Woohoo! Just donated to the Honnold Foundation (fights impacts of climate change) for a chance to climb at Yosemite with Alex Honnold!
Woohoo indeed! That would be amazing. I’m guessing Canadians aren’t eligible but I’ll check out the foundation anyway, as I’ve been meaning to do since seeing Free Solo.
You'll be using ropes though, right?
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Woohoo! Just donated to the Honnold Foundation (fights impacts of climate change) for a chance to climb at Yosemite with Alex Honnold!
Woohoo indeed! That would be amazing. I’m guessing Canadians aren’t eligible but I’ll check out the foundation anyway, as I’ve been meaning to do since seeing Free Solo.
You'll be using ropes rhough, right?
Just checked and it is international, so I entered, too.
Good luck to us both
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Rgambs, I think you’ve said that you mostly climb outside. Do you have a gym, too?
Bentleyspop, which gym do you climb at?
And do you guys mostly boulder, top rope or lead? I’m doing about 50/50 bouldering and top roping right now. I used to lead and then changed gyms and haven’t yet gotten back in with a regular group of belay partners who want to lead. I think I might just retake the lead course to brush up.
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Rgambs, I think you’ve said that you mostly climb outside. Do you have a gym, too?
Bentleyspop, which gym do you climb at?
And do you guys mostly boulder, top rope or lead? I’m doing about 50/50 bouldering and top roping right now. I used to lead and then changed gyms and haven’t yet gotten back in with a regular group of belay partners who want to lead. I think I might just retake the lead course to brush up.
How cool! I sooo miss doing that kind of activity!
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Rgambs, I think you’ve said that you mostly climb outside. Do you have a gym, too?
Bentleyspop, which gym do you climb at?
And do you guys mostly boulder, top rope or lead? I’m doing about 50/50 bouldering and top roping right now. I used to lead and then changed gyms and haven’t yet gotten back in with a regular group of belay partners who want to lead. I think I might just retake the lead course to brush up.
No gym, I top rope with a static rappel rope lol There's only one decent wall near me, an hour away. I used to go a few times a year and do a couple easy routes. It's been a few years, I could barely send a 5.8 last time I went, but I'm 40 lbs lighter and