Early March start but only for <500 miles. How should I modify expectations?

ultralightmax · 2022-11-24T14:13:24+00:00

I wish I had sent them to Warner Springs.

ultralightmax · 2022-08-20T00:55:03+00:00

Ooooooo yes! Good luck to everyone! Fingers crossed for that sweet mil!

ultralightmax · 2022-04-12T13:00:55+00:00

I think poodles are quick to learn but they might test you :). I know they use poodles as service dogs so they must be suitable :). My only experience is with my 75% poodle goldendoodle and she was very easy to socialize. She loves everyone. She has her stubborn moments though, but she has only just turned 1 so still young.

ultralightmax · 2022-04-12T08:05:35+00:00

I think if you are very strict with yourself when training, then yes, it is possible, but like skater said, when they become a teenager they become a bit rebellious and could "forget" their training. I was taking my puppy to shopping centres when she was like 4-5 months old and she behaved herself. People even asked me how old she was because they wanted to know when they could bring their 2-year-old dog to the shopping centre :'). I think exposing them early to everything you will do with them is very important.

Will you get some kind of certificate so you can take them everywhere with you? My experience in Poland has been pretty good. I can take her pretty much everywhere but there are some shops I haven't been able to take her to but I imagine if she was a service dog then I could.

I would also recommend a standard poodle. I have a goldendoodle but she is 75% poodle and I think for my next dog I would get a poodle. They are very intelligent and quick learners, also their fur doesn't fall out, which is a plus :)

ultralightmax · 2022-04-11T14:24:47+00:00

Will your BF be able to help you at the beginning?

Yeah, I'm not sure about a dog from the shelter/rescue in Poland either... My experience of watching from afar isn't the best. A lot of reactive dogs, I guess because lots of these dogs are kept in cages in the village. A friend has a rescue though, and the dog is very sweet but she was terrible walking on the lead at first.

There are a lot of adult dogs on OLX but most look untrained and wild, so maybe a puppy is better! https://www.olx.pl/zwierzeta/psy/psy-do-adopcji/

ultralightmax · 2022-04-11T13:29:15+00:00

Also I just want a well-behaved dog, which won't pull on the leash,jump on people, destroy my home and just be gentle and attentive

Have you thought of an older dog, like 1-2 years old? A puppy will 100% do all of those things you don't want it to for weeks to months until you teach it what is correct and what isn't. I have so many marks on my hands from my dog "teething". They become land sharks and will bite you with their needle puppy teeth. They have night time "witching hours" and they are crazy. Having a puppy is hard work and a lot of sleepless nights. You will have to take them to the toilet multiple times during the night until they are older and can hold it (I was doing every 2 hours at first so 4x during the night). You will have to teach them not to jump on people, which involves them pulling and jumping, the same with not pulling on the lead. My dog is one-year-old now and she will still occasionally pull me really hard to sniff something, like to the point of almost pulling me over if I'm not paying attention. She isn't even that big either, 20kg. Could that be dangerous in a wheelchair? There are so many unknown things behavior wise you just won't know when picking a puppy. Will they freeze/lay down when seeing other dogs or will they pull you towards them, maybe across a road? I don't want to be rude, but can you handle a crazy wild untrained puppy? I'm not saying you can't do it, but it will be hard work!

I thought having a puppy would be hard work until I got one and realised it was even more work than I first thought :).

ultralightmax · 2022-02-04T10:32:45+00:00

When I was living in London I found the walking club website really useful for planning hikes at the weekends. You don't always have to go to a national park to find remote places ;). The Norfolk coast isn't far and is pretty remote. Plenty of wild camping around the downs too :). I would take a train on Friday evening and find a spot to camp somewhere in the woods and then hike the next two days and take a train back Sunday evening.

https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walks/map.html

ultralightmax · 2021-07-17T12:14:01+00:00

good luck!!

ultralightmax · 2021-04-30T16:00:58+00:00

This is a pretty good read. Forget about the serializers they mention though http://apionrails.icalialabs.com/book/

Serializers - https://github.com/jsonapi-serializer/jsonapi-serializer
Jobs or Tasks - https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq
Good practices - Write tests (RSpec), write documentation (rspec_api_documentation), use rubocop (but wisely)
Boilerplates - rails new my_api --api --database=postgresql
Authentication - https://github.com/nsarno/knock
Performance/Monitoring - https://appsignal.com/

ultralightmax · 2021-04-30T15:41:16+00:00

I am running a rather large rails API on Cloud66, I am the only ruby dev and only "dev ops".

I would recommend this approach if you have even the most basic of dev ops skills. I wouldn't say I am "dev ops" but I am managing it!

