The acorn incident

Bouldering day. Huge acorns pelting down like hail. Thought I was gonna lose an eye I did this one back in March, but noticed later that I strayed off route. I feel better about ticking it after this attempt. Same difficulty imo but them’s the rules Keel Hauled V3

Really smart people exhaustively, angrily setting the record straight is my drug lately Sam altman, buddy, capitalism is mutually exclusive with sustainable life on a planet with limited resources. Instead of building a fantasy machine to sate your greed, let’s tax you and feed the poor

Good disaster movie: 30 minutes of exposition about the people and systems at play. Disaster. 1 hour of competence porn Bad disaster movie: 30 minutes of exposition about a happy couple. Disaster. 2 hours of dudes breathing heavily and Not Leaving Him Behind(tm)

🧗 Got your tall beta right here

Took my 12’ paddleboard-with-a-camping-chair-on-it to the Hiawassee. Rafting guide friend said it would be totally chill. It definitely was not chill at 2 generators, but I would do it again. Incredibly pretty river. Capsized once, got a broken toenail and some bruises. Found a ripe pawpaw

If I die put me on the Enir-Ilim goat boat and push me over a waterfall

The way the “evil corporation” archetype has changed over the lifespan of the Alien franchise is funny 1979: The Company is cold, calculating, faceless 2025: You cannot escape the founder’s obnoxious face and voice. He thinks he’s a machine god. Everything is vibe-based. You beg him to shut up

🧗 The top of this one has a pinch that’s so well-fitted to a human hand that it approaches art. Should have been called Gaia’s Handshake Placebo Effect 5.10a, onsighted

Lots of spam and off topic stuff in the rock climbing feed lately Give us a new one called Secret Actual Climbing, which can only be accessed by using the onigiri emoji 🍙

🧗 Back at the Obed. Steady rain and thunder rolled in as we broke camp. Decided to have a cozy day beneath the roofs at Lilly Bluff rather than commit to the south Clear approach and pray for dry rock. Brought the stove and had some very good freeze dried bibimbap Rocking Chair 5.9

It’s the exact same vile, ridiculous lies every time you talk to someone about it. I can’t stand it “They get free money” “Police can’t touch them” “They don’t work” “They party all day” “They’re ruining the city” No, that’s billionaires

I saw virginia creeper growing on ancient Greek ruins yesterday and it gave me a type of whiplash that I can’t explain

Average day for a Dune character Doing the stuff in the books: 45 minutes Learning to read the emotions of Catho-Buddhist assassin-clerks via the subtleties of their ear twitches(may come in handy): 11 hours

Traveling for work for 2 weeks and when I return it will be still-hot-but-maybe-cool-enough-to-hit-the-crag-some-days-fall 🍂 🧗

During the development of Dark Souls 3, Hidetaka Miyazaki wrote an email “You know that enemy you’re creating? Make it screech. Loud. The most horrible ear splitting shit possible” And he accidentally sent it to everyone

Nearly done w/ Stormlight Archive book 2. Taravangian is darkly funny to me. He has brilliant scholars who know statistics, etc. But when he has a “day of genius” it’s mostly “hmm. We should do eugenics” and then they stop him from doing that My jade looked good in the rain

New project for fall: Marshmallow Arete V3. Tried it a few times last night Good: Start is consistent thanks to discovery of cool toe hook/hand-foot match beta. Long moves in middle mitigated by wingspan Bad: Feet at bottom are both bad and obscured by a roof. Topout is… highly questionable

Snorkeled in a nice clear, rocky creek yesterday. Had a wonderful time observing the local wildlife until a school of bluegills decided that one particular freckle on my leg was a bug and started biting. Bastards

Been introducing my girlfriend to my favorite movies. Her tolerance for horror/suspense is fascinating No problem: Alien, Prometheus, Zodiac, Children of Men, I am Legend, Fargo, Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Seven Too stressful to finish: Argo

if you think rock climbing while tall is all fun and games, you’ve never seen someone die of scrunch

My brothers and I dabble in chess. Think my peak was 1450 We flew delta the other day. The screens on the plane had chess We played ~30 games against the computer on “easy” difficulty and it beat our asses every. single. time. Chess youtubers, please investigate this scam

🧗 Rewatching Dark. It blows me away. How do you even begin to write something like that. It’s a tv show overlaid onto a matrix algebra problem and it’s great the whole time

🧗 Flashed this plastic 11- the other day and got very close to sending another V4 on the moonboard My Way of Kings predictions fell into 2 categories: 1. True 2. According to my girlfriend I will find out in 6000 pages

