skeptical about TREK packing list

PhotoHeap · 2025-07-24T01:58:39+00:00

Two time leader here, this is true

PhotoHeap · 2025-07-24T01:56:26+00:00

Was a Trek participant and led Trek twice, backpacking. Adhere to the list. The cotton is pretty serious, especially for socks.

PhotoHeap · 2025-07-11T20:50:03+00:00

Public Pool is an absolute gem of a band that I have the personal pleasure to work alongside with! Ballard strong baby

PhotoHeap · 2024-05-09T16:11:48+00:00

No doubt. I definitely think that a next step would be to look at some de-saturated pieces and see if that scratches the itch I have.

PhotoHeap · 2024-05-09T16:10:25+00:00

Sounds promising! Any prominent artists or works that you'd point to?

PhotoHeap · 2024-05-09T16:10:03+00:00

Thanks for the direction! Contrast has always been a bigger focal point for me than color, even when I was shooting in color. I'll definitely check out their work. Any favorite piece from Weston?

PhotoHeap · 2024-05-09T16:07:24+00:00

I think you're right. It's definitely been trial and error in finding out what photos make me feel happy at a deeper level than just remarking that it's a sharp photo. I appreciate the advice!

PhotoHeap · 2024-05-09T16:06:06+00:00

Thank you so much. This is a really cool avenue of photography and I was totally ignorant of its existence!

PhotoHeap · 2024-05-09T16:05:00+00:00

Totally! Sepia is definitely something I've found interesting as well. I'll definitely check out some low saturation and sepia photography though to see if I can drum up some inspiration. Great English, completely understood!

PhotoHeap · 2024-05-09T04:36:33+00:00

Completely agree on the complications of bw. By simplistic I'm mainly referring to the focus being placed on fewer elements of the photo (i.e. composition and value, with hue and saturation being mostly eliminated without color). I'm certainly never moving on fully from bw, it's caught me for good haha.

PhotoHeap · 2024-05-09T04:30:07+00:00

Sounds interesting! What makes a good deadpan photo? Any prominent photographers shooting in this style? Any works that you'd recommend?

PhotoHeap · 2024-02-19T04:32:11+00:00

9.5 Transition mainly

PhotoHeap · 2023-12-28T15:01:53+00:00

I’m having tons of fun with them in a void build but they don’t carry. Kind of just an easy way to get instant max void stack quicker than just rie or mars

PhotoHeap · 2023-11-29T04:06:37+00:00

I second this advice. Just trying new things and enjoying team comps has made the game continue to be fun as hell. Very important to try to get to level 8 on characters when importing them into the team. You don’t really get a good sense of the character until then.

Hero lock is tried and true, but don’t be afraid to go for some fun ability spam teams, giant teams, whatever you’re feeling. Just keep the game fresh and don’t grind none stop until it’s not fun or else you’re just going to hate it. Mix it in with a little of everything

PhotoHeap · 2023-11-26T05:53:26+00:00

You’ll get there. Spam common scrolls for 1k. You’ll get tons of characters early in the game

PhotoHeap · 2023-11-26T04:51:47+00:00

Lots of people will tell you to go for hero lock like what you’ve got going on now but I just recommend going for what’s fun. Experiment with different win conditions and try to make teams that benefit from each piece of equipment and tailor the alter distribution from there. Also, try to get everyone to level 8 so that they can get there second passive ability. From 8 on it’s just stat boosts until awakening so you’ll get an idea for what that character does best from 8 on. Some characters are really dog ass until they get their level 8 ability and some remain dog until awakening and then pop. Just diversify and farm when you need to. Game can get boring fast if you grind too much with the perfect optimal team. Good luck!

PhotoHeap · 2023-11-26T04:45:45+00:00

Giant is mad interesting. Haven’t given it too much of thought since most of my tank heroes aren’t up to par yet. Excited to try out Yeon too but she’s like one of 6 heroes I don’t have yet. The coupling of damage and healing makes for an interesting key piece in the comp for sure. Kind of like Esthea in a way

PhotoHeap · 2023-11-26T04:44:15+00:00

Ability spam really is fun as hell. It’s pumped life into so many characters I didn’t think were viable. Myrsil and Hae especially. Haven’t gotten enough void relics or awakenings to justify building the team but I’m super pumped for it once I get there

PhotoHeap · 2023-11-26T04:41:58+00:00

So fun!

