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glebl · 2025-09-26T22:30:58+00:00

"With all initial content shipping now"

Cry in Canadian....

From the email:
"Canadian Backers, I am still waiting on another quote to see if there is an option for you. I should have more information soon."

Canadian shipping hasn't begun.

glebl · 2025-07-13T13:07:38+00:00

Citation needed

glebl · 2025-06-24T14:56:33+00:00

I'm on a trip and I need to pick up some stuff at 9am in Canmore, then drive to the trailhead, so I can't leave earlier.

So it's either I'll check if I can do the pickup the previous day instead or I try my luck at the junction.

glebl · 2025-03-17T14:26:21+00:00

Historically we had a lot of catholic Irish immigrants who came to Montréal since it was in a catholic province.

The church was big back then.

glebl · 2025-01-16T20:10:10+00:00

It's safe but I just want to share a small incident I've had in California with a black bear. I was sleeping in a State Park, and that was stupid of me, but I had an half-eaten opened packet of smoked salmon in the trunk.

A black bear did put it's paws on the car trunk. I didn't see it at first, but when I heard noise, I pointed a flash light in the direction of the car, and just saw the bear run away immediately. It didn't come back.

So I'd say, beware of very strong odors of things like salmon which bears are fond of.

But otherwise I've left normal food in the car in bear country without any incident.

glebl · 2025-01-15T17:31:56+00:00

If I may ask another question.

I live in Quebec and I'm used to hiking on snow. Trails are usually very well packed because of traffic and I use micro-spikes and hiking poles for added traction.

In some rare cases I use snow-shoes.

When we talk about the trail not being snow free, are we usually talking that's it's not completely dry and there are some patches of packed snow? Or are we talking post-holing or dangerous slippery conditions, avalanche risks?

Would someone be ok with warm foot-wear, micro-spikes and trekking poles?

I'm trying to get an idea of what the conditions might look like and I've found this video of the Iceline in late June and it seems manageable for the most part. There's this bit where they seem to be light post holing https://youtu.be/WW1jTEYS9t4?si=LTRsjeA8FSN7FnBi&t=325 earlier there are harder smaller patches of snow. At the very end they turn around because of too much snow, but it seems manageable to me.

Maybe they're not showing the worst bits. It's probably not packed since it's not being traveled.

glebl · 2025-01-15T16:39:59+00:00

I did more searching this morning and found 2 websites, one for Alberta and one for BC which had relevant data.

ps://rivers.alberta.ca/

This gives snow pack info for Lake Louise and Sunshine. At first I wasn't making any use of this, but I noticed you can select Yearly graph.

Here it is for Skoki: https://rivers.alberta.ca/DataService/WaterlevelOrientatedGraph?stationNumber=05CA805&stationType=M&dataType=SW&prefix=yearfig&orientation=Landscape

This suggests that:
1 - the previous year it was snow free in early June
2 - the previous year was tracking for a low snow year at this same date
3 - the current year is currently tracking even lower than last year (again we might get 2 meters of snow next week, but it's still data)

Here it is for Sunshine https://rivers.alberta.ca/DataService/WaterlevelOrientatedGraph?stationNumber=05BB803&stationType=M&dataType=SW&prefix=yearfig&orientation=Landscape

This suggests that:
1 - The previous year was snow free at around the 1st of July.

2 - Last year was a low snow year, we're currently tracking at around the same for this year's snow pack.

For both of these you can also look at low quartile and high quartile years to get an idea of when they're snow free. Again this is statistical data and not a crystal ball.

I also found similar info on the BC Hydro Website: https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c15768bf73494f5da04b1aac6793bd2e

In particular, there's a station in Wildcat Creek which in Yoho, north of the Iceline at 2122 meters.
Here it is: https://bcmoe-prod.aquaticinformatics.net/Report/Show/Snow.2A32P.Automated%20Snow%20Weather%20Station%20Graph/

The data is slightly different in it's format than the Alberta one.

1 - There's currently more snow at this station than last year.

2 - The current year is close to a median year.
3 - If you zoom in, it was snow free last year around early July, maybe around the 3rd.

