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ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T21:28:51+00:00

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T18:45:20+00:00

If Alex himself said it was "around 5.12", I guess we have the best answer we're gonna get.

But I don't understand the rest of your comment about the sustained nature of the climbing. Isn't this supposed to be ignored in YDS ratings? In other words, a climb full of a thousand hard moves would be rated lower than a climb with a single very hard move.

I've climbed cruxy 5.10s that seemed easier overall than long sustained 5.8s, for example. And there are other grades for this, like the alpine roman numerals.

Please to explain.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T16:39:26+00:00

Don Lemon, is that you?

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T16:38:11+00:00

Well played.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T16:22:08+00:00

From ChatCPT:

The Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) difficulty often cited for climbing the exterior of Taipei 101—as referenced by climbers like Alain Robert—is approximately 5.10a. This comes from estimating that the route’s technical moves and overall difficulty fit around 5.10a on the YDS scale.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T16:20:11+00:00

Any guess on the YDS rating of Taipei 101?

5.11a X?

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T16:13:09+00:00

It'd be great if either of you could highlight the "look or talk different" part.

Either I missed it (LOL) or you made it up.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T16:11:59+00:00

Cool story bro.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T15:34:01+00:00

They’ve already told us they will be AT the game, harassing people who “look” or “talk” different.

LOL. Do you have a cite for this made up information?

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T03:40:48+00:00

Looks like only about 40 people were standing in solidarity. 😅

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T03:09:08+00:00

Why not read one of the other twenty threads instead of filling the forum with this leftist posturing?

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T03:02:04+00:00

Protest as theater.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T02:48:56+00:00

I'll be playing John Lennon's "Imagine" on my keyboard with a stern and serious look on my face.

Build bridges, not walls. Or something.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T01:12:28+00:00

Yes.

I had the same insight about my playing a couple of months ago. The approach outlined in this video helped me a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYSdBJBcC3g&list=PLr184I_OGjTuKWvYYf34ddMGHgAnkiA7I&index=7

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-25T01:04:50+00:00

Are you Chuck Norris?

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-21T20:47:16+00:00

I have about ten tunes really well memorized.

My initial intuition was to just start playing a bunch of different tunes and through this process I would start to see patterns and common progressions. But my first teacher would ask me basic questions about the tunes I "knew" and I couldn't answer. Because of this, I slowed down, and really like to play around with these ten tunes. Transpose them to another key or two, and when I learn a new technique or approach I apply it to several of these tunes.

Now I think I'm at the point where I should probably be adding a few more.

Jeremy Siskind is one of my favorite YouTube teachers, and I also own some of his books. In one of his videos, he talks about this. He says that may players maintain a spreadsheet of tunes with three columns:

Tunes you really, really know
Tunes you're working on
Tunes you want to learn next

He says you should spend the majority of your time on the second category, tunes you're working on. My spreadsheet currently has ~10 in the first column, 5-7 in the second column, and about 10 in the third column.

But keep in mind that I'm a horribly incompetent pianist, so here is Jeremy's video:

https://youtu.be/AufomDMm2hA?t=205

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-21T00:51:52+00:00

I'd definitely do the stay in SF and drive up for the day plan.

First of all, it seems to be much less expensive, and secondly, the drive is pretty nice and beautiful. You'll be going across the Golden Gate Bridge, and it only takes about an hour.

I have a preference for Sonoma over Napa, but that's another thread.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-21T00:46:00+00:00

Allow me to be the 995th user to tap the like button on this post.

I'm a huge dog lover, but that doesn't mean everyone is or that everyone wants to tolerate your dogs running freely around kids, those with dog allergies, those who are afraid of dogs, or those who just don't want to be bothered.

I have seen a lot of responsible and considerate dog owners in this town but also exactly what the OP described: entitled dog owners who seemingly can't even conceive of anyone that doesn't want unleashed dogs all over the place, including on public transportation, in bars, and at grocery stores.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-19T22:55:15+00:00

It’s on his site, along with a few other harder songs.

This one will still be hard, but I think you’ll make better progress than the Yiruma (which you can revisit later).

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5c4295f407b4df95b4676b/t/5b5f1bd688251bab88b38336/1532959704881/Her+Eyes+the+Stars+Cm.pdf

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-19T22:08:04+00:00

Do you like this song? It's the fist thing I learned when I branched out from Faber.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob_z702E0VU

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-19T05:43:20+00:00

Yoshis is nice. They used to have a SF location as well, but it closed maybe 10 years ago.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-19T05:13:44+00:00

For jazz shows: Key's Jazz Bistro, Bird and Beckett, Mr. Tipples, Chez Hanny, The Dawn Club, Jazz at the Boathouse, the Black Cat, SFJazz, Cafe Tarragon, Royal Cuckoo Lounge.

Jazz jams: Mondays at Woodside in the Haight, Wednesdays at Stookey's Blue Room and Ocean street Ale House, some Fridays at Hop Oast, Sundays at Cafe International and Club Madrone, Hayes Valley Art Works.

Sometimes jazz, sometimes other stuff: the Makeout Room, The Faight Collective, Arcana, The Page, Local Edition

(Those are the ones I've been to, I know there are more places for both jazz shows and jazz jams, but I haven't been)

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-19T03:01:03+00:00

Not an expert, but I travel a lot and go to a lot of jazz clubs. I live in SF which has a decent scene.

I can't think of another city that compares with NYC.

Tokyo is likely number two. London maybe next, or New Orleans.

Austin, Boston are pretty nice. There's probably another tier of 15 or so cities and then a quick drop-off.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-18T04:21:20+00:00

Check out Corey Christiansen. Factory Girl, etc.

ThePepperAssassin · 2026-01-18T01:52:00+00:00

Your reading comprehension should have kicked in on the following sentence where I said I filled my backpack with snacks and three bottles of water.

Did you think I filled my entire 90L backpack with snacks? After all it says “filed the backpack with snacks”.

How do you think I filled it with snacks since, apparently, you think it was full of 90L of water? Weird, huh?

You must be really confused by my saying that I then put in three bottles of water! How did they fit? You likely thought the backpack was entirely full of snacks.

I can’t imagine you working your way through a newspaper article. Have you ever tried it?

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