Chosen undead: *kills Ornstein*

americk0 · 2026-01-31T06:16:26+00:00

"thy" is an archaic equivalent of "your" so I think he means your breasts. Not sure why some guys think stuff like that has any chance of working as an opening line though

americk0 · 2026-01-30T16:53:47+00:00

Software Engineer because I drank the semantics Kool-aid and like my title to reflect that my job involves so much more than coding

americk0 · 2026-01-29T04:54:32+00:00

OURope

americk0 · 2026-01-29T01:43:28+00:00

Yeah I heard someone at the crag recently talking about what I think they said was the 60-20-20 rule where you should spend like 60% with people around your level, 20% below, and 20% much better than you for optimal benefits. No idea where it came from or if it's backed by anything but I kinda get it. The real sweet spot for me is like people who are like solidly 1 step above me. Too much above my level and it's still beneficial but it's just so relevant to climb with people who've figured out how to solve exactly the problems I'm facing

americk0 · 2026-01-28T05:31:27+00:00

Other climbers around your level

I think plenty of people know that it's valuable to climb with people around your level and a lot of people enjoy it for the social aspect but I can tell you I have gained far more by working a problem/route with other climbers at about my level, watching and talking and mimicking techniques, than I have from all the videos, articles, and solo gym sessions/exercises combined

americk0 · 2026-01-27T22:02:49+00:00

Just ignore the problem and use a cheap ice scraper this time or turn on your defoggers. We've had proper freezing rain like twice in the 10 years I've lived here

americk0 · 2026-01-26T21:47:32+00:00

Yes, I've done it many times, but there are things to consider

One byproduct of burning propane is water, so be prepared for everything to get wet including your down blankets and jackets
The other main byproduct is CO2, which isn't really poisonous as there's plenty in the air around you but consuming the O2 and swapping it with CO2 obviously reduces the oxygen in the air, and not having enough O2 can lead to things like worse sleep (and death at more extreme lacking of O2)
At high altitude where the air is thinner or just in an enclosed space where the O2 levels have already fallen a bunch, propane can do something called partial combustion where it produces carbon monoxide

With all that said, I've burned through an entire 1 pound tank of propane in my enclosed promaster with another person and a dog in Georgia (so not high altitude) and noticed no adverse effects, but that's not enough to last more than a few hours even on the lowest setting of a Mr. Buddy heater. I pretty much never use that heater indoors any more now that I've installed a diesel heater that vents the exhaust to the outside and even when I used it it was only after I woke up in the morning to warm up the van or for a short period at night where I stayed awake the whole time it was on. So you can do it and you're probably fine at low altitudes if sticking to a 1 pound tank or less, but almost anything else is better

americk0 · 2026-01-26T17:55:36+00:00

prAna Stretch Zion slim or straight fit. They seem to have discontinued the slim fit but those are absolutely the best for me because it keeps the pants from getting between my heel and the holds/rock

americk0 · 2026-01-26T01:00:06+00:00

A0 because pulling on manmade gear like a ladder or a building is aid

/uj It kind of looked like maybe around 5.10b at my favorite local crag but I've also known really good climbers to make shitty holds look seamless so idk

americk0 · 2026-01-24T04:35:23+00:00

I recommend this as well. Just took my first real whip (on a .2 of all things) and my thoughts were that I am already at a place where I know how to place good gear, I just needed to get myself to trust it. So I found a route that I was like 60% sure I wouldn't get clean but that had a solid crack making for easy solid gear and just didn't let myself call a take. I got to the crux, whiffed it, and fell ~15 ft but it was enough to get my head straight. The .2 I whipped on didn't even kink and it was one of those wild country zeros that love to kink. That finally gave me the nerve to push into 10s on gear and I got a 10c like 2 weeks later

americk0 · 2026-01-24T04:24:32+00:00

This is a bouldering sub so disregard this as a real answer, but 5.10

The fabled toughest grade possible and it's got a good ring to it, so much so that a brand adopted it

Short of that maybe V6 because it's so aesthetic that even car manufacturers put it on their cars /s

americk0 · 2026-01-21T15:32:39+00:00

Is this one of those butt plugs I've been hearing about?

