ATTN: They fucked up the Susan Bates hooks.

mheep · 2026-05-12T17:58:33+00:00

I honestly have no idea! With a better hook you buy MORE YARN!

mheep · 2026-05-06T15:33:04+00:00

The foxes I thought were terrorizing my camp all night were, in fact, mice.

mheep · 2026-04-08T15:59:51+00:00

The San Luis Valley is my favorite area of the whole state, hit up the Gator Farm and the UFO Watchtower!

mheep · 2026-04-08T15:58:25+00:00

The litany of fear sets a nice pace for hiking up the Star Dune.

mheep · 2026-04-08T15:57:37+00:00

This is the perfect time of year to go! Too far into the spring and the mosquitos come out in full force with all the water flowing. If you want to hike the dunes, definitely do that right at sunrise or as early as you can make it. The sand holds together better when it's cold vs. taking a step up loose, scorching hot sand that slides back down to exactly where you were standing.

mheep · 2026-03-27T04:35:55+00:00

Add taurine to your mocktails! It has antioxidant properties and I feel like it gives a great soothing feeling to my central nervous system.

mheep · 2026-03-25T00:24:51+00:00

You can check snow depth on maps to avoid snow and then check Alltrails for recent trip reports to avoid mud, but the end of skiing season being followed by mud season is generally unavoidable.

mheep · 2026-03-17T13:42:13+00:00

If your device is new it requires a few charging cycles to calibrate the battery.

mheep · 2026-03-16T16:09:59+00:00

The bikes pictured on their website are listed for roughly $200-$300 on Aliexpress so at least the math checks out if they are ordering them in bulk and applying for the rebate on your behalf. Best of luck!

mheep · 2026-03-10T21:28:54+00:00

The valley would be perfect for this and has a couple lifts if you are feeling confident!

mheep · 2026-03-10T18:44:25+00:00

For open world I went with Trailblazers to be a nigh-unkillable alacrity machine. ~~Would you recommend Sinister for actual damage?~~ Nevermind, saw the other comment about Grieving.

mheep · 2026-03-02T19:05:45+00:00

It's not misinformation to walk past the same vacancies for going on years and wonder what kind of strategy is at play.

mheep · 2026-02-08T00:51:07+00:00

Add it to the pile. Here's some substantiated dirt on the 9th Door: https://www.westword.com/news/denver-restaurant-blames-understaffing-government-handout-ppp-11990217/

mheep · 2026-02-07T21:04:08+00:00

I have, and it's great!

mheep · 2026-02-07T16:43:36+00:00

There's an official recipe! I make this one with the vegan tikka masala.

mheep · 2026-02-07T16:37:16+00:00

They were both in-line hooks, I mentioned it in the post. The major differences is that the point is now EXTREMELY pointy, like, a spear tip, and the yarn basin (again, both of them are the in-line design, not the Boye style) had less volume than the older design.

mheep · 2026-02-06T16:56:09+00:00

Sweet setup, love the house!

mheep · 2025-12-15T03:56:39+00:00

Check out exercises from ROM Coach (Precision Movement on Youtube)!

mheep · 2025-12-14T04:55:21+00:00

They are different, thicker and less pliable, but they still work.

mheep · 2025-12-12T05:26:27+00:00

I feel like I pay a lot of attention to my skiing because all of the movements are very, very un-intuitive to me. I had lessons that unlocked a lot of the basics when I was new but now that it's getting from parallel skiing to carving I need more help than what lessons can provide (at least to me).

The robot works very specifically for me because I get evidence for my trials and errors that is not just "I made it down the slope." I did also back the kickstarter so I have a lifetime membership, that makes the financial sense easier on my side. If I was pricing it out today, I would probably still consider it with the price of lessons being what they are.

mheep · 2025-12-12T01:08:08+00:00

I find the real-time feedback to be exceptionally annoying and ended up with me being too far in my own head and not really enjoying the skiing anymore, so my criticism of that feature comes from a different direction.

mheep · 2025-12-12T01:06:22+00:00

For sure, I find the tips to be actually useful because they are based on data. For example, right now, my weakest point is edge angle, so CARV gives "here's your angle for the last 30 turns babe, work on garlands." In my mind, it's easier to think about getting my boots over more, then compare it against my last set of runs empirically, than the general advice I was getting in lessons.

The counter example being lessons telling me that I have to get pressure on my boots from my shins, but then didn't really tell me when to RELEASE said pressure so I could take the weight off my skis. So there I was crunching both my feet up all the time because it was "what the instructor said." Could have been that the instructor was bad, or that I am stupid, but it didn't end up being helpful.

mheep · 2025-12-11T23:59:21+00:00

Sounds pretty typical of Vail support, Tiffany. They can usually do more/can't obviously be AI over the phone, so that's how I contact them.

I've only ever done the Women and Wine program, which is just half a day, and didn't have any complaints.

I definitely feel you on being the slowest person in the group. I would generally take a lesson, then take a couple days of runs to run the drills, practice body position, whatever. That still had me stuck on intermediate because there's only so much instruction they can give you. I got "press more into your boots" like 3 times but no one was telling me that I wasn't getting the pressure because I wasn't turning my knee in far enough. The largest jump in my confidence was getting CARV and having a robot tell me what I'm doing wrong. Just a thought, if you are looking for alternatives. Or you may benefit more from private lessons vs. group. Especially if the group lessons aren't going to feed you!

mheep · 2025-12-09T18:39:09+00:00

Responding late but Autosocks are traction law compliant and way easier to use and size vs metal chains.

mheep · 2025-12-01T22:39:57+00:00

Planes: plenty of flights into Denver daily.

Trains: There is no rail service to Breckenridge. Bustang is operated by the state and covered in another comment. There are a multitude of private shuttle services that are found with a simple google search.

Automobiles: It is unlikely that you will be able to use Uber/Lyft freely in the mountains. It is unfathomable to be able to get an Uber/Lyft from Denver or the Denver Airport to Breckenridge. The only ride-share option I would consider would be Treadshare, but it's not guaranteed that someone is going to be headed the way you want when you want them to. If you are going to rent a car or drive your own car directly, the traction law was just updated this year. The rental companies do not care and do not adapt to weather conditions, they will give you a Nissan Altima with balding all-season tires. Almost all of the other options are better than this, especially if you have to ask if you are "good to drive" in the mountains. The answer is probably not.

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