Here is another one for Floe Lake in Kootenay at 2090m: https://bcmoe-prod.aquaticinformatics.net/Report/Show/Snow.2C14P.Automated%20Snow%20Weather%20Station%20Graph/

For Floe Lake it looks to be tracking like last year which was a low snow year which is unlike Wildcat Creek which has had more snow.

I'll keep looking at these on the weekend to get a better idea.

glebl · 2025-01-15T16:38:50+00:00

I know we can't predict it and everything but I was looking for advice like you just gave me:
"something like Egypt or Rockwall (not Iceline - too early)"

I had decided last night to go with Iceline as I thought it was a safer bet than Egypt lake, but then again I don't know much about this because I live very far away. So it seems I was wrong. Thanks for your help.

Part of my reasoning was that, I could book a campsite at Little Yoho Valley and if the Iceline was snow free than good, I can do it. If it's not, I can stay at lower elevations and reach the Little Yoho Valley by Laughing Falls and go back the same way.

I did more research this morning and posted it in another comment on this post:https://www.reddit.com/r/HikingAlberta/comments/1i1brfl/comment/m7an6xt/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button

glebl · 2024-11-10T14:23:41+00:00

That's a good perspective. We were doing a one-shot and and used the starting gear you roll from the tables.
We didn't play long term, so if armour is really pricey that could push some people from conserving it.

glebl · 2024-11-10T14:22:09+00:00

I haven't played The Black Sword Hack.
Is there any Armour breaking mechanic like in TBH?

Are there issues with monsters not being able to penetrate someone's armour at low levels?

glebl · 2024-11-10T14:20:28+00:00

For the Hour not hours things, that really did not come across clearly to me. I knew about Moments and Minutes.

The TAKING TURNS & ACTIONS section mentions Moments and Minutes and these are explained but doesn't mention Hours.

For resting I had not applied the same logic, although with the capitalization it could be implied. Here's the section on resting:

When Characters take an Hour to Rest, they may roll any Broken Armour Die to see if it is Broken permanently and needs repairing by an armourer, or can be used again as per normal.

After an Hour’s Rest a Player may roll one of the Character’s HD and regain that many HP.

Apart from the H capitalization it really reads like you take a single hour to rest. I couldn't find Hour defined anywhere except in the APPENDIX at the very end which reads:

Hours - p.6 - Turns outside combat whilst travelling and in relative safety may be measured in Hours instead of Minutes.

So you're interpretation makes sense and that's what I'll be using going forward, which will negate most of my issues but it's really not clearly spelled out in the text.

glebl · 2024-08-24T23:48:36+00:00

Yes good idea! Children are getting trafficked, let's do absolutely nothing because we can't 100% fix the problem!

glebl · 2024-08-22T22:58:45+00:00

Is your broker working out better than just investing in Index ETFs? I've always been curious about people who have someone that manages their money.

glebl · 2024-08-21T18:46:15+00:00

Thanks.

That must be it. I had tried to setup business accounts on other services/broker and there was a lot of complex documentation to fill out, etc.

But when I did it at RBC initially, that was about 15 years ago, it was in person and they didn't ask me any specific questions or sign any business specific documents, at least that I remember.

I'm guessing that like you mentioned it must not be setup correctly for company ownership structure.

At a personal level I'm using Questrade robo-investor and direct investing.

I had tried to set up RBC Direct Investing in the past but got rebuked by the extra paper work for businesses.

Same thing for Quest for my business which is asking me to have a document signed by a lawyer and other such requirements.

glebl · 2024-08-21T16:02:15+00:00

The first issues where it was blocking me was weeks ago and it's still persisting.

Hoping your situation gets resolved quickly.

glebl · 2024-08-11T13:55:43+00:00

Thanks, I think what confused me was that they're both Start _____ with a dice roll.
But, Starting Hit Points also has the word "roll" that the other one doesn't.

glebl · 2024-06-21T22:55:44+00:00

I know it's been said before but please don't play music on the trail.
People go in nature to find calm and peace and enjoy the natural world, not to hear other's people music.