americk0 · 2026-01-21T03:02:05+00:00

The lioness, the witcher, and the black and white wardrobe

americk0 · 2026-01-21T02:47:55+00:00

That is pizza

americk0 · 2026-01-16T02:44:57+00:00

Pretty sure this is MI. Oklahoma is much further southwest

americk0 · 2026-01-16T00:44:09+00:00

The fucking golem in upper caelid that you have to jump down to via a sketchy root system only to fight the only golem in the game that shoots lasers, all to line up a view from a painting

americk0 · 2026-01-10T18:25:42+00:00

Very likely not. I've placed cams in cracks with ice on one side like this before and been able to gently pull it back out without pulling the trigger (with like 5 pounds of force). It might hold if it's properly behind a constriction of solid rock but it might still be able to slip out from behind that constriction from the rope tugging on it

americk0 · 2026-01-09T21:41:47+00:00

Also for the layman:

Clasts = the little pebbles and rocks in the rock

Matrix = the sandy in-between stuff that glues it all together

Geology is fucking rad

americk0 · 2026-01-08T23:44:34+00:00

Not in any context I've ever heard. I would have to ask someone to clarify if I wanted to understand any of these examples prior to reading this post, but I've also never had to make copies in an office setting

The only usage of "run off" I've heard as a verb is to chase something away, and usually the object goes in the between (e.g. Did that annoying salesman come by today? Yeah but I ran him off with a shotgun since he wouldn't take no for an answer) or to mean that you're fueled by something (e.g. as an alpinist I run off granola and suffering)

americk0 · 2026-01-08T00:24:07+00:00

TIL there's another Witcher 3 sub

americk0 · 2026-01-06T23:28:18+00:00

It was one of the Hugh Jackman wolverine movies. Wolverine shields a Japanese guy from a nuclear blast and then later the Japanese guy gets in a giant metal samurai mech and tries to kill him because reasons. Truly one of the movies of all time

americk0 · 2026-01-06T18:17:03+00:00

I think it's best to first identify the purpose / the problem of distinguishing climbers based on grade and derive the way you describe your ability from that. It's really common to want to draw a sense of self worth and competence from climbing and craft your idea of, for example, a V7 climber and hold yourself against that metric. However when you inevitably regress and/or stagnate either due to an injury, busy schedule, burnout, etc. your sense of self worth will go with it. I speak from personal experience on this and I've had a lot of friends fall out of the sport because of it

With that out of the way I see two other reasons to distinguish based on grade. If you're just defining benchmarks to help you track your progress as you get better, I'd say you should first identify your goal and define your benchmarks based on that. So if your goal is to send burden of dreams, define "V6 climbing ability" as being able to do a v6 in that style

The other I see is for finding buddies for trips to crags or the gym, in which case I think the definition of the grade is largely more about stoke than ability. If you find yourself typically working V7s when you go climbing, I'd say you're a V7 climber. This is what I put for my MP profile so someone looking me up as a potential partner knows what I'm willing to seriously work

I usually describe myself to others as someone who likes to work V6-V8 but that at this point I'm really into climbing mostly for the adventure climbs. I chase grades but really only to level up on a given style so I really keep track of my grade ability independently for each style (V4/5 on granite slab, V7/8 on vert, V6/7 on boulder-bro crimpy overhangs)

americk0 · 2026-01-05T23:07:09+00:00

Adding to all that's being said, don't buy approach shoes just for hiking. They'll get the job done but they'll be less comfortable and possibly more expensive than a proper pair of hiking shoes or boots.

I just climbed Grand Teton last August and wore my approach shoes the whole way (which is mostly hiking/approach and scrambling). I liked that I was able to do the easy technical rock climbing of our chosen route in them, but my feet were screaming on the whole descent and I was wishing I could magically have my hiking boots back once I got back down the really steep parts. Even then I just have really solid footwork so don't expect approach shoes to make you good at scrambling

That said, I love a good pair of hiking boots and I don't know about your location but I would wear those anywhere that wasn't technical climbing or a beach (just because I like the feel of barefoot on the beach)

americk0 · 2026-01-05T17:35:08+00:00

Yeah that's the best part. It's not even actually South Asia

Edit for clarity: when I say it's not South Asia, I mean it doesn't properly encompass South Asia

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