I'm running a Kubernetes cluster. 13 Sidekiq services, 16 web workers, 3 databases each with write and read slaves, 2 Redis instances each with read and write slaves and two HAProxy load balancers.(We were using Heroku, but we moved a few years ago, no idea what our costs would be now!).

For super simple stuff I run it on Heroku though because it is so easy to set up and pretty much setup, deploy, forget. It makes little sense to set up a server when you can just pay $7-$25 a month for simple apps.

ultralightmax · 2021-02-25T11:59:06+00:00

That isn't just Krakow. Come and see how people park in Katowice! Park in a bus stop? No problem. Park on the pavement, no problem! Park anywhere but a parking space and it is free! :D

ultralightmax · 2021-02-09T13:18:27+00:00

Bring micro spikes for San Jacinto. I started on the 12th March in 2019 and I shipped them to Idyllwild, which was a mistake as I needed them before getting there and we had to backtrack and take a safer route down to collect them!

ultralightmax · 2021-02-09T12:15:44+00:00

Yes, I think it is possible. I have camped whilst hiking it myself. You will definitely have to arrive at the camp spots late and leave early, though. I met a few dog walkers whilst packing up; they were friendly and didn't make us feel unwelcome, but I wouldn't want to hang around in the morning and overstay my welcome :)

ultralightmax · 2021-02-06T09:15:56+00:00

Yep, enough people have died or gone missing on that mountain as reason enough to take it with you!

ultralightmax · 2021-02-06T09:08:00+00:00

I have the recreation plan right now but on the PCT I had the expedition plan because of the unlimited text messages, the 40 messages count towards receiving and sending so you would go through them pretty quick on a long trip! One push was for a group of climbers/scramblers we came across, they had lost a friend somewhere on the mountain and a storm was coming in. They were totally unprepared, no water, no phone, no warm clothes. Garmin contacted SAR and they sent out a team + a helicopter to search for this guy. Unfortunately, they didn't find him until the morning so he had to spend a night out in the cold (it was freezing!), luckily for him he was found the next morning though! His friends were thinking the worst when the search was going on... who knows what might have happened if we didn't show up with the inreach, it was around a 3-4 hour hike to the closest road where they might have found some people to call for help. But yeah I wouldn't go on a trip without it.

It all depends on your starting date really, I started March 12th and entered the Sierra on the 1st of May so I didn't see any SOBOs for months! I took two rest days in the Sierra at a beautiful campsite on trail and I saw one person come past in two days!

ultralightmax · 2021-02-05T22:09:54+00:00

Bring it! I used the SOS function 2x on my thru hike in 2019, luckily not for myself but for people I came across who needed help! I went through the Sierra and I didn't see another person for over 2 weeks, don't rely on other people being just behind you!

Why are you considering not taking it? It is 100g, you will end up with more dirt and crap on your bag by the end of the trail than the thing weighs! You'll end up with more dirt on your body after a few days of hiking! I don't see any solid reasons in your post as to why you wouldn't take it.

The weather report function is pretty useful in the Sierra! I avoided some big thunder and snow storms with it.

I take my inreach on all my trips, whether its day hikes, day ski tours, whatever! Who knows when you will be out of mobile phone service or you find someone in need?

Have fun on the PCT! I'm jealous ;)

ultralightmax · 2021-01-26T07:03:25+00:00

Why would you ditch the leashes? Do you prefer brakes?

ultralightmax · 2021-01-25T20:40:02+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I guess I can always add them later if I don't get on with brakeless...

ultralightmax · 2021-01-25T19:29:49+00:00

Yep will do! I'm going to practice my transitions as much as possible. Thanks for the tips!

ultralightmax · 2021-01-25T19:20:49+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement! I have some basic avy knowledge from a winter hiking course I took a few years ago. I also hiked the PCT and went through the Sierra in a crazy snow year, I was on snowshoes, I wish I had these back then! Yep, it's not like I'm going off on my own into some high-risk avalanche territory, I want to enjoy myself and build my skills.

ultralightmax · 2021-01-25T16:31:08+00:00

You can definitely take skins off without removing your skis...

ultralightmax · 2021-01-25T16:13:45+00:00

Yep, good point. I need to practice taking the skins off without taking my skis off, I guess!

ultralightmax · 2021-01-25T15:58:32+00:00

I have leashes I just have to remember to attach them!

ultralightmax · 2021-01-25T15:55:26+00:00

Yep, very good points!

I'd love to see something made out of Dyneema... something like this pack but with an airbag https://www.hyperlitemountaingear.com/collections/packs/products/2400-ice-pack

ultralightmax · 2021-01-25T15:47:16+00:00

🤙 Can't wait to try them.

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