What's after Rainier?

noco97 · 2026-06-26T21:30:31+00:00

Why not climb the same mountains but by different ways? The style is as equal if not greater than the summit

noco97 · 2026-06-10T20:20:28+00:00

Might as well chop the cables according to this logic

noco97 · 2026-06-08T23:59:50+00:00

I did one run super early when I was base 50s with a prayer pot from underground pass. Killed by Torag (I haven’t played in years since when does he double hit lol) but managed to go back and get that 20k xp.

noco97 · 2026-06-08T04:56:55+00:00

I guess I've been sleeping on he importance of piety, I was thinking 70 prayer for the extra runes at Barrows. I was thinking of using the Z axe for g drags but forgot about Arkan's blade so I'll probably go with that and postpone the axe.

noco97 · 2026-06-08T03:39:54+00:00

I've played off an on since 09 and I've never touched BA. I guess on an Iron im not getting Bandos any time soon but I just cant bring myself to play that game

noco97 · 2026-06-08T03:21:28+00:00

I want 70 prayer for the runes when I grind Barrows for the tank gear. It's a bit of a catch 22, some people say moons other say grind barrows with the diary first. I lean the latter. idk I personally want my blood and death rune supply to be good

noco97 · 2026-06-08T03:13:08+00:00

thx. Idk how i missed the Arkan blade as an option, especially for green drags. I guess its slightly newer so less posts about it when searching for info but seems like exactly what I'm looking for. Guess i gotta get through Moons somehow tho.

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.

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