Come on, U.K., not you too. 👎 People can be whoever they want to be, and it’s not up to anyone else to tell them otherwise. The world seems to have forgotten the golden rule, and — to vastly understate it — that’s a huge bummer. 🏳️⚧️
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I’m a big ol' fan of usernames that are actually website domains. It started with my Instagram and Bluesky profiles at heyjb.me, and now I’ve whipped up adkclimb.club for a new meetup group I started!
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A little solo hike up Saddleback from The Garden yesterday. Trailhead says spring, but the peak’s still in winter with fresh snow. 14.3 miles, 3157 ft elevation gain, 9.5 hours.
We’re psyched to support @vanhoevenberg’s bouldering comp today (2pm) with prizes in the pool for competitors. You could win 50% off a guided climbing experience with us! Hope to see you there climbing or cheering on! 🤘
Finished reading: My Murder by Katie Williams 📚
Ooh this is a good one. An intriguing premise that morphs, twists and turns unexpectedly, and ultimately delivers.
Finished reading: Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender 📚
Goodness, what an extraordinary person. This recounting of his life is the best I’ve read, and certainly reveals more humanity than the rest.
Finished reading: Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold 📚
A decent little tale, but I don’t think I’ll continue the series.
Finished reading: The Push: A Climber’s Search for the Path by Tommy Caldwell 📚
Fantastic story, expertly written. Tommy Caldwell’s desire for excellence and perseverance to get there is an inspiration!
Quite the variety this week!
Quite the variety this week!
A little personal trip down to the Gunks to get ready for rock season! Feels great to be pluggin’ cams and pulling on rock. Book a trip of your own! Single and multi pitch, learn to lead, anchoring clinics — we do it all.
Todd and I completed a mega day out in the High Peaks (18 miles, 6000 ft elevation gain, 13.5 hours) tagging his 20th-23rd winter summits. Our first truly warm hike together this winter, we battled steep ascents, deteriorating snow, and high winds. But it was all smiles all day with incredible views throughout the day. What a way to close out the winter hiking season!
March ended in a flurry! I scurried down to the Gunks for a few days of nice weather to climb with @coppertop217 (we stayed in a school bus AirBnB!), who then followed me back up north for a very successful @adkclimb.club and skiing at @whiteface_mt. I hunkered down for a couple days while an ice storm made everything slippery and then back to Whiteface for an open-to-close laps day with the man, the myth, the legend @willclimbz for his birthday. Great way to round out the month, and now I’m back to dreaming about rock climbing!
Finding it hard to get motivated to tackle my work to-do list… Small goals, I guess. #1: Social post about climbing. #2: Blog post about a great podcast I heard. #3: Blog post about packing for winter hikes.
Jason Snell: ‘My unsuccessful journey into Netflix’s ad tier’
While the ads played on, I began creating a thought experiment: There’s a $10 difference between the ad and ad-free plans. If Mr. Netflix (he wears a top hat) came to my house and said, “Jason, I’ve got a great deal for you. I’m going to pay you $120 a year, and all you have to do is watch ads while you watch Netflix,” what would I do? When I started thinking about it, I thought it might be an interesting intellectual question. What would I accept in exchange for having Mean Mr. Netflix beam ads into every show I watch?
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I’ve had my M4 MacBook Air for all of a couple of hours, and I already love it. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m setting up as new and haven’t loaded it down with years of data and apps yet, but it feels notably faster than my M1 Mac mini. 😍 (I have to say, though, I already wish they made a 12" version.)
Tried out an (unclimbed?) ice flow off of the Jay Mountain ridge today! T’was thin-but-in! The 3-mile uphill walk to get there was a bit of a bear, but nabbing an extra day of climbing was well-worth it. Thanks for the invitation, Jim!
Today was my final shift for the season as a Ski Instructor at @whiteface_mt. What a privilege to help people learn or progress in such an awesome sport — and get to free ski in the off times! Great crew working there, each talented instructors who made everything fun for our students. ⛷️
I played myself so well. At a local film festival last year, I arrived “on time” (late) and got a terrible seat at the back. This year, I was running late again and rushed in at 6:30pm to find a mostly empty theater. Thought the date change led to empty seats. Checked my ticket, it says 7pm. Thank you Past Me for putting it in my calendar 30 minutes early so I could get a good seat!
Unless the weather changes drastically or I do some surprise adventures, looks like I nabbed 18 days of ice climbing this season. It felt like more, and it was a great season with massive progression in skills and confidence, but I’m determined to climb even more next year. Aiming for 30 days minimum!
Matt Birchler and I are on the same wavelength on this one.
Matt Birchler and I are on the same wavelength on this one.