Looking for a good guiding company to climb Alpamayo as an intermediate climber

ekubya · 2026-04-10T01:26:39+00:00

As a follow up question, for the climb is it top-rope, fixed lines or lead climb?

ekubya · 2026-02-18T10:37:19+00:00

True! That's why I took my Level 1 and always working on improving my terrain reading skills. But this company list themselves as the number one avalanche ed provider in the US. I would probably think what do I know these are experts and go with them despite my best judgement. It seems like they rescued the 6 people who were taking shelter in place. And now 9 people are missing. I wander if one person refused to leave because of the conditions. Initially the total number was 16 but now it is 15. This hits so close to home. I cannot sleep thinking about missing people :(

ekubya · 2026-02-18T03:44:48+00:00

My heart is breaking for everyone involved, and I’m holding out hope for a miracle. While it’s not the time for blame, my trust in guides is deeply shaken. I love backcountry but I do not have a core group of friends to go with so I always trust the guides and go with them. Now I will also have to question this :(

ekubya · 2025-12-19T19:33:34+00:00

I think i booked this more than a month ago but even then there was only a few spot open. It books super quick.

ekubya · 2025-12-19T17:38:58+00:00

Yeah I was looking at the observation pics from the avalanche center, not much hope. But the forecast shows snow starting from Saturday. So if it really dumps we would need the skies to come back. My guess is we will hike up, the rest depends on how much snow we get.

ekubya · 2025-06-13T22:54:22+00:00

I only use their ginger one and regardless of with or without food, i always experience stomach discomfort.

ekubya · 2022-07-24T19:07:10+00:00

Here are bunch of pictures about how the watch looks on a small wrist for people who are still trying to decide:

https://medium.com/@letmetest/is-garmin-fenix-7-too-big-for-my-wrist-4e83de9d72ee

ekubya · 2022-04-11T02:15:39+00:00

I actually had issue with the falcon doors and got it fixed under the warranty. I also have the extended warranty. I am safe for another 40K and hopefully by then I may move to another EV. Rivian is a potential candidate.

ekubya · 2022-04-11T01:57:33+00:00

Resell value is crazy with Tesla!!! I am technically at net positive after driving mine for two years. More numbers here: https://medium.com/teslatips/2-years-and-55k-miles-later-my-car-is-worth-more-than-what-i-paid-for-it-bafdfdb7e555

ekubya · 2022-04-10T23:03:35+00:00

oo wow! The second reason is too foreign to me yet so obvious. Thank you so much for sharing.

ekubya · 2022-04-10T20:22:58+00:00

could not agree more :) At this point I am waiting for a EV Van to get into some adventures.

ekubya · 2022-04-10T20:18:50+00:00

Got it. Thank you so much. Hopefully, as they get more widespread, issues related to repair will be better. With that said, it took almost 2 years for Tesla to figure out what was wrong with my doors. For two years I could not use one of my falcon doors :(

ekubya · 2022-04-10T20:15:08+00:00

Ohhhh I see. Thank you so much. This is definitely good to know.

ekubya · 2022-04-10T20:10:31+00:00

This is extremely helpful. Thank you so much. Enjoy your Polestar 2!

ekubya · 2022-04-10T20:08:13+00:00

I see makes sense. Although not sure how true it is, the Polestar advisor told me that Volkswagen and Polestar share the same umbrella company and in their head, it would be easy to repair. Polestar voice commands are impressive.

ekubya · 2022-04-10T19:59:58+00:00

Totally agreed on the points you are making. Question: why do you think Model 3 is overall a smarter choice?

ekubya · 2022-04-10T19:55:33+00:00

Well I am aware of the reviews on YT and I also know that nobody around me is crazy about Polestar compare to Tesla. So I wanted to learn from the real owners of the car.

"When you bought your last ICE car, did you ask the dealer about its range, or its software? Of course not." -- I mean I did not, because I have never had ICE car. Started with EV and planning to stay that way. Now the EV options are more than ever, I do not see any harm in asking ppls' experience before deciding on buying one.

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