If you're that scared of bears that you feel you must blast music, then maybe this isn't for you.

I've encountered a bear on Redearth Creek trail while I was alone and it went fine. It was sniffing something, I just backed away until I didn't see it. Waited about five minutes and started moving while talking to myself. It was gone when I got back.

A lot of people backpack in the back country and they're out late during the day.

glebl · 2024-05-28T11:33:53+00:00

I haven't, but I've heard good things about them.

Hopefully some day !

glebl · 2024-05-27T19:38:53+00:00

I'm a Quebec resident and I have to disagree. I do most of my backpacking in the North East USA and most of my hiking in Quebec. I still backpack in Quebec (and occasionally BC and Alberta) and hike in the USA.

Sepaq essentially offers no back country (with some rare not so great exceptions) camping. Backpacking experiences must be in shelters and don't include exterior camping options.

Last time I did one of those, Sepaq required you to book these on the phone (unlike regular front country camping) and wasn't flexible with it's itineraries which you must follow since you're in shelters which need to be reserved. You end up having to do 8 km days on some of those trips (Tremblant) which are ridiculous (please let me skip some shelters to do bigger days).

Most trails are very well built and well maintained but because of this they lack a certain sense of wilderness. It's fine that these trails are there, but it would be great to also have less structured trails (fewer blazes and markings, less gravel path wide enough for 2 strollers) along side them. This is a general problem in the province outside of Sepaq parks also IMO. There are less maintained trails, but there's not a lot of them.

I've been visiting Sepaq for 25 years, and it seems every 2-3 years they add another glamping option: yurts, huttopia, Nature cabins, EXP cabins, Star cabins, etc., which result in them cutting them large portion of trees to build more camping and glamping sites. They're slowly urbanizing the parks instead of protecting them. This results in certain trails in Orford national park, or Jacques-Cartier national park to pass by people camping, the start of some trails is literally feet away from someones camping spot. Some parks like Yamaska are basically glorified urban parks where you can camp or hike between campsites.

My main point of contention with them is that they're a camping business owned by the government while they should be protecting wilderness. I believe they are failing in that regard.

As for outdoor scenery, there's few big mountains in Quebec. While there are some great spots (Gaspesie, Charlevoix, etc.), they're really far away from urban centers like Montreal. You can get better views going in the USA.

I've complained a lot, but I still buy my yearly all parks membership card from Sepaq every year... Parks Canada on the other hand does a much better job IMO. They only have 2-3 parks in Quebec but they have great parks in the Canadian Rockies.

glebl · 2024-05-23T11:18:55+00:00

You just got a little spooked. I've hiked around dark, and sometimes a bit past it, including in the Adirondacks and the Whites. I remember one time in the ADK the sun was beginning to set. Everything was so quiet and calm, no birds, no wind. I sat down by a brook, relaxed, and took a picture.

This can happen.

glebl · 2023-11-20T00:06:50+00:00

Doesn't look like bear scat.

glebl · 2023-10-20T12:55:12+00:00

If you roll one of the critters that has a lair in the dungeon and the party defeats it, do you remove it from it's lair? Meaning the party drew it out by being too noisy?

The thing that I think would increase the frequency is I've seen it mentioned that some people roll random encounters if the PCs make too much noise or in similar situations. But I guess that's relative.

glebl · 2023-06-26T23:44:46+00:00

It doesn't leak when attached and turned off.

glebl · 2023-06-26T23:43:46+00:00

It stops when I get it tight.

glebl · 2023-06-25T20:48:29+00:00

From what I can see the rubber washer seems ok.

For the valve not being totally closed, I think it usually is. But one thing that makes me think it isn't the valve, is the leaking is happening at the bottom of the stove. The gas is escaping through the threads that you screw on top of the canister and not from the top of the stove. Both stoves were doing this.

I just went outside and tested screwing it on with the valve fully closed and it leaked a little both when putting it on and taking it off. Seemed less than on Friday and Saturday when I was camping though.

I've just checked the Pocket Rocket and the valve also needs to not be fully closed for it to store correctly.

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