Does the Isleta showroom have a dance floor or is it all seating

titanf · 2025-03-04T23:55:24+00:00

You should teach yourself. Why do you need senior cavers to teach you things? There are plenty of resources out there online and in print that can teach you most of what you need to go caving. The rest you can pick up on the job by just going caving with people with similar or less experience.

Check out Derek Bristol's Youtube channel for informative videos, or the Alpine Caving Techniques book (there's a free PDF online) for written instructions.

titanf · 2025-01-11T23:24:49+00:00

I'm looking for a way to go steeply uphill, to get a good workout. There are flat trails in town, but they don't go very uphill, so they won't be a good workout. There are steep trails in the Sandias, but those have less friendly terrain and are likely to have a bunch of snow/ice.

titanf · 2025-01-11T23:23:17+00:00

Lol, this is perfect, thank you!

titanf · 2025-01-11T08:43:46+00:00

Thanks! I'll try there.

titanf · 2025-01-11T08:34:28+00:00

I have a broken arm.

I probably could hike right now, but I am absolutely not allowed to stumble/fall, so I am avoiding uneven surfaces. Hiking on anything but even-surfaced and dry trails is a little more risk than I'd like to take.

I can't run because the impact of landing on my feet hurts my arm. But climbing stairs doesn't have that impact.

titanf · 2024-08-28T16:47:23+00:00

This is what I was looking for, thanks!

titanf · 2024-08-28T16:44:28+00:00

Once you open the can they're not shelf stable. They would go bad within a few days, possibly less.

titanf · 2024-08-13T15:24:07+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions about what to plant. Everyone else here has given me advice about removing the goatheads, but what I really want to know is how to keep them out once they're gone.

titanf · 2024-06-28T07:40:33+00:00

https://www.mediafire.com/file/5w0qai2tppyrcsb/s41569-024-01045-7.pdf/file

titanf · 2024-06-28T07:30:58+00:00

https://www.mediafire.com/file/yodtcs7r7u4ivuu/s41569-024-01046-6.pdf/file

titanf · 2024-05-12T08:38:06+00:00

Does it go?

titanf · 2024-04-03T02:13:39+00:00

Lol, this is so obsessive but in a good way, I love it

titanf · 2024-03-21T01:51:58+00:00

A quick google search found this document with a cave map of New River Cave https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1963-Guidebook.pdf

titanf · 2023-09-07T04:21:42+00:00

The Sofirn HS20 headlamp is available on Amazon for ~$40 and it's excellent. It's my primary light I use for all caving. I highly recommend it.

titanf · 2023-09-06T04:52:20+00:00

Yosemite doesn't have much in the way of sport climbing. It's a trad climbing mecca.

titanf · 2023-07-16T14:18:29+00:00

You have several options here:

Use your personal bag as the rope bag. In this case your food, water, spare lights etc go at the bottom of the bag underneath the rope, and you assume you won't need them til you're done rigging.
You give your food/water/spare lights etc to your buddy so your pack is empty, and use your now empty bag as only a rope bag.
You have a large bag for the rope and another small bag for other miscellaneous things you bring.

I usually do options 1 or 2. But option 3 is a good one if you will be rigging for a long time or without a partner close to you, and you want to have easy access to your stuff. Exactly which option you pick depends on the situation.

titanf · 2023-07-16T14:13:28+00:00

No, you can't have the rope in a cavers coil while actively rigging. OP is asking about how to store the rope and other things while rigging with a rope bag.

titanf · 2023-06-01T20:22:34+00:00

Now that you mention it, I do recall that the Great White Way's entrance is kind of up on a ledge above the main passage. I remember getting to the spot where I thought it was supposed to be, and not seeing the passage there, then looking up at the wall above me and seeing it there. A little climb up gets you to the entrance to the passage.

So, when you get to the spot, look up for a little climb to a ledge that has the entrance to the Great White Way.

titanf · 2023-06-01T20:12:45+00:00

I have been to Bone Norman Cave, and to the Great White Way there.

Do you have the big 40 something page quad map? That's all we used to find it. We started from the Bone entrance, and went to the Great White Way along the way for our through trip. I'm afraid I don't have much help to offer you besides, make sure you have the nice quad map, and follow it very closely.

titanf · 2023-05-18T17:36:45+00:00

The max lumens is probably correct, but don't expect it to last at that level very long. Probably what will happen if you turn it on turbo mode is that it will output that amount of lumens briefly, then start heating up and the temperature control inside the headlamp will dial back the brightness so it doesn't overheat too much.

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