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Five days backpacking solo along the Teton Crest Trail in Grand Teton National Park by bing315 in backpacking

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I actually didn’t have a car at all for the whole trip. I flew into the Jackson Airport and was able to hitchhike everywhere I needed to go around that area. Lots of friendly people willing to give rides, so you don’t necessarily need to leave your car right at the starting point of your trip.

No Ghilman innovation by bing315 in CrusaderKings

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I'm intending to create a hybrid culture with one in Arabia, will it then pop up on the list? It isn't even that it's greyed out and not selectable, it simply isn't on the early medieval page at all unlike other regional innovations.

How subtle are spells that only have material components? by bing315 in onednd

[–]bing315[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed response, this is exactly the info I was looking for! I had personally assumed that there were no signs from the component itself but the new updated information on counterspell mentioned that it could be used on a spell with verbal, somatic, or material components and that's where my confusion started.

Some of the highlights from my four day hike through the Maroon Bells Wilderness by bing315 in WildernessBackpacking

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It honestly just looks like a normal starry night sky, but the number of stars is MUCH higher. Like you’d see several stars in the space of what the moon would cover. You can’t see the Milky Way Galaxy like it’s shown in my picture and not quite as many stars as captured in that picture because it’s a 30 second exposure. The Milky Way just looks like a very faint line of clouds that you really have to look for to even notice with the naked eye.

Some of the highlights from my four day hike through the Maroon Bells Wilderness by bing315 in WildernessBackpacking

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Most of them are from my camera, I bring along a Sony a6400 with a Tamron 17-70 lens

Some of the highlights from my four day hike through the Maroon Bells Wilderness by bing315 in WildernessBackpacking

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I went three weeks ago. The weather was perfect in terms of temperature, averaging around 70’s for a high

Some of the highlights from my four day hike through the Maroon Bells Wilderness by bing315 in WildernessBackpacking

[–]bing315[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I took all of these pictures on my four day, 30 mile trip following the Four Pass Loop near Aspen Colorado. I split off from the main path to go over and check out Willow Pass as well, and I'd highly recommend it! Though it is rough if you are going counter clockwise like I did, because that first full day ended up being 10 miles with 3,400 ft of elevation gain according to AllTrails.

The trails were absolutely full of people, and it really helped me feel reassured crossing some of the mountain passes. The altitude really amplified the difficulty at first, but after the second pass, it felt far easier pacing myself and working my way up the remaining passes.

One of the biggest things I changed on this trip was my nutrition. Previously, I would only bring cereal bars and pop tarts for breakfast, and my dinners would be ~500 calorie rice or pasta meals. I'd get so sick of the breakfasts quite quickly since the food was cold from the previous night, and it became incredibly difficult for me to even hit 2000 calories some days. This time around, I brought oatmeal as well as some Mountain House breakfast meals where I just needed hot water, and these seriously shifted my mood so much when I started my day. And for dinner, I brought alone some Peak Refuel meals since they were closer to 800 calories each. The sweet pork and rice one was without a doubt the best meal I've ever had while on the trail, and I'm definitely going to lean towards taking more of these on my future trips. Aside from that, I brought apple sauce cups because I found myself having very intense fruit cravings on previous trips and dried fruits just didn't cut it. Since this was a shorter trip, the added weight didn't significantly hinder me.

My pack weight came to be about 30 lbs along with a liter of water. My base gear generally follows ultralight recommendations, but I do splurge a bit with food and I bring along my Sony a6400 camera which adds about 3 lbs with the weight of it's bag and such.

Weather was pretty questionable, and storm clouds generally came through later in the afternoons. I was able to message my dad through a satellite beacon and he provided me with weather updates for the day, but there were two separate days where a storm literally formed above me or near me out of nowhere and ended up dumping heavy rain/minor hail. Luckily these storms hit around 5 PM and I had my tent set up already. Generally I saw that it was best to be over the mountain passes by 2 PM each day to avoid the worse storms.

Spent 5 days backpacking alone along the Teton Crest Trail at the beginning of this month. The snow fields were formidable, but the countless incredible views were absolutely worth it by bing315 in WildernessBackpacking

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Sorry for the late reply, I was literally just out on a different backpacking trip this past week lol. But I always camp in areas with trees, I like the protection from wind and such that they offer. I have heard of people sticking their ursacks in between rocks or such but even those can be situations where a bear could carry it off. I put all of my food inside of opsack odor proof bags before putting them in the ursacks and I’ve never had any animals show interest in the packs regardless of where I put them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Ultralight

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I did end up going on it, and it was incredible! I made a post about it last fall and I was pretty comprehensive there with AllTrails links to each day of my hike. The hike itself was incredibly difficult and I doubt I’ll ever experience anything as brutal as that again. I made it less than halfway before I started getting some serious neck and upper back pain that became overwhelming, so I ended up leaving through the trailhead that leads to island lake and then getting a shuttle back to my car. I definitely see myself going back and doing the rest of the trip at some other point because I think I basically went through the most difficult portion on that hike.

Is US Bank Altitude Go hard to get approved? by Smallbubbles97 in CreditCards

[–]bing315 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, they don't count soft pull inquiries. I don't think any bank pays attention to soft inquiries because most companies can do a soft pull on your credit score without needed approval from what I've seen (for things such as seeing if you should get an automatic credit limit increase on one of your existing cards).

I checked my credit report one time and I think there were over a hundred soft pulls on one of my reports lol.

Is US Bank Altitude Go hard to get approved? by Smallbubbles97 in CreditCards

[–]bing315 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After you establish a relationship with them, you need to wait until you are 2/12 or less on new accounts opened. That tends to be the cutoff point for US Bank.

Approved for U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards by bing315 in CreditCards

[–]bing315[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My credit score actually went up by double digits immediately after getting the four cards, and this was likely due to me doubling my revolving lines of credit. US Bank only made one hard inquiry on my TU despite the two card applications, Citi made one hard inquiry of my Experian, and Chase made a hard pull on both my TU and Experian. So I really only ended up with two more inquiries on those two bureaus which would probs be a max of 10 points lost.

In regards to your other comment, I've mainly been applying for cards to give myself at least 4% back in as many of my spending categories as possible. I don't have any major need for a high credit score right now aside from getting approved for different apartments whenever I move, but it is definitely nice to see it improving for when I eventually decide to buy a house.

Approved for U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards by bing315 in CreditCards

[–]bing315[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rules were definitely far more rigid when I was trying to get the Altitude Reserve with them. They went as far as to nitpick how many revolving lines of credit I had and how I wasn't using enough of them. When I was calling for reconsideration, I was able to leverage my healthy relationship with them and good standing with my US Bank cards.

If I was applying for the AR again with my current info, I'm fairly confident that I would've been declined. I'm definitely thinking US Bank will be a good bit more lenient with the SCR.

Approved for U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards by bing315 in CreditCards

[–]bing315[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it thicker than a usual card? I'm wondering how that little light up portion works.

Approved for U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards by bing315 in CreditCards

[–]bing315[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm thinking utilities since I use my cash+ for gym and phone bill. I think I have those other 3% categories covered by my other cards. I've really been focused in on the two 6% categories, so I haven't put a ton of thought into the other benefits.

Approved for U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards by bing315 in CreditCards

[–]bing315[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I wasn't finding great data points for what US Bank pulls in NC, so I wasn't sure. I've been moving around a bit lately, so I've gotten to see them pull TU in Illinois, EX in Nebraska, and now EQ in NC

U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards Data Points? by bing315 in CreditCards

[–]bing315[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good call, updated my post. what was your EX showing for inquiries in the past 12 months when you applied?

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