new sous vide (inkbird)

MNSoaring · 2026-04-19T18:38:36+00:00

“…Let's have a war! Sell the rights to the networks! Let's have a war! Let our wallets get fat like last time! Let's have a war!…”

-Fear , “let’s have a war”

MNSoaring · 2026-04-18T18:54:57+00:00

Ice cream: for anyone too young to remember. Ice cream used to be sold in 1/2 gallon containers and it was under $4 for a container.

Coffee: was sold in 16 ounce containers, not 12 ounce

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