always amazed at a person's inability to drive in snow. easiest way to learn is to go to doughnuts in a parking lot for about 30min. seriously, best fucking lesson on what could possibly happen if you do this...etc.

given how many people climb stuff and never tell anyone about it, I am always highly suspicious of FA opportunities.

Good luck with all that.
We've been through some of that with our older 2. But looks like our 2nd is now up to speed and will be just regular classes no more individual teaching.
But I'm guessing that yours will be a little more involved than mine. Hopefully your uphill fight will be easy.

So true. Once you know how hard you can push a vehicle and what to do/not to do when you slide, it's all pretty straight forward.

You'd think Canadians might have a clue on how to drive in the snow.

I was also, unintentionally of course, responsible for an explosion, fireball, building evacuation and visit from the fire department on Friday. Turns out if you close the supply and return line valves while the boiler is running, you can blow a seal and cause a fire! Thankfully the resulting fire was relatively small and could be put out with a single fire extinguisher.

Now, in my defense, I was told by the guy who scheduled the work that the fuel oil tank was for backup purposes only and expressly gave me permission to close the valves. My mistake was assuming he knew what the fuck he was talking about.

They dont

you know, i believe this. it's not really true in Maine but it's getting there, mostly because there are more and more Massachusetts drivers moving to Maine to retire or driving there to ski (I know, I know who skis and doesn't know how to drive in snow - seriously).

I think there is a weird generational shift going on. I think people are becoming so dependent on things like their smart phones and computers and stuff that people simply don't learn how to do things that still need to be done, such as driving in the snow.

I watched a "how to drive in the snow" video on YouTube and kinda just figured out the rest.

Go get a massage. They do wonders for soreness and post injury pain relief. Well worth the money.

Been thinking about that. The pain has moved on from strain pain to tightness. So thats a good sign.
One of the things I keep hearing is the abs need to be strengthened. The Y has a couple machines for working the abs. Need to start hitting the Y for them and just everything in general.

They dont

I was also, unintentionally of course, responsible for an explosion, fireball, building evacuation and visit from the fire department on Friday. Turns out if you close the supply and return line valves while the boiler is running, you can blow a seal and cause a fire! Thankfully the resulting fire was relatively small and could be put out with a single fire extinguisher.

Now, in my defense, I was told by the guy who scheduled the work that the fuel oil tank was for backup purposes only and expressly gave me permission to close the valves. My mistake was assuming he knew what the fuck he was talking about.

Went to old rag but there was snow on everything so we just bouldered. Didn't even make it up high enough to do recon on the OW. Did find some nice boulders and new projects. Snowy topouts were sketch though.

Yea funny that. I not heard why it does that. My guess would be that the fual air mixture gets so oxygen rich momentarily that it causes an explosion. But I have heard of this before.
Oh, and good luck with the annual review...

my mom was complaining on stalkbook about having to drive to bakersfield in the rain today.

in other news, new englander's continue to forge ahead with the ice on the roads.

Yep. I just look at that stuff as a true onsight and am happy for the experience.

It's always funny to find a piton halfway up an undocumented, chossy 5.9 pitch in the middle of nowhere though. You just have to laugh.

I've had that happen too often. Though the kicker is talking to everyone to figure out who actually did it.