Jarrod Blundy
Had a blast in the (very wet) Lake Placid Half Marathon yesterday! It was awesome to see so many people getting after it despite the rain and chilly weather. And I even placed pretty well, even though I really just wanted to finish without injury. 😁 🏃♂️
Big props to Lucas on crushing the lead of Roaches on the Wall (5.10) last night. Made it look easy, which it is not! It’ll be a few seasons before I’m ready to lead that, but his stoke on the send will keep me inspired to continue at it. 📷
🧗 Led up this gem today with Gerry! The Disputed (5.8) is the hardest trad lead I’ve done since injuring my finger and, not gonna lie, I’m pretty proud of working through this onsight! (And I was treated to another beautiful sunset on the ride home. Autumn is just the best.) 📷
📷🧗 Got over to Cloudspin Cliff with Matt Oaks and @saw_dust_ery last night. Cool cliff with awesome views of Whiteface. Led up Sundays are for Friends (5.8) not clean, but felt good to test a piece again. Then top roped CCR (5.10a) after Oakcy put up the rope in the dark. Incredible climb. Can’t wait to get back there.
Hopped up Empress → Greensleeves (5.6) at Chapel Pond Slab today with the great @saw_dust_ery. Always fun to get up on tops of things! And was treated to a gorgeous sunset on the drive home. 📷
Uhh…just checked in on Reddark and over half of the subreddits have now gone private in protest of Reddit’s API decisions. This got way bigger than I expected and I’m very curious about how (if?) Reddit will respond.
Whoa, imagine a modern operating system update coming in under 30 MB. A majority of my apps have bigger file sizes than this.
I’m weirdly getting an error page when trying to access Instagram on my Mac in Safari. It made me think that Make.com’s access had been cut off, but, no, it’s browser-wide even going to the base instagram.com domain. FireFox login worked just fine. 🤷♂️
Did macOS lose the animated Memoji option on the lock/login screen? My little guy used to shake his head at me when I typed my password wrong, and be overall more fun to interact with. If not, how do I turn that back on??
Apple weighs in on the “mice” versus “mouses” debate.
Oh hey, look what just came in! Nothing too impressive, but I felt compelled to complete this challenge in my new hometown. Next up, the 46ers! 📷
Amazing day to be out on a big multi-pitch rock climb. It was my first time running up the Chapel Pond Slab on the Regular Route (5.6) with @saw_dust_ery. Big rock! 📷
I had such a good day! It was beautiful out. I had an excellent hiking client and took them on a really fun trail (Three Brothers). Got a long-overdue haircut. Got back on some rock after a couple of weeks off from climbing. Great Ahi Stack dinner. AND I’m going to bed early. 😁 📷
Got in a bunch of rope work practice yesterday! Did my first rope solo on rock(!), rappelled using saddlebags method, and tried out hauling using a 3:1 pulley system. Success on all fronts! Practice makes better. 📷
Don’t worry, I visited my place of worship on this most beautiful of spring days. 📷
And was rewarded with meeting this cutie adventure cat named Albert!
