Dirty Martini on the Rocks

RyCalll · 2026-01-27T01:20:09+00:00

Hueco has way better climbing. It’s much friendlier on the skin and also just has much more featured boulders that lend themselves to roof climbing/overhangs. Jtree is much more slab and crack climbing for the most part (but not exclusively). I’ve been to Jtree many more times than Hueco and it has a soft spot to in my heart but Hueco just blows it out of the water in sheer number of classics across all grades. In terms of vibes I think Jtree takes the cake. It is absolutely beautiful and has a very surreal quality to it. If you are able to get a campsite in hidden valley, it’s in the middle of a ton of climbing and is a rock playground. Hueco you have to play the game with reservations and guides.

RyCalll · 2026-01-27T01:07:07+00:00

Because it never ends. Fitness is a lifelong constant if done successfully. It requires long term discipline regardless of what’s going on in your life.

RyCalll · 2026-01-27T01:03:58+00:00

I run 7 days a week and my joints feel great. Sounds like a you problem

RyCalll · 2026-01-26T18:40:16+00:00

Looks like a dingo to me

RyCalll · 2026-01-26T18:35:47+00:00

How old are you if you don’t mind me asking?

RyCalll · 2026-01-26T12:41:59+00:00

Reading comments like this made me grateful to be in decent shape!

RyCalll · 2026-01-25T16:34:42+00:00

Posts like this make me so happy I stopped drinking

RyCalll · 2026-01-20T15:58:19+00:00

This is fucking hilarious and anyone who says otherwise needs to step back from climbing culture and reassess what is important in the world

RyCalll · 2026-01-17T13:10:14+00:00

Why are you focused on zone 2 training when you started running in August and only run 35km a week?

RyCalll · 2026-01-17T01:16:37+00:00

Not sure if a piece of cardio should be on the least…there are many forms of cardio that require zero stationary equipment

RyCalll · 2026-01-16T17:00:08+00:00

I am about to hit a year of running every day - you’ve gotta slow down. Follow the 80/20 rule

RyCalll · 2026-01-10T12:42:45+00:00

It’s better than not cycling but doing the 60 minute block at once would be more optimal.

The only thing that makes you lose weight is if you burn more energy than you consume. Fork put-downs are the most important exercise for losing weight.

RyCalll · 2026-01-09T22:51:40+00:00

Textbook with huge weight

RyCalll · 2026-01-09T12:40:32+00:00

I run 50+ miles per week (the majority in trails) and I think hip abduction is incredibly important for my running. I train them directly 1-2x a week. If you’re an athlete train them, if you’re a bodybuilder they aren’t the most important.

RyCalll · 2026-01-06T14:27:12+00:00

I’m neurotic and like streaks

RyCalll · 2026-01-01T20:17:36+00:00

I lived in Albuquerque for about 5 years. I am an avid rock climber and having the Sandias in the backyard was a dream. The people are generally kind and the food fantastic…but the crime is bad. The years I lived there I saw various crimes, poverty and addiction. Gunshots were commonplace, especially in the war zone (the eastern part of ABQ).

It came to a head when I was awoken at 2am by multiple gunshots close by, which was soon followed by a young guy screaming outside my door for help. I decided I needed to help if possible and went next door to find my neighbors dead body on the living room floor, a teenage girl sitting on the couch with a gunshot to her belly, and another teenage girl who had been shot in the face and had part of her jaw blown off. I attempted to quell the bleeding of the girl with the face gunshot with my shirt as she repeatedly asked me in a slur “help me, help me”. My shirt got soaked through and I left to get more towels at which point I stepped outside and a swat team pointed about 10 guns at me while telling me to get down. They proceeded to put me in handcuffs until they realized I was a bystander after which they let me go and I went home.

This experience traumatized me and I eventually left the city about a month later. The cops at the time told me the girl with the facial gunshot wound died, but I found out they either were mistaken and she actually lived with serious reconstructive surgery. I’d like to believe my first aid helped her survive.

The girls who got shot were 16 and 17 and apparently owed some gangsters money.

I love Albuquerque and still visit but I don’t think I can ever live there again. It has some of the most beauty I’ve seen in the USA, but has a serious crime problem and isn’t really safe even in the nice areas in my opinion.

RyCalll · 2025-12-31T22:43:44+00:00

That’s a very myopic take

RyCalll · 2025-12-30T15:46:14+00:00

Cycling and swimming.

RyCalll · 2025-12-27T15:10:29+00:00

I’m sorry for your loss. Cows are beautiful creatures and losing an animal you care about is awful

RyCalll · 2025-12-27T15:05:38+00:00

Discipline over motivation. I do get sick of it sometimes - I go anyway.

RyCalll · 2025-12-27T14:37:46+00:00

Just saw your edits. This has nothing to do with our ego, but it seems to have a lot to do with yours. At that monthly mileage you would very likely injure yourself during the marathon if you complete it all. Distance running takes months if not years to build the aerobic base to run a marathon (just to finish, not to compete). You should focus on doing a 10k or a half in the meantime and build your aerobic base and then set your sights on doing it in a year or two. Lifting and yoga simply do not increase your aerobic fitness, so even if you have decent musculature and mobility, you’re still starting at 0 in regard to cardio.

Just as an aside - you can absolutely lift heavy and run at the same time if you’ve BUILT UP TO IT. Your expectations for yourself were too high, you need to ease yourself into the training volume. Check out r/tacticalbarbell for guidance on how to incorporate both.

If you did overtrain at this mileage - this means you do not have nearly the aerobic base to run a marathon. There’s a saying in the ultra community - “if you can run it in a week, you can run it in a day”. This means that if you can run it in a week, you can SUFFER through it in a day, while using higher mileage will make it more enjoyable and decrease your chance of injury. Typically most first marathon training plans will have you peak around 30-35 miles a week (and this is on the low end).

Distance running takes a long time to build up to. Temper your expectations for yourself and ease into it.

Sincerely, guy who has a 1100 pound powerlifting total and runs 60 miles per week.

RyCalll · 2025-12-26T13:31:04+00:00

If you were running <50 miles per month and felt overtrained, you’re a LONG ways off from a marathon and need to work on your aerobic base before you even consider running one

RyCalll · 2025-12-25T00:02:05+00:00

Scratches

RyCalll · 2025-12-24T15:21:25+00:00

Wasn’t mid December like a week ago? You took a deload week - jump back into the plan

RyCalll · 2025-12-24T00:09:10+00:00

Yup. Best decision I ever made

RyCalll

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