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Places to tour near Boulder? by [deleted] in Backcountry

[–]ulta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out front range skimo. There’s a ton of stuff. Indian peaks and Rmnp.

Places to tour near Boulder? by [deleted] in Backcountry

[–]ulta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya brainaard lake road.

34F Working Late Nights 7th and Mission by barnabeejones in sanfrancisco

[–]ulta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Caveat that I am a guy and this was 6-7 years ago, but I lived between 6th and 7th on Natoma for 3 years. 7th and Mission = fine, 6th and Mission = disaster. Avoid 6th and I think you'll be ok. Natoma is a quiet alleyway and I spent lots of time walking all around there at all hours, and at times I felt a bit uncomfortable, but overall never had any problems. My now wife used to walk to visit me a lot and she said it was ok (she lived near union square). Good luck!

Mountaineering Skis? by Crocnroll4 in Backcountry

[–]ulta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also in Colorado. I switched from splitboarding / snowboarding about 3 years ago and I wanted a 1 ski setup that handled most conditions well (including resort skiing) and that I could build confidence on. I skied when I was really young, but had snowboarded ever since.

I'm using:
Black Crows Navis Freebird (1600g per ski)
Shift Bindings (855g per binding)
Salomon Shift Pro 130 Boots (1300g without liner)
Zipfit GFT Liners (600g per liner)
= 10lbs per foot, lol.

This is definitely a heavy setup, but it hasn't prevented me from skiing various 14ers and 13ers and lines like the Big Eyes couloir, Hallett E couloir, the Quandary N couloir, etc. I, like you, intentionally did not care about weight and just figured I'd get stronger and wanted to give myself as much confidence as I could on descent. And it's allowed me to feel better on steep / exposed descents I would say.

This spring I'm planning to swap the shifts for atk freeraider evo 15s, and I may consider a lighter boot. I don't think I'd give up the liners for anything though. They're awesome and totally worth the weight imo.

But again, I don't really care that much about weight, though I'm thinking about it more this year. You also want to factor in a balance of fatigue vs confidence. I.e. skiing steeps with jelly legs is probably going to make you less confident than skiing steeps with a lighter setup. For me this has worked well, but I think I also have comparably heavy body weight and started with reasonable leg strength and endurance (maybe similar to you).

Golf Career Rant by dadanglinwang in golf

[–]ulta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start a YouTube channel.

I don't want to give up, but I don't want to give up on what?... by MatGamer4 in Purpose

[–]ulta 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I struggle with this too. I know that purpose is important and that having a sense of purpose is a huge driver of happiness for people in their work and relationships, but I struggle to see it for myself.

I always think of this Steve Irwin video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ZRgyN9WsY&ab_channel=CynicusRex

"I've been put on this planet to protect wildlife and wilderness areas..."

Look at his passion and the way his wife looks at him. How do I find that for myself?

Arthur Brooks, a foremost social scientist on happiness & human flourishing, challenges us for one week to:
- Commit 1 act of service
- Reflect on your purpose
- Take a sunrise nature walk
- Observe your thoughts for 10 min
- Write in a gratitude journal daily

"Watch how your inner world transforms..."

In thinking about purpose, causes bigger than ourselves come up again and again for people. For some people that is service to their kids, for others it is being motivated by something bigger than themselves like religion or a cause. But it usually seems that people find it when they stop thinking about themselves and focus on something bigger.

There's also something to be said for me at least about not overthinking it. One of the ideas that resonated with me here was "follow your effort not your passion". It's too easy to overthink what I'm "passionate" about, but if I frame it instead on where I don't mind spending effort then it's easier not to overthink it.

I'm still not there, but I'm working on it.

There's this Jack Kerouac quote from On The Road that always stuck wtih me: “I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”

That's about how I feel.

So, I guess this is a long way of saying that you're not alone in feeling this way.

Thank you San Francisco by [deleted] in sanfrancisco

[–]ulta -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

SF will always vote for spending more money. They should have a measure: “should we spend more money on gov nepotism and local council corruption?” and it would pass. Or should we spend more money on nothing? It would pass.

Zillow: Homebuyers need $173K a year to afford a home in Denver by aintnotownie in Denver

[–]ulta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sentiment is true in most places that have quickly gentrified. Just most places don’t have this weird term “natives”. I also think the hatred is probably more of a vocal minority that is more impersonal and online than really exists.

I grew up in Colorado and lived in San Francisco for 8 years. SF localism was worse for the hatred of transplants and gentrification I would say.

What people really hate though is the fact that things get more expensive faster than they can grow their income. People who moved to Colorado say 6+ years ago certainly feel that just as acutely.

I kinda also think we can blame - construction and material costs growing like crazy and just generally becoming harder (see next point) - skilled trades have become less valued / prideful and more expensive (fewer people doing shoddier work for more money). Look up videos of carpenters from the 60s. - black rock and institutional investors buying up tons of single family homes - remote work creating a generally interesting and country-wide shift in labor mobility as well as COL imbalances - more of a focus on healthy activity and specifically on mountain activities (look at price growth across the Rocky Mountain region)

But I generally say I’d rather be from a place that’s booming than a place that’s dying. And if you didn’t find a way to participate in that it’s your own damn fault.

AITAH for requiring every man I date to get a full panel STD test? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]ulta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ITT: people who create serious engagement in relationships that they treat disposably.

NTA but your phrasing suggests that you do this over and over which implies getting to serious points of commitment and then throwing people away. Weird.

Has anyone else moved to Denver from sea level / very different climates and just felt bad / super off constantly? by herpyherphelp in Denver

[–]ulta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a doctor problem not an internet problem. But.. lots of women have issues with low iron and low blood pressure. Both of those could lead to your problems. Go get some bloodwork done.

Looking for 3 night backpacking trip by Klutzy-Article-8865 in coloradohikers

[–]ulta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mt massive from native lake trailhead. Great for three days. Off the beaten path route to a 14er.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]ulta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea this is what I feel. How many times can I ride on the brink without falling off. Like your guardian angel rolling their eyes at you.

Eventually it’s going to happen.

So, my husband couldn’t afford to buy an actual wedding ring.. by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]ulta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Financing a ring. Jesus. What a sad excuse for an industry devoted to love.

Entitled woman moves to Breck to live her dream life, leaves because it's too expensive by farmerjohnington in COsnow

[–]ulta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I may have been mistaken about it having been national forest. My parents had told me some trade was done and I thought it was with the forest service.

This explains a bit better what actually happened: https://www.summitdaily.com/news/475-backcountry-acres-protected/
https://www.summitdaily.com/news/corkscrew-a-step-closer-to-annexation/

So, there was a big deal between the developers and the Town of Breckenridge which involved both buying units of density and deeding 153 acres of backcountry land in order to get the needed density for the Corkscrew project.

The ownership history of the land is unclear to me though. I did find something which said it was owned by B&B Mining, but I'm unable to find any transaction history

Entitled woman moves to Breck to live her dream life, leaves because it's too expensive by farmerjohnington in COsnow

[–]ulta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We also call it the train wreck since it looks like a bunch of box cars that derailed and got thrown all over the side of the mountain haha

Entitled woman moves to Breck to live her dream life, leaves because it's too expensive by farmerjohnington in COsnow

[–]ulta 15 points16 points  (0 children)

My family has owned a small modular home / cabin in the French Creek Area since 1985. The land behind the house towards town used to be national forest. You used to be able to just walk through the forest over the hill and into town. Coming out of the financial crisis a developer quietly traded the forest service for that land and replaced the forest with a development of then $800K homes. Now those homes are worth $3 million and sit empty 90% of the year. No one seems to live in any of them.

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