My Valentine and I had a wonderful V-Day with incredible food, great conversation, and fun games. She’s the best. 🥰

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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!

Ski Day #36 (2025) - Marcy + Mt. Van to Cascade

BackcountrySki: Distance: 32.5km, Elevation Gain: 1274m, Moving Time: 06:34:10, Average Speed: 4.9km/h

🔗 Apple Launched the MacBook Pro 19 Years Ago Today:

What a beauty, still to this day.

Ski Day #35 pt. 2 (2025) - Post-work fun

AlpineSki: Distance: 10.6km, Elevation Gain: 1301m, Moving Time: 00:44:53, Average Speed: 14.2km/h

Ski Day #35 (2025) - Pre-work Uphill (#6?)

BackcountrySki: Distance: 7.6km, Elevation Gain: 837m, Moving Time: 01:17:16, Average Speed: 5.9km/h

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! 🧡

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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!

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🔗 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. 😬

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🍿 Watched: The Wild Robot

A round-eyed robot rests among tree branches, indicating wilderness. Review reads: The Wild Robot 2024 Chris Sanders. A cute movie that I enjoyed watching, though it’s not as dazzling as other reviews had led me to expect. A fun watch, and one that doesn’t sugarcoat the predator/prey dynamic of wild animals. Certainly a few my heart grew three sizes that day moments that were effective, if predictable. Rating: one thumb up.

🍿 Watched: Here

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🔗 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.)

Guided Street & Nye for HPMG

Hike: Distance: 17.1km, Elevation Gain: 829m, Moving Time: 05:03:58, Average Speed: 3.4km/h

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!

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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! 😍

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Guided Cascade for Rock & River

Hike: Distance: 10.8km, Elevation Gain: 877m, Moving Time: 04:11:29, Average Speed: 2.6km/h

Ski Day #34 (2025) - Magical powdery uphill morning

BackcountrySki: Distance: 6.1km, Elevation Gain: 738m, Moving Time: 01:06:09, Average Speed: 5.5km/h

Ski Day #33 (2025) - Hoyt’s!

AlpineSki: Distance: 22.6km, Elevation Gain: 2425m, Moving Time: 01:42:18, Average Speed: 13.2km/h

Ski Day #32 (2025) - work runs

AlpineSki: Distance: 30.4km, Elevation Gain: 2910m, Moving Time: 02:15:26, Average Speed: 13.5km/h

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!

@adirondackclimberscoalition @newyorkoutdoorguides @lakeplacidadk #Adirondacks #PerfectDayADK #HireAGuide

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Was thrilled to represent @adirondackclimberscoalition at the @mountaineerbandana Mountainfest gathering tonight. Very thankful for all our new members and advocates!

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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!

@adirondackclimberscoalition @newyorkoutdoorguides @lakeplacidadk #Adirondacks #PerfectDayADK #HireAGuide