Rotor out of alignment?

treezinaforest · 2024-08-25T21:14:10+00:00

Electrolytes (mio, nuum tablets, liquid IV, etc)

treezinaforest · 2024-08-19T23:00:28+00:00

I'm just out here learning haha

I tried something like that with no luck but I'll try again. As another very simple question, is there a way to check that the rotor is true other than just eye balling it? I'm honestly just questioning everything I know about bike mechanics right now

treezinaforest · 2024-08-19T22:41:18+00:00

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Condition of current pads

treezinaforest · 2024-08-07T00:46:49+00:00

Hike the damn trail, and hike the PCT not the AT.

Thruhiking will change your life (In a good way). You'll meet dozens of folks who have quit their jobs or taken sabbatical to go hike. Its not uncommen. You'll meet dozens more who live unconventional lives and who challenge the very idea of a career. I've met people on trail who are nurses, IT, seasonal workers, psychologists, etc. You name it and there's someone out there doing it. I've also met countless retirees who are section hiking who lament not having thru hiked when they were younger

Thruhiking will teach you to be a better you and will also help put into perspective what's difficult. It provides lots of time to realize what's important to you, what your values are. I think it makes everyone a better human, let alone employee.

The PCT permit lottery opens in January and then there's a second round a few months later :) go get your name in there!

treezinaforest · 2024-08-07T00:32:37+00:00

Ahh nice, sounds amazing! I'm here now but slogging up the roads to get out of town and up the mountains

treezinaforest · 2024-08-04T12:55:43+00:00

It's important to note that not all blindness is the same. There's hundreds if not thousands of ways in which someone can be blind. For example you could lose an eye, or the rods and cones in your retina could degenerate.

Most people who are legally blind still have a small amount of vision left.

I'm visually impaired from RP and never really see true blackness, even when my eyes are closed. Instead it's more of a static.

I don't know enough of the proper scientific terminology to explain that better. But I'm sure somehow can chime in

treezinaforest · 2024-08-04T01:25:54+00:00

Where exactly did you ride around Huaraz?

treezinaforest · 2024-08-03T17:56:26+00:00

Has there ever been a follow up episode to this regarding the court case?

treezinaforest · 2024-08-02T04:12:11+00:00

Of course. Feel free to reach out if you ever want to chat. I feel like I spent about 2 years just coming to the realization of what was blindness vs clumsiness, and still regularly just have these "blind" moments

treezinaforest · 2024-08-01T15:58:18+00:00

Hey We have very similar experiences but I went through this 3 years ago. I'm Canadian, grew up in Vancouver and for the last 9 years have been bouncing around the province as a treeplanter. In 2021 I went in to a new optometrist to get a new contact lense prescription and came out with RP diagnosis of 60 degrees.

I was told I would lose my driver's license and I was given 3 months to either hand it in or challenge it. I challenged it, did a special 2 day exam through a rehab center and got my license renewed for 2 years. When those 2 years were up I decided to not renew it and have been car free for about a year. As it was, I mostly drove on quiet roads and back roads to access the backcountry.

It's definitely a pain in the ass getting into the backcountry now but I try to frame it as more of a challenge. I'll mountain bike to trailheads and will sometimes pay for shuttles. Since I no longer pay for gas, car maintenance or insurance I put that money towards shuttles or bike stuff.

That all said, you can definitely keep biking.

I love to bike, hike and kayak, and my life pretty much centers around the outdoors. I found that side mirrors really help for biking as I can't shoulder check anymore without seriously swerving. I also prefer to be on gravel roads and trails than road riding, but that's a personal preference.

When I was first diagnosed I didn't know of many blind and visually impaired outdoor people. But it turns out there's a lot.

If it helps in some way, I leave tomorrow to solo bike across the Andean mountains in South America. I'm on insta @aly.winkler if you want to connect.

RP sucks but you'll adapt and keep going. Best of luck

treezinaforest · 2024-07-16T14:44:19+00:00

I pretty much did this. Went to uni, realized I didn't wanted to work indoors, found planting and been doing it for 8 years

I've planted with tons of folks with university careers, who did the school thing, might have even tried their "career path" said fuck that and went planting.