Looks like Texas overspent on executions and oppressing women and could only afford ai slop for the tourism site “…Texas, known for its diverse landscape, serves that cocktail like places can” “Hikes range from VO… to V16” “Here’s 3 spots…” (talks about 4)

85% through Way of Kings Predictions: the Parshendi have cities. Maybe Natanatan. They have steel weapons and enough troops to go toe to toe with the Alethi on a daily basis. That takes supply chains, population centers, industry. The Alethi are too racist to see it, even the “good” ones

🧗 Well. Clipped that one just in time I think I could have shoved my forearm behind that last jug for an easy clip and a no-hands rest. Good flash attempt anyway Also, love/hate relationship with these bowling ball holds

Made a little portrait of a PC from our sci fi game. This is Fitch Tango, drone pilot and hacker, with his drone, Redbird “Hold on to your ones and zeroes” Offworlders by @chrispwolf.bsky.social is a great system. Been running it for a bit now #trrpg

Back in the gym tonight after a week with a hurt shoulder Best session in months. No expectations for myself. Lead a bunch of 5.7-9s focusing on efficiency/technique/breathing, then flashed an 11 on TR Think I was burnt out on the gym and this reset me. Having fun again let’s go

As someone with no Doctor Who experience, collages of the incarnations look like A bunch of goofy lil guys A few action heroes/heroines One eastern european gangster

Encountered a great character. Red faced, bald, goateed, wraparound sunglasses, super buff park ranger. Pulling lifeguard duty at a waterfall Weak swimmer struggles in current. He deploys throw bag. They don’t grab on, embarrassed. He goes GRAB THUH ROPE in drill sergeant voice. Repeat. TYFYS

🧗 Came within one move of sending a gym V6 tonight. Repeatedly This was an early attempt where I was still working out foot beta 6 is my favorite number. We’re on the cusp of greatness here

55 murders, 55 knives, 55 suspects, 55 lies

Peak whitewater rafting day. 3 strong people in a tiny boat, absolutely flying Swam a few sections, intentionally and otherwise Jumped into deep rapids for the fun of being swept underwater and spat out downstream. The type of thing that terrifies me on paper, but in the moment cannot be passed up

“The new Dune tarot cards” are a plot point in Dune Messiah After decades of consumerist indoctrination, I just picture Reverend Mother Mohiam hunched over a plastic-y box from Barnes and Noble There’s a “Now a Major Motion Picture” sticker printed on it

“iphone, pan left across this image” “Affirmative. I’ve created 2 stickers and googled the word ‘it’” “Excellent”

This is one reason those childish “the curtains are blue” memes make me so mad The govt is repeating history and making it harder to learn that history So why on earth would you encourage young people to, for example, pretend that The Crucible isn’t an allegory

I move at half speed in salamander habitat because if I ever hurt one I would spontaneously combust out of guilt. Look at them

🧗 Have to keep your belayer on their toes

So many dems out there wagging fingers at protests and citing MLK You are the white moderates he warned of, more concerned with order than justice You will be forgotten, the protests will not Keep it up LA

Those who actually believe this, even on the left, are falling for conspiratorial thinking. History is subject to randomness and human impulses. Believing in a plan, any plan, is less scary than reckoning with that

“This plant is only recommended for experts because it needs water free of fluorine and chlorine and” blah blah blah Aquarium owner superiority moment

🧗 Flash attempt on a 10+. Glad I went for it instead of taking but also my movement gets so sloppy and jerky when I’m pumped. What the hell was that

(Dune spoiler) Paul Atreides learning that Baron Harkonnen is his grandfather during a spice hallucination

Another day of hardcore, realistic, no-nonsense training at the rock climbing gym

Wow, I called it. There’s a study that identifies competence and social connectedness as key reasons that people do outdoor adventure stuff I have myself completely figured out. No further therapy needed

There are 2 wolves inside me One loves Dark Souls item descriptions and soft worldbuilding rife with mystery One loves 6,000-word posts about how if you look at all the item descriptions and the distribution of runes on the map, it’s clear that the Erdtree is secretly a cosmic parasitic organism

🧗 Fun V2 from a while ago Almost did cardio today, but got a flat tire right before the group bike ride. Close call. Will have to be more careful in the future

🧗 Got my 2nd moonboard send. Ignore the fact that I’m gracelessly fighting for my life Bitter V4

This coffee stout is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan