Jarrod Blundy
Gettin’ hammered with snow! 😍 First pic is the pile I moved twice. I pushed it off the porch roof for fear of the weight, then had to reshovel it from the driveway. The second pic shows our deck — you can see from the corner box how deep it was before I shoveled. 😳 About to go do round 2!
Yesterday, I cheered on Sarah and Dan skiing the formidable Johansen’s Last Call. I joined for Marcy (NY’s highest point) and the long ski out Mr. Van trail. It was a 20-mile, 4,180-foot vertical gain day for me (they did 30 miles!). The beer, fire, and music capped an epic day with best friends.
My Valentine and I had a wonderful V-Day with incredible food, great conversation, and fun games. She’s the best. 🥰
I’ve long wanted an RSS feed for my Strava activities. Tonight, I finally did a search for how to get one. The top result, Feed My Ride, seems to work great!
🔗 Apple Launched the MacBook Pro 19 Years Ago Today:
What a beauty, still to this day.
Conditions couldn’t have been more different than yesterday! The wind was brutal! But still made it in ~6 hours while breaking trail both up and down Street & Nye Mountains with @highpeaksmountainguides. And still bunches of fun! 🏔️
Thank you, thank you! 🙌 Your support warms my heart, and has helped me fill up the rest of February with trips to get more folks out into the great outdoors! 🧡
T’was re-waterproofing day for some of my most-used layers. They say you should wash and re-DWR them every handful of wears, but I think 1-2x per season is plenty. Basically whenever I notice water not beading up so well (or da stink 😭). @nikwax gets them back in action!
🔗 The Venn Diagram of Trump’s Authoritarian Actions
This is a whole fucking lot of harm that could have been avoided had a few more percentage of people had voted with kindness and hope in their heart rather than hate and fear. We’re 23 days in. 1436 to go.
Well that’s not what you want. 😨 Just yesterday I took a photo of the massive icicle forming above this small auxiliary roof on the side of our house. When I came home today, the whole thing had ripped right off. Amazingly, no major damage done to anything below, but now I have a roof in my yard. 😬
🍿 Watched: The Wild Robot
🍿 Watched: Here
🔗 Tim Cook Teases an ‘Apple Launch’ Next Wednesday:
“Get ready to meet the newest member of the family,” he said, with an #AppleLaunch hashtag.
#AppleLaunch is a new one. #AppleEvent has a lot of cache. I wonder if it’s something they’ll reuse for Newsroom-only product reveals.
🔗 Use Calibre to Back Up Your Kindle Books Before February 26:
Amazon just announced that you have until February 26, 2025, to download your Kindle content. After that date, you will no longer be able to access the books you’ve paid for if you have a legacy device or a Kindle that has experienced wireless issues. The only way to load what you’ve paid for onto a device will be through wireless sync.
That’s a big ol' bummer. Lou Plummer gives the details on how to save your books from complete lockdown.
(You don’t need to do anything if you only ever plan to read on your Kindle/Kindle app.)
Just a stupidly gorgeous day climbing Cascade Mountain with Luis and Tasha for @rockandriver_official! It’s so fun helping new folks discover the majesty of these mountains and the self-accomplishment of summiting them!
Can you believe the alpenglow this morning skinning up @whiteface_mt and the powdery goodness on the way down?! I couldn’t even see my skis! 😍
Got in a few extra laps after work at Pitchoff Quarry with some new friends from @sportrock! The Quarry’s a little bonier lately, but still tons of fun to burn the arms out on. A perfect conclusion to @mountaineerbandana Mountainfest 2025. Can’t wait till next year!
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Was thrilled to represent @adirondackclimberscoalition at the @mountaineerbandana Mountainfest gathering tonight. Very thankful for all our new members and advocates!
Ticked off another killer climb today with @saw_dust_ery during @mountaineerbandana Mountainfest! Green Gully was open for the taking while The Cascade had a congo line next door. I love ice climbing!
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Kicked off the @mountaineerbandana Mountainfest by finally leading this ADK Classic, Multiplication Gully. What a stellar route! 🤩 Saw the incomparable Doug Fergalicious up there too. Can’t wait for more pitches tomorrow.
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Ever wanted to live in a Pixar movie? It’s coming! You gotta check out this Apple research video of an expressive robotic lamp they’re cooking up. It took all of 30 seconds for me to want one dearly.
I just put a couple of new climbing things up for sale! A Petzl Pur Line great for rappelling so you can use the full length of your climbing rope. And Escape Drytooling Picks for Petzl Tools.
Went out for a solo recon mission of Marcy and Whale’s Tale. With the howling wind and blowing snow, I was unsurprised by the empty trails. Pretty cool to put in fresh tracks both up and down the mountain!
Both trails are in great shape. Only a couple of small obstacles on Marcy Trail above Indian Falls — both easily avoidable. I turned around near Little Marcy due to whiteout, so I can’t give you beta past there! Ski trail was mega fun.
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