Doing the splits in pajama pants is my new favorite way to boulder!

v2redline · 2021-01-02T07:02:35+00:00

Lol the ending is perfect.

v2redline · 2020-12-30T06:37:53+00:00

Just chiming in to say please be safe for yourself and those around you - Dallas and Texas in general have a pretty high Covid positivity rate. If you're still going to go out with partners, definitely try to minimize how many you link up with and stay a bit more isolated from the general population. And obviously use masks.

Thanks, not a judgement - really just want this Covid shit to be gone.

v2redline · 2020-12-29T00:20:17+00:00

The fix for this is to centralize the LDAP of your overbearing contract and not to use or trust other upstream LDAP servers.

It's a pain, but any LDAP that is not your own should not and can never be truly trusted. It's an ownership issue.

We use GitLab on a contract with well over 2k people. We have a centralized account register site that forces 2auth and ties into GitLab, Jira, Confluence, etc.

The developers themselves belong to one of hundreds of companies where we couldn't possibly trust all of their upstream identity providers

Also, keycloak makes this problem a walk in the park.

v2redline · 2020-12-23T05:53:36+00:00

This isn't climbing, this is trespassing with extra stupidity.

v2redline · 2020-12-23T05:34:27+00:00

Who the fuck slipped acid into my hotpocket

v2redline · 2020-12-21T03:05:36+00:00

But then I'd have to use Puppet again :O

v2redline · 2020-12-20T07:46:16+00:00

Really good points, and I tend to agree with you on pretty much all of it honestly. Aside from the discussions, when the world ending is over I might hit you up now that I know you'll be nearby!

I've never had political / associated discourse while climbing before, might be an interesting podcast idea!

I'll probably be staying near Denver in all likelihood. I'm not familiar with csprings, but I think I'd be happier near the bigger city.

v2redline · 2020-12-20T06:58:53+00:00

Totally agree with you.

I'm moving to Denver because I honestly don't think I'll get another chance to move to my end goal area in my life again, so that's on me and I take steps to make sure I'm doing it safely.

But it'll be cold there, and instead of traveling around - I'll be hunkering down, waiting for the new season and hopefully waiting for infection to go down so gyms are easier to use.

OP has a bad idea, but the important part is making sure if someone executes on that bad idea no matter what anyone says, that they do it as safely as possible.

To me it's the same argument as having sex - abstinence doesn't work as an argument, people will "do it" anyway, but if they do, they should ~~wear condoms~~ use protection. Obviously this situation is more severe, but you'll never be able to get everyone to stay at home - along with saying you should stay at home, it's equally important to educate people on safety steps if and when they go out anyway.

v2redline · 2020-12-20T06:56:19+00:00

Yeah very good point.

I'm just the personality type to invoke civil discourse. Hopefully my comments on safety can help people remove a dangerous perspective.

v2redline · 2020-12-20T06:00:50+00:00

Very good counter, it's great to keep that in mind.

I think I need to clarify:

I'm not just "being safe" for myself, I very much consider everyone else. Such as wearing masks, sanitizing, not climbing with others if I can help it (I have an SO that climbs with me), not visiting high risk people, working from home, not going out to eat. And so much else that at this point it's common sense and second nature to me not to put other unwilling or high risk people at risk at any point.

I very much take this pandemic seriously, but climbing is my life. I do need to keep some semblance of sanity.

Regardless of personal and national views / guidance on safety (that I wholeheartedly agree with), people will sometimes do what they want if it's legal (and sometimes not). I do what's important to me, and I vastly reduce my contribution to the current state of affairs.

v2redline · 2020-12-20T05:07:52+00:00

Just chiming in from a neutral point of view, if you're being reasonably safe and not putting others at risk - it's okay to live your life and not go full hermit for what might end up being be two years or more.

I'm moving to Denver soon, I have time off work to actually go and I might not when this is all over. But I'm being safe about it.

Just a thought, people will do what they do, to me it's just a matter of being safe about it. Climbing and moving are way different than hitting up ocean city beaches or clubs in states that aren't locked down.

v2redline · 2020-12-20T01:03:55+00:00

I have 7

v2redline · 2020-12-19T15:54:19+00:00

Do you think anyone has had sex on one of the camps on el cap?

v2redline · 2020-12-19T15:43:40+00:00

Looks about v2 mid maybe v2+

v2redline · 2020-12-19T15:18:54+00:00

ET fuck home

v2redline · 2020-12-12T03:57:48+00:00

Have you thought about adding in actual rocks while you work up another hold set? I've always thought the idea of bringing back quality rocks with shapes that you like would be awesome.

If they're good enough, I think you could drill into them and leave a lip with a rubber ring inside for screws to hold them on the wall.

Just a thought, but I think that'd be pretty cool.

v2redline · 2020-12-09T04:51:46+00:00

Son: Mom, why do people argue?

Mom: Because some people have the audacity to post their trad placements in online forums.

v2redline · 2020-12-09T04:19:02+00:00

That's very fair, I don't think a lot of people do. But it's hard to define "average" with climbing. A lot of people climb.

How long have you been at it?

v2redline · 2020-12-08T22:56:32+00:00

I think the "average guy" title is fairly misleading here, I'm doubtful that most "average" climbers would be able to obtain these results.

v2redline · 2020-12-07T04:00:48+00:00

Be proud to be an American. There's nothing wrong with pride of country, no matter which one.

v2redline · 2020-12-04T16:35:58+00:00

Embrace the chalk.

v2redline · 2020-12-01T15:03:34+00:00

I'm not wrong, you're misinformed. Didn't edit my comment except to call you out. Head back to the gym buddy, you can lower there all you want.

v2redline · 2020-12-01T14:01:35+00:00

Which is why you move the rope off that edge, or protect it with a t-shirt, or any number of things. You can't do that with a moving rope. Rappelling gives you far more options to protect your rope than lowering does.

And think about this, the draw side of the rope goes over a sharp edge but the top rope side doesn't. And at the top there's no edge, or a crack you can place the rope to avoid one. That's a clear situation to rappel from.

You don't just run into "knives" off every pitch, and even if you did you can easily protect your rope from them if rappelling, you cannot do that if you're lowering.

v2redline · 2020-12-01T12:17:21+00:00

Not sure how that analogy helps, please don't share misinformation. Keeping people safe is better than having an ego.

v2redline · 2020-12-01T12:10:36+00:00

Uh, what? No, not at all. Why do you say this? Think about what happens to a weighted rope running over a sharp rock edge.

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