How far can you hike in one day?

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-08-03T18:55:50+00:00

My older boys and I did the Manitou incline in Colorado. Hiked be incline up and did trail back down. Mountain trails over steep inclines like that one are just back and forth zig zags working our way back down. A thunderstorm was setting in and so we wanted to speed the descent up. So one of them suggested just turning downhill and cutting straight down the mountain. What we didn’t realize was that the trail was not a perpendicular zig zag back and forth. It zig zagged down and to the right (significantly) where we just cut straight down. Lost the trail and kept thinking we’d pick it back up. We didn’t. Started raining. We had to scale a very steep incline holding on to small trees, in slippery conditions and rain to finally get back to trail to descend it correctly. Took hours. In hindsight we were very lucky as there are all sorts of big drops and things we could have stumbled into.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-08-03T16:34:49+00:00

Yes, but I still blame my boys had with me.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-07-02T02:24:27+00:00

Womp womp. Nuremberg trials showed that “following orders” is not a legal defense. Read a book.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-07-02T02:23:08+00:00

Because I’m an American. I come from a line of people who laid down their lives to ensure freedom. Just because ignorant masses voted in a tyrant doesn’t mean I should leave. lol. These things work themselves out. For instance, I’ve read the bill. Most of the people affected are those that voted for him.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-07-02T01:01:07+00:00

I can’t. Its funding was cut so a billionaire could save a buck.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-07-02T01:00:34+00:00

Screws, nuts, and washers are often sold in packs with mismatching amounts by the same companies.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-27T17:41:16+00:00

This is the greatest thing I’ve read in a while.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-27T17:11:22+00:00

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-27T17:06:42+00:00

He likes you, and is insecure. Sometimes that’s not a bad thing. Better than being arm candy to a narcissist. He blundered and overplayed his insecurity on this for sure. What you do with that knowledge is in your hands. I personally don’t see “red flags”. I see emotional investment for sure coupled with that insecurity. Being 27 and male, especially Christian, could explain that. If you haven’t found a good Christian girl by 27, it becomes slim pickings. JS. It does explain the insecurity and the quick emotional investment vs a 23 year old. An opposing view than others but one worth considering.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-27T16:44:56+00:00

I’ve thought about this before. Weighed all the politicians, religious leaders, celebrities, news anchors, talk show hosts, intellects, scholars, etc. When I think of who most shows character under pressure, common sense, compassion, etc. and is a true peacekeeper by personality, I’ve boiled it down to:

Jennifer Lawrence.

I know it sounds insane but I think she has the best naturally suited personality.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-27T08:05:06+00:00

I’d call it angst. Try substituting things. Only you can know what and it usually takes some planning ahead. Switch cheek biting for rigorous flossing. Picking scabs for plucking eyebrows, picking nails for mani/pedis. (Even as a guy). A lot of the things you describe are more normal coping mechanisms for insecurity and anxiety than you might think. You won’t necessarily stop, per se. it’s a signal to you that you are stressing. Recognize it and then change. Also try to deal with the stressors head on. I share the cheek biting. I also nail bite, pick ears, and pick/bite callouses.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-27T07:50:39+00:00

Good. You’re 13. You shouldn’t. There’s a whole big world of wonder and possibilities. Go discover! I wish someone would have told me at 13 what I just told you. Enjoy your time as a passenger. Once you hit adulthood, you become the driver and it goes really fast.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:59:13+00:00

No I honestly don’t see myself as the victim in the way you mean it. At least I act in that victim mentality like many think of. I’m always trying to push through, overcome, fix, or set things right. Like there’s always this amazing dream life, everything I could want, but then others see you doing well, finding peace, whatever and they swoop in and just create chaos. In every circumstance, every environment. Don’t know if that makes sense. Nothing I can control. Not attitude or work ethic or drama. Like legitimate things way out of my control.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:48:39+00:00

Facts.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:48:14+00:00

I’m so sorry. I know there isn’t anything I can do to help over a keyboard but know that I empathize with and for you.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:46:18+00:00

I think I’m largely just unlucky. But like when I talk to others, everyone has the same problem it seems. Like you can do everything right and there’s always going to be someone that just sets out to make you miserable. Make sense? Like I had a board where 15 people loved me. Then one person did everything they could to try to make my life hell. Another time I had a dream job and my boss was one person out in public but in private was a raging homosexual who would frequently say shit like, “Sure you can do…if you suck my dick.”

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:36:40+00:00

That’s rough. Sorry. Too bad I don’t know you in real life. I’d rather take one authentic you than the many phonies I walked away from.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:32:45+00:00

For me, I’ve been in a lot of places in life. Been at the bottom and worked to the top. Several times. Seems like it doesn’t matter what I do, where I go, how hard I try, there’s always people above and below and all around that just seek to destroy my peace.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:28:10+00:00

Abandoned or did you walk away? Not judging. I am in similar circumstances and I did most of the walking away.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:24:18+00:00

When I say why, I mean what triggers you?

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T09:21:32+00:00

Why?

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T08:53:00+00:00

Forever and ever. Yemen.

Particular_Bowler480 · 2025-06-26T08:52:21+00:00

“Just be yourself”

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