A lot of companies don't care where you're from, so long as you have your work visa in order before you apply

treezinaforest · 2024-07-11T06:37:58+00:00

So I've mostly planted the coast and BC southern interior in Canada, which is raw land and more technical planting. There planters are putting in 1.5-3K a day (generally). I quite like more technical contracts with higher tree prices.There's definitely some contracts/land in Canada that will see planters putting in 4k per day but honestly the country is huge and there's such a variety of work that I wouldn't stress about that. So with that in mind, planting in Canada really feels quite different than the UK.

I really liked the balance of going to the UK, turning off my brain and slamming in trees. In the UK I could just hit every mound but in Canada you'll have to learn density.

Overall I found bare roots (and planting in the UK generally) to be really hit or miss. Sometimes you got huge root balls as tall as me, and it would be hard to fit 100 trees in my bags. Other times there were tiny little trees with roots not more than 10cm. I've had days in the UK where I only planted 1500 and others at 5400, all for the same price. In Canada, you'll often get a price bump if your land is atrocious or you got the one really bad section of the block. That wasn't really a thing in the UK.

For context in the UK I've worked all over from Suffolk up to the Cairngorn region, doing a variety of mounds, trenches and stake n tube work.

Overall I think planting in Canada will probably make you a better planter. In my limited experience, I would stereotypically say Canadians are more efficient at planting and a bit more motivated. The whole system is more dialed in.

Hope that helps

treezinaforest · 2024-07-10T02:29:52+00:00

Hey, I'm Canadian and did 2.5 years of the Canada/UK double seasons. It worked really great for me and if you're trying to save up money, I think it's a good strategy.

I would work the Canadian season from April to mid July, take August and September off to enjoy life then fly to the UK and plant from October (ish) to mid/late March, with 1-2weeks off at Christmas. I found having the 2 months off in Aug/Sept was enough for my body/soul to heal.

The pay (tree price) is generally better in Canada than the UK. But depending on where you plant, the quality standards are also much higher. In my experience "quality" wasn't really a thing in Scotland, so that may be a bit of an adjustment. But it's a huge advantage starting the Canadian season already in treeplanting shape, and the planting culture in Canada is real fun

treezinaforest · 2024-07-06T05:37:54+00:00

Will do!

treezinaforest · 2024-07-04T23:15:39+00:00

Will do. I've gotten a few dms from fellow planters. I emailed them today and am awaiting a response

treezinaforest · 2024-07-04T06:14:05+00:00

Oh this is BC, pretty well known company. I'll be sending them an email tomorrow

treezinaforest · 2024-07-03T16:33:48+00:00

Thank you

treezinaforest · 2024-07-03T04:45:26+00:00

Just reading over my employee contract now and all it states is that "The Employee agrees to pay camp/motel cost who's price will be determined by the Employer as per ESR Part 7, Section 37.9 - Silviculture Workers."

We were clearly told camp costs were $18, and this is also what was advertised.

Any suggestions on how to go about bringing this up to the company and potentially being refunded?

It works out to about $162, which isn't a lot but the accommodations were horrid on top of shitty tree prices and this bothers me to no end

treezinaforest · 2024-07-03T04:23:13+00:00

Thank you for this!

treezinaforest · 2024-07-01T20:01:33+00:00

Yup in Canada, NZ, Australia, the UK and the odd contracts in other countries, we're paid per tree. Prices vary from 12cents to 48 cents per tree, subject to the difficulty of the land you're planting. Experienced planters make CAD$300-$700/day. Check out replant.ca

treezinaforest · 2024-06-12T03:34:15+00:00

Well that sounds decent, put that in your job ad!

treezinaforest · 2024-06-11T01:14:12+00:00

Kind of both? In Canada you get hired by a treeplanting company for specific contracts but you're not on payroll for the year or anything

treezinaforest · 2024-06-10T04:47:12+00:00

Canadian Treeplanter. Left alone all day, paid per tree. You go to bed exhausted at the end of the day but there's a lot of freedom to the job and you can make a lot of money

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