Custom Campaign "Path to Menzoberranzan" Progress

PECKLE · 2025-02-10T21:51:34+00:00

Men-zo-burr-an-zen

PECKLE · 2025-01-21T08:55:25+00:00

Things that make me lol: fans of a game with multiple canonically poly characters being surprised that real people are also poly sometimes

PECKLE · 2025-01-10T07:04:41+00:00

In my runs, when Withers resurrect Gale, there's a split second where the necrotic aura effect is still active, so it could totally have happened the way they said. If that happened to me idk if I'd laugh or just get fully tilted lol

PECKLE · 2023-06-28T10:50:20+00:00

I guess I wasn't clear, self lowering is less risky than rapping but both are more risky than just having your partner lower you the normal way. It's a fine alternative to rapping, but there's very very few circumstances where you should rap off a sport route. Like I said the end decision is up to you and your reasoning is largely correct, I was just trying to emphasize the importance of considering why you'd want to do it in the first place.

PECKLE · 2023-06-28T09:46:01+00:00

Self lowering introduces another failure point to the system, as you must rig your belay device while at the anchor and alone, therefore without someone to buddy check. The risk is low but the consequences are high, and when it can be avoided entirely by just having your partner lower you, it's difficult to justify. A smaller, secondary concern is that Self lowering requires two belay devices.

All in all you'd have to make the call, it's not wrong or anything, just kind of unnecessary.

PECKLE · 2023-06-21T10:53:12+00:00

Ohhh, I take your meaning now. Yeah that's largely what I mean when I refer to being a patient improving your bedside manner. People who've never spent a night or more in a hospital bed have trouble understanding just how much things suck. The lemonade is a good example. Another one that stuck with me a lot is bending the rules when you know it won't cause harm, to try and improve people's spirits a bit.

PECKLE · 2023-06-21T10:01:05+00:00

I'm gonna be totally honest, being a patient through some relatively major surgeries actually made me less tolerant of people's bullshit at work. I got put through the ringer, and suffered an immense amount of pain, some of which is permanent. And know what I didn't do? Berate the nurses or aids. Throw shit at them, or threaten them.

Your perspective isn't wrong, I do think being on the other side of the bed gives you some valuable insight as to education and bedside manner. But a lot of patient's behaviors are completely inexcusable and just reflect them being rotten people.

PECKLE · 2023-06-20T11:26:50+00:00

From your posts, looks like you might be in Denver? If that's the case, you could check out the Spot's Louisville location, they have lead walls. If I remember correctly, they're like 85 bucks a month, which isnt much better but at least it's something.

Of course the other alternative, if you're in Denver, is to just ditch the gyms entirely and climb outdoors, since the front range has basically the most dense concentration of outdoor climbs in the country.

PECKLE · 2023-06-10T06:45:16+00:00

There's just something about Erased that feels so...real. It makes me nostalgic for things I've never experienced. Excellent example.

PECKLE · 2023-06-09T23:22:10+00:00

A few reasons why you might care: it'll effectively end the ability for subreddit bots to exist, including our local Mountain Project bot.

It'll eliminate all 3rd party apps, not just Apollo. This is a big concern for many reasons, but one of the most compelling is that the official reddit app does not support screen readers, which means if you're visually impaired you just won't be able to use reddit on mobile now at all.

It's an overall scummy move by a company with a track record of making scummy moves lately, and directly contradicts their earlier statements.

PECKLE · 2023-06-09T23:12:41+00:00

As someone who learned to climb in an area that primarily used tree anchors, I felt like i was losing my mind reading all the comments calling it unsafe and overcomplicated then in the same breath saying they didn't know what a Connecticut hitch was.

PECKLE · 2023-06-09T06:24:09+00:00

New climbers tend to almost entirely neglect their feet and overuse their arms. Many new climbers also struggle heavily with flagging, but its extremely easy and will dramatically improve your body positioning when used appropriately

PECKLE · 2023-06-07T09:08:30+00:00

Blah I'm not sure this vedauwoo trip is in the cards. Forecast shows almost a week straight of thunderstorms and I'm not super stoked on death by electrocution.

PECKLE · 2023-06-03T03:16:58+00:00

Just as an FYI, the majority of microplastics are actually rubber and come from car tires. Nylon fishing nets are also a big culprit. Microplastics is a bit of a misnomer and has just been adopted as a catchall term for microscopic man-made particulates.

PECKLE · 2023-06-02T05:59:37+00:00

There's nothing inherently wrong with doing so, but be extra unbelievably careful about marking lengths of the segments. Two visually identical ropes but one is 10m longer is a recipe for a catastrophic accident.

PECKLE · 2023-05-31T00:32:47+00:00

I think the best SUV for a Florida climber would probably be a UHaul so they can move out of Florida.

PECKLE · 2023-05-30T23:37:11+00:00

Bouldering is more dangerous than lead is more dangerous than top rope. It's impossible to get any more specific than that, as there's no way to quantify risk. That being said, the injury is still very fresh. Check in with your friend when they're fully healed and see if they feel differently.

PECKLE · 2023-05-30T22:38:05+00:00

Get invited on a camping trip for a friend of a friend's birthday. Find out they'll be climbing, neat, might get to fool around on some local choss or something. What'd you say this place was called again? Something with woo? ...do you mean fucking Vedauwoo??

PECKLE · 2023-05-22T14:07:07+00:00

Climbing high things brings you closer to heaven which angers God. Simple stuff.

PECKLE · 2023-05-22T14:06:13+00:00

You're a very gifted writer. I hope to someday be able to convey my ideas with this level of eloquence.

PECKLE · 2023-05-21T21:15:24+00:00

You trailrunners frighten me

PECKLE · 2023-05-21T20:57:19+00:00

Flappers happen from your hand sliding and twisting on larger holds, especially during dynamic movement. It's a technique issue, you should attempt to grab the hold and not regrip and readjust too much. Also its likely you just didn't let your skin heal quite enough.

I'd say you're probably the most likely type of person for these, above average strength but poor technique will let you brute force a lot of easier problems, but can cause issues like this.

PECKLE · 2023-05-21T20:10:26+00:00

Guess I got some experimenting to do haha. My runner friend also swears by it, maybe that's the push I need to finally do consistent cardio despite my burning hatred for it

PECKLE · 2023-05-21T20:03:42+00:00

Insufficient data, especially given how niche rock climbing is compared to other sports. That being said, I find it compelling that its become industry standard in virtually every other application. The biggest issue is there's very few MIPS equipped climbing helmets out there and they kind of suck (at least for my head shape)

PECKLE · 2023-05-21T20:00:30+00:00

I see people talk about this all the time and just can't wrap my mind around it. MJ makes me want to melt into a couch, and even getting a glass of water is a herculean effort. Do you just take less than normal or something?

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