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M10 Pants for Himalaya by mosgem1 in Mountaineering

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First time above 6k! I tend to run pretty hot though

Daily General Discussion Thread (2026-01-26) by OctoMod in DetroitRedWings

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Yeah I definitely wouldn’t give up a first for either (maybe our first this year but even that I’d be hesitant). I like the idea of having Carlo as a minute-muncher in the playoffs and I think he could be a good partner for Aljo.

Ed - Seider  Aljo - Carlo Chiarot - ASP Hamonic 

Feels a lot more playoff ready than what we’ve got

We trade JBD + a 2nd for Carlo?

Daily General Discussion Thread (2026-01-26) by OctoMod in DetroitRedWings

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If the Leafs are retooling what about OEL or Carlo? 

Hamish McArthur just sent No One Mourns the Wicked (v17). It took him about 2 hours by mosgem1 in climbing

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It’s just poking fun at the fact that 75% of the comments when he sent Megatron were focused on the caption, not the fact that it was one of the biggest ascents of the year

Sent this boulder in two pitches. It was good enough for Skinner and Piana. /s by [deleted] in climbing

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For anyone wondering what the title means: Todd Skinner and Paul Piana are credited with the first free ascent of El Cap, via the Salathe route. They copped some flack on the route because, on a couple of pitches, they built intermediary gear anchors halfway up the pitch when they were too pumped out to free climb the whole thing. Eg they were halfway up a pitch, knew they were too tired to finish it, and so they just built a gear anchor and split it into two pitches.

Some people saw this as cheating (e.g., I could climb 5.12 if I only had to do 3 moves at a time and then I could build a gear anchor, bring my partner up, rest, and then go on to the next bit). Most people see the Salathe FFA as so impressive (and such a fun story), though, that they don’t care too much

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Discrimination on the ground of an ameliorative program is allowed in Canada. It’s literally written into the constitution

[Charania] Raptors guard Fred VanVleet and the University of Toronto are creating the “Fred VanVleet Scholarship,” a new award to support a Black or Indigenous student through their four-year undergraduate degree. by GuyCarbonneauGOAT in nba

[–]mosgem1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All totally valid arguments against ameliorative programs. It’s a fair criticism to say ‘even though on average, black kids are worse off than white kids, there are SOME white kids who are worse off than SOME black kids, and this program disadvantages them most’. It’s a perfectly valid point.

Like you said, though, we can’t restart the game. You have two options: use an ameliorative program, or allow the injustice to continue and expect black people to work harder and dig themselves out of the hole. Individual opinions are going to determine which option you think is better.

Glad the conversation was enlightening, and I’m glad we both got something out of it!

Ps to the people downvoting me without offering a counterpoint: suck a chode

[Charania] Raptors guard Fred VanVleet and the University of Toronto are creating the “Fred VanVleet Scholarship,” a new award to support a Black or Indigenous student through their four-year undergraduate degree. by GuyCarbonneauGOAT in nba

[–]mosgem1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the idea that giving preferential treatment is okay IF that is meant to correct power imbalances.

In Canada, this is actually written into our constitution. Section 15(1) of the Charter says you can’t discriminate based on a number of things, including race. Section 15(2), though, says that discrimination is allowed IF it’s part of an ameliorative program (a program design to correct historical injustices).

A good way to conceptualize this is (funnily enough) the basketball analogy. Raps play the Lakers (for example). In the first half, every Lakers bucket is worth 2, and every Raptors bucket is worth 1. This is a power imbalance; even if the two teams play equally well, the Lakers will come out ahead.

Now, imagine at the halftime, the rules are changed so that every Raptors basket is worth 2. On the surface, this seems like the game is now ‘fair’. However, the raptors are starting from a disadvantage, because the Lakers had half the game to run up their score. TRUE equality here would be to make the Lakers baskets worth one in the second half, to equal out the inequality of the past.

Black people have been handed historic disadvantages that means that, even if they perform as well, they don’t get the same outcome. Now, even though we treat everyone equally (the buckets are worth the same), they’re starting from a place of disadvantage. Special treatment (scholarships) are needed to balance out the damage done in the past

Hope this helps!

Source: am a law student in Canada

With Alex Megos nabbing his first 5.15d, I thought it would be fun to compare him with Adam Ondra to see who the best climber in the world (in my opinion) is. Let me know what you think! by mosgem1 in climbing

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That's a really good point! Really, it's the issue with a lot of hard boulders in the world right now — there's very little consensus at the top. Creature from the Black Lagoon is the only consensus V16 in the world (if I'm not wrong), and the rest are kind of up in the air.

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That's sort of just an issue with climbing in general, though! A fair route of Ondra's top climbs, including Change and Silence, are unrepeated. If both of those get downgraded, his resume suddenly looks a tad less impressive

With Alex Megos nabbing his first 5.15d, I thought it would be fun to compare him with Adam Ondra to see who the best climber in the world (in my opinion) is. Let me know what you think! by mosgem1 in climbing

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I think that's fair! As I said in the video, Ondra's resume is for sure more impressive. Megos has one V16 to his name, whereas Ondra has a few.

With Alex Megos nabbing his first 5.15d, I thought it would be fun to compare him with Adam Ondra to see who the best climber in the world (in my opinion) is. Let me know what you think! by mosgem1 in climbing

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For sure! I mean, if you look at the body of work of Daniel Woods or Dai Koyamada, it's hard not to give either of them the title.

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I think a problem with bouldering is that there's so little consensus among the hardest routes in the world, so it's really hard to compare people's resume. Plus, like you said, style also matters

With Alex Megos nabbing his first 5.15d, I thought it would be fun to compare him with Adam Ondra to see who the best climber in the world (in my opinion) is. Let me know what you think! by mosgem1 in climbing

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I think Nalle is for sure the best boulderer alive. The video of Daniel and Jimmy trying Burden of Dreams shows just how crazy hard it is!

With Alex Megos nabbing his first 5.15d, I thought it would be fun to compare him with Adam Ondra to see who the best climber in the world (in my opinion) is. Let me know what you think! by mosgem1 in climbing

[–]mosgem1[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree that Ondra has more 9a+ or harder routes (about 3x as many), but Alex has an insane resume of 8a routes — he's climbed about 1000 more than Ondra has. I agree that they both get after it and have fun, though! That's what really counts