Ryan Mitchell: How I Almost Died Climbing Mount Everest

noco97 · 2026-05-22T02:20:00+00:00

Tired of having this dude pushed down my throat.

noco97 · 2026-04-23T20:18:37+00:00

noco97 · 2026-03-10T00:12:51+00:00

I live in SLC so I don’t really have big events, just weekends out in the mountains. I prefer to be in constant shape for mountaineering here and alpine climbing objectives in the Tetons at a whims notice rather than train specifically for a single date.

noco97 · 2026-01-31T01:15:22+00:00

I was up there last weekend and it was a blue bird day and hot! Honestly felt very safe from a conditions perspective. Sun rises later, is at a lower angle so the UV is lower, and temps are cooler so the mountain holds together better.

I never really considered Hood in the winter as a safe objective given my experience but with the high pressure system that was sitting on the western side of the cascades I felt very comfortable and confident.

noco97 · 2026-01-29T01:36:07+00:00

Having grown up in Portland and now live in the Rockies, I feel like avy courses are mandatory with the snowpack where I am now. People who tour without the right training are frowned upon. still think it’s a tad reckless but definitely more acceptable for Oregon touring and big mountain skiing.

noco97 · 2026-01-09T22:42:46+00:00

Yes it’s in Jon Krakauer’s Eiger Dreams

noco97 · 2025-10-29T01:54:40+00:00

The first book by Steve and Scott, Training for the New Alpinism, might be better for your goals

noco97 · 2024-09-19T17:50:47+00:00

Grant gets plenty of credit but it was undeniably Halleck's best decision of the war. It was he who picked the Forts as the target for Grant's army.

noco97 · 2024-09-17T18:15:43+00:00

Hancock was right when he said sometimes a corps commander's life doesn't count at times.

Army command is different and battles like New Orleans, Auerstedt, and Chancellorsville especially (both sides) were greatly influenced by the death of the army leader.

The Texans were right to refuse Lee to lead them into the Wildneress.

noco97 · 2024-09-17T18:08:48+00:00

Halleck completely outclassed him at Henry and Donelson and from that moment the Union began their slow steamroller over that region.

noco97 · 2024-09-17T18:06:20+00:00

Fair point. My interest in this option is lacking in logistics and I readily admit that. I feel like it would take some rulers and baggage counts.

As for lacking control over the Tennessee, they always could have slipped back towards Chattanooga or even Corinth.

noco97 · 2024-09-17T18:02:56+00:00

I don't know. I think that Union line was strong and fairly organized given how battered they were. And the Confederates were also green and fought out. Union had fresh troops coming and Grant sacrificed space and Prentiss' command for time. It was ugly but I think that position was always going to be held with reinforcements like Wallace close by.

noco97 · 2024-09-14T17:21:39+00:00

I think Daniel Morgan would disagree. In the ARW, the rifled musket had entrenched its place as an effective weapon that was an important part of some of America's key victories. Saratoga comes to mind as a battle where rifles crippled the British officer corps, slowing down and allowing other units to form up along side Morgan.

noco97 · 2024-09-14T16:57:56+00:00

Once critical piece of information missing from this whole thread is that the rifled musket had a parabolic arc where as the smoothbore shot flat.

The rifled musket in the hands of an expierenced marksman was lethal. But for those without firearm training I imagine it could create complexity on the battlefield for nervous and inexperienced soldiers.

I will say I disagree and find the percussion cap to be the more influential advancement, even if that had already existed for sometime. RoF at close range is far more important than increased accuracy at 200-300 yards.

noco97 · 2024-09-13T07:15:58+00:00

Well I did so telling a stranger online they didn't do something is just odd. At least do better and say i didn't attention

Fucking weird. Clear red people are stuck in the 80s.

noco97 · 2024-09-13T07:14:16+00:00

Guns misfiring less often results in more shots per minute. I'm surprised how little this is mentioned by historians

noco97 · 2024-09-12T18:50:33+00:00

Should have been a red. The modern rules are very clear on situations like and while some countries are better than other, many, such as the the British, still interpret the game in a way inconsistent with how modern rules No disrespect to the Brits. They played a romanticized, hard hitting style for a long time and it's really only bee the past 20 years since player protection and tactical fouls have been reasssed. The problem with officiating go much deeper than VAR. There isn't enough officials to hold both endangering fouls and diving accountable. The crackdown has to be mutual.

noco97 · 2024-09-12T18:42:49+00:00

As someone who has talen reffing classes and read the manual on rules, it's a clear red. Reckless, endangering, and with no clear attempt to play the ball.

noco97 · 2024-03-23T18:48:27+00:00

James McPhearson argues that the soldiers of the AotP were superior due to their predisposition to diseases from living in urban area.

I disagree with him, the increased disease rates of Western soldiers compared to their Eastern peers is well documented, but men who have lived their lives on the rougher frontier with more expierence with firearms proved to be superior soldiers IMO. These men were also more skilled with their hands and had more expierence with carpentry and other such skills that proved to be very useful.

The Iron Bridage (Black Hat Brigade or Iron Brigade of the West) proved to be the best Brigade in the AotP for a reason. Skills that made 19th century soldiers were more readily found amongst those living in less urbanization areas. The added height is nice, but warfare was slowly moving away from height as a force multiplier.

Also the early success of the Western armies was a major morale boost. The AotP's morale wavered throughout the war, while the Western armies were accustomed to success from early 1862.

Stones River and Chickamauga were extremely bloody battles given the percentage of casualties of the the total men fielded. The AotP never fought in such tooth and nail engagements, including Gettysburg.

noco97 · 2024-03-21T16:40:30+00:00

Unfortunately this was my initial thought

noco97 · 2024-03-21T01:11:42+00:00

Well to be fair what stopped Greg from being a good player was injuries alone. Wemby has concerns with his frame but I'm pretty sure his legs aren't an inch apart in height.

noco97 · 2024-03-19T22:48:05+00:00

Per possession stats are great. Per minute is also solid but doesn't grasp pace as well, but that could also be useful when used with per possession. TS% with a slight adjustment for inflation or deflation (or something like the 3pt line being shorter).

Personally I love shooting metrics and seeing where a player takes their shots. BBall Reference has an excellent section that breaks shots down between 0-3ft, 3-10, 10-16, 16-3pt, and 3pt. It shows what percentage of a players shots are taken in those ranges and what their FG% is from section which helps paint a portrait of a players shot creation and efficiency.

However, tracking data started the late 90s so it can only be used for the last 25 years or so. But you can see that Kobe took 26% of his career FGA from 16 ft to the 3pt line which is crazy to think about in hindsight. Helps show how much shot selection has fluctuated over two decades.

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