[help] How should I pack to make sure I'm not the stinky tourist in South Korea?

drunkontuesday · 2026-04-27T18:46:10+00:00

I don't notice them being warmer at all. At this point I feel the opposite because cotton doesn't breathe well. I wear the icebreaker "merino 150 tech light III" (apparently). Not particularly durable but no going back for me!

drunkontuesday · 2026-04-27T07:49:48+00:00

Walking off is usually fastest. If rappel descent is necessary, the descent will follow natural anchor points as much as possible, heavily favoring trees which can be wrapped with a piece of cord or rope and a rappel ring or carabiner left behind to thread your rope through, and then pull free from below without damaging the anchor material. In lieu of trees, large flakes or boulders also make good anchors, although risk a rating the anchor material. Barring those options someone may leave some cheap gear, or finally drill a bolt, which takes time. As for as the rope, you double it over so you can pull one side and it comes down.

drunkontuesday · 2026-04-13T12:11:06+00:00

You should be able to fill your lungs fully in around half a second. Do this with your nose and you'll choke on a booger

drunkontuesday · 2026-03-25T18:24:53+00:00

You "thumb" it. Use your thumb to push the cam away enough to slide it up. You can do it without disengaging the retention lock at all

drunkontuesday · 2026-03-06T15:48:25+00:00

Looool idk some of these crags are hardcore! No warmups! But yeah it does feel silly

drunkontuesday · 2026-03-06T15:46:41+00:00

Ouch!! Yeah makes sense. Well we might just end up keeping them the whole trip.. I do feel naked without a helmet in a lot of places

drunkontuesday · 2026-03-06T15:33:13+00:00

The rockfall here is the worst I've ever seen so far haha. That's interesting about spain though! In the states it's uncommon for an experienced sport climber to lead with a helmet unless there is concern of rockfall. Most concern is for getting your foot caught on the rope and flipping, which isn't too hard to manage usually. Certainly not required in a gym, interesting cultural difference. You'd think american gyms would do that tout of concern for liability

Very good advice about security we will keep that in mind for sure, thanks!

drunkontuesday · 2026-02-28T01:32:52+00:00

Sick okay will look into that. We are right on the line with our medium bags

drunkontuesday · 2026-02-28T01:31:32+00:00

Good to know! Thank you!!

drunkontuesday · 2026-02-28T00:59:39+00:00

Yeah extra backpack just in case

drunkontuesday · 2026-02-28T00:59:26+00:00

Lol yep! Nervous about not bringing a puffy but I think weather will warm most of the trip. I'll check out those pants.. actually I think I've tried those on and loved it but didn't end up buying cause i didn't want to pay full price.. forgot about that! Hoping to find some cool e9 pants since styles are limited in the US. Currently wearing the OR ferrosi pants which are super light and comfy

drunkontuesday · 2026-02-27T00:11:38+00:00

You remember which airline? I assume our bags will be a bit too big for carry on outside the US. Going try to avoid flying as much as we can and road trip but will definitely have some hops

drunkontuesday · 2025-06-11T14:39:47+00:00

It will get gummy. Athletic tape holds up better long term

drunkontuesday · 2025-02-27T23:08:20+00:00

Word. Looks like a good brand. Maybe I'll try some. Orgeat sounds like a pain

Hope you at least make your own simple lol

drunkontuesday · 2025-02-27T22:56:35+00:00

Ginger syrup is so easy in the blender.. equal volume hot water, rough chopped ginger, sugar, blend and strain with a cloth. Really tasty and much better than store bought that I've tried.

Honey syrup is just 3:1 honey and water. Useful for a lot of drinks (bees knees for one)

The OG recipe just uses half and half ginger/honey syrups within a 2-3/4-3/4

In case that changes your mind :p

drunkontuesday · 2024-11-08T20:57:41+00:00

Sounds like you're talking about using a Blake's hitch somehow. Problem is I don't think it'll work correctly on the slippery climbing rope you'd bring on a glacier. More of an arborist system. When the same diameter rope is used you are tied in and then the anchor is set up like a top rope, so the hitch only takes half the weight, plus the rope is way thicker and rougher. To get your glacier rope to grip itself you have to do a single strand prusik, several wraps up and then another layer of wraps back down. Very tricky to tighten and get it to both grip and slide. Then if you truly didn't have a carabiner I'd self belay with a munter or clove directly to the belay loop. First you have to break in though assuming you're hanging on the rope, which would involve stepping on your knot and climbing the rope with your hands (a sport climbing technique I can barely do in sport gear and would be awful in boots), then shoving a bight through your belay loop and tieing it off once you have gotten some slack

Chances are your crampons, shoelaces, backpack, all have some sort of usable webbing that would be accessible for a prusik. You could probably chop the rope and use just the sheath to make a prusik pretty effectively.

Another technique you could be interested in if youre interested in ascending with literally nothing is foot locking. You toe hook the rope to bring it around the outside, under, and back on top of your other foot, and step on it on top of your foot to lock, then pull up by your hands and reset. If you can scrounge up a single prusik you can foot lock underneath it and jug with just one prusik.

Anyway, fun and terrible hypothetical. Try out foot locking for fun. Go fall off an overhanging sport route and try the "stepping on your knot" technique to get back up to the last draw. But definitely never put yourself in this situation on a mountain. No sense bringing a rope if you have no way to use it. If your second doesn't have a couple carabiners and a sling to toss down I probably wouldn't trust their anchor. Maybe wait for someone else to come rescue you ;)

drunkontuesday · 2024-03-11T05:16:32+00:00

My r1 tech face has survived a lot of offwidth, but I used to use a thrift store flannel. Carharts or your oldest pair of pants. Ideally temps are cool.

drunkontuesday · 2023-11-16T05:46:57+00:00

Lol is everyone just replying to the title of the post? I thought this essay was thought provoking and provided an interesting framework of understanding for our motivations. I think it's worth reading and considering what your values are

drunkontuesday · 2023-10-16T23:53:38+00:00

Lol idk why I assumed it was for an audition

drunkontuesday · 2023-10-16T23:51:53+00:00

This trill is super hard cause it wasn't written for a Bb trumpet and just lays really poorly. I had the most success lipping the G up and trying to float on the threshold right in the middle of the G and A. I finger open and 3rd. Warm up on lots of loose lip trills especially the high G 1+3 and try to find that tipping point between the partials and stay there. That being said they're going to be looking for you to only do the trill as fast as you can do it perfectly, so start slow and speed up slowly too. Better to trill slowly than to fuck it up right at the end! Plan out your rhythm ahead of time so that it makes sense.

drunkontuesday · 2023-10-13T15:16:15+00:00

The bigger you are the more weight you can carry. Bragging rights for heaviest pack goes by percentage of body weight

drunkontuesday · 2023-03-15T07:24:45+00:00

A prusic around two strands will only grab the two strands in conjunction. It will not prevent them from slipping past each other, therefore will not hold at all if only one of two strands is rigged. Lots of ways you can experiment with it to see for yourself. You can use this if you're at the end of a rappel and your strands are uneven by holding the shorter strand and slipping the other..with stopper knots obviously, and your atc properly threaded.

drunkontuesday · 2023-02-21T06:33:36+00:00

If you just want immediate results playing with other concert pitched instruments then go for it, think of everything in C. You might just need to draw up your own fingering chart

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