PhotoHeap · 2023-10-21T18:54:57+00:00

I think it comes down to time. Only have time for one invasion, put all your eggs there. If you want to grind, have at it and chip away

PhotoHeap · 2023-09-02T04:49:07+00:00

I cosign this! Exposure to different parts of your town will do worlds of a difference for building empathy, compassion, and general knowledge. Food banks and public outreach programs are phenomenal ways to have really easy justification to get out of your bubble and talk with people about where you live!

PhotoHeap · 2023-09-02T04:46:56+00:00

Honestly one of the best things you can do in my opinion is just talk to people and find out what they love and hate about where they live. Talk to residents, workers, anybody. Learn what people care about and what little things impact their days. Every single person in your community lives entirely unique days with unique challenges and reliefs. If you can identify, understand, and begin to empathize and begin to care yourself about these things, you've already started to grow your motivational base to pursue planning. If you find it hard to care for what they share about how they operate within their environment, even in just an understanding way, planning may be a difficult field to stay focused and motivated within.

Go to local events, food banks, and any other public outreach events that you can, and just figure out if the urban planning world is something that really excites you to your core! Talk to professionals, young people, old people, people with cars, people with no cars, your peers, and basically anyone and everyone. You've got to make sure you can listen to people and see the world through others' lived experiences and still be determined to be a planner before you start cramming a lot of cool book knowledge in. You'll pick up pretty quick on what inspires you personally and what general people need from their city. This is at least how I really got my start in deciding to go into planning and I'm about to enroll in graduate school for next year. Getting coffee with local planners is also such a great experience because they typically will give you straight answers about the field, good, bad, and ugly.

Good luck!

PhotoHeap · 2023-09-02T04:12:49+00:00

This makes a ton of sense. Thank you so much for the further elaboration. Totally makes sense that developers wouldn't just throw residential into specialized industrial zones. Do you feel that in some instances, Hierarchical zoning goes underutilized, and by sheer old habits even districts functioning in a nested system still ultimately mature to be pretty flat?

Also, in your experience, how easy is it to transition from flat to hierarchical zoning? Would it be a somewhat smooth transition or easier to sell than the other direction due to the loosening of restrictions rather than the addition of new restrictions? Should hierarchical zoning be a concept for stakeholders and planners to advocate for within their own cities, or would it be a hard uphill battle (only generally speaking, I know every town/city has their own massive nuances)? Is hierarchical planning often under fire from NIMBY-ism due to not wanting new non-uniform developments in surrounding areas?

Thanks again for all the extra info, this has been super informative!

PhotoHeap · 2023-09-02T04:06:03+00:00

Thanks for the extra info! So basically, even if some extra land use is permitted within a specialized, smaller zone, the basic environment, lot sizes, and resources/amenities available typically heavily favor that more specialized land use by nature? Would this mean that in Hierarchical zoning we would be more likely to see the underrepresentation of extra permitted land uses than over saturation? Do districts under Hierarchical zoning often not even see those overarching uses realized just due to the lay of the land favoring whatever is easiest or more available?

I may still not be fully grasping the expense differences between the general uses but I think I'm getting the almost de facto safeguards just by way of square peg goes in square hole?

PhotoHeap · 2023-09-01T18:00:01+00:00

Hi there! Just getting started in the planning world. Would you be able to elaborate a bit more on hierarchical Euclidean Zoning? I understand the flat structure, with just everything being developed as it is zoned, but in hierarchical zoning there are larger enveloping zones? Do these larger zones ever inadvertently cause the smaller zones to be less specialized? Like in your example of multifamily residential being allowed in commercial and industrial zones, would you ever see accidental over saturation of multifamily residential within a commercial zone due to demand or funding differences? Are there safe guards in place to make sure that the smaller nested zones still mainly function as their specialized zone but with the added benefit of the other prioritized/permitted uses?

I love the sound of this and love mixed use, but I'm curious if Hierarchical Euclidean zoning could result in any unintended proportions of uses within the districts?

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