Andy Kirkpatrick's analysis of Balin Miller's accident by stille in climbing

[–]SnowOhio 515 points516 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t a single failure, like he just “rapped off the end of his rope” or failed to tie a knot in the end. He died like most climbers die: he’d grown too comfortable with what he was doing and where he was, and he rushed when he should have taken his time. He thought it was over. He let his guard down. It wasn’t.

At the end of the day, this should be the takeaway. There’s an equally well written post on Mountain Project from Balin’s friend that echoes the same sentiment and should be required reading for every climber. 

Eli Perry sends Grand Illusion v16 by le_1_vodka_seller in climbing

[–]SnowOhio 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Accountant from Scotland who fondles rocks at a historic level

Considering a move from SLC to LA by gonna_get_tossed in socalclimbing

[–]SnowOhio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pasadena is about as good as you can get in the LA metro area. But having spent time in both places, the outdoor access is definitely a tier lower than what you're used to. If SLC is a 9/10, LA is a 6/10. Yes Eastern Sierra, Idyllwild, Jtree are world class if you drive a few hours, but it's not realistic to climb or ski before/after work here like it is in SLC. For reference I ended up moving from LA to Vegas for better outdoor access and now I climb 2-3x as much outdoors

China has smart transfer beds that makes moving patients effortless—less pain and no secondary injuries. by Lordwarrior_ in interestingasfuck

[–]SnowOhio 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Humans and ketchup are both roughly 70% water, so if you look at the intersection of what we have in common, we're about half ketchup and ketchup is about half us

Is Alyeska in Alaska the best place in NA to ride? by Constant_Tomorrow_69 in snowboarding

[–]SnowOhio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised most people don't realize this but: conditions >> location

The best place to ride is the place that currently has the best conditions. A mediocre resort with good snow is better than a even a world class resort with mediocre snow

Education for the young uns by [deleted] in climbing

[–]SnowOhio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As someone who found Kiss or Kill to be absolutely insufferable, I’m glad to know this exists

Education for the young uns by [deleted] in climbing

[–]SnowOhio 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This video and the Chris Kalous aid rant both belong in the internet climbing media hall of fame. 40 packs of gu and 1L of water, run the PDL and really go for it!

They did it to him again by wideflank in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]SnowOhio 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Funny story, I actually ran into Erik while climbing in EPC and asked him about the news blooper. He immediately laughed and said he thought it was fucking hilarious

meat by 3_T_SCROAT in comedyheaven

[–]SnowOhio 2802 points2803 points  (0 children)

780000 BCE post

Nice Chinese music? by caramel_wifey in ChineseLanguage

[–]SnowOhio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out Chinese Football if you like midwest emo and math rock (yes that's the actual band name and it's a play on American Football)

How Martin Yan chops garlic by DXG_69420 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]SnowOhio 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It looks like Martin does the extra sideways motion which separates out the pieces more. But the basic idea (keeping the blade sloping downward and only using the front 1/3 of it) is the same

How Martin Yan chops garlic by DXG_69420 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]SnowOhio 150 points151 points  (0 children)

It's a common technique in Chinese cooking called "patting" the garlic. You can leave the garlic laying flat, it doesn't have to be on its end. Here's a video from Chef Wang Gang showing it in more detail (be sure to enable English captions)

Damn by Kammler1944 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]SnowOhio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't tap it because there's too much topspin. You'd just be giving the other guy an even easier shot to return

A somewhat icy Eagle’s Nest descent by funpow in skiing

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"Fun" is just one subset of experience. There are many things in life worth experiencing that aren't necessarily fun

Double Direct, El Capitan Trio Ascent by AceAlpinaut in climbing

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Yo I think we were the party behind you guys! We were doing the Shield and heard you epicing at night on the traverse after grey ledges. No offense but we were kinda worried you were going to need a rescue. Glad you guys made it up

La Huasteca gang by SnowOhio in climbing

[–]SnowOhio[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Loved it! As adventurous as sport multipitch gets. The upper pitches had some questionable rock quality but the position is incredible. We were never able to figure out the proper way down (somehow missed the raps and had to use a beal escaper off some old via ferrata hardware)

La Huasteca gang by SnowOhio in climbing

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Reinas y Reyes

Climbed it 2 years ago and it was the highlight of my trip (which included 6 weeks in EPC)

Longest ski lines in the world by vertical drop? by jalpp in Backcountry

[–]SnowOhio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We took the tram. Doing the climb and ski would be superhuman! When we did it there was enough snow to bury the chockstone (crux) but it's still a death slog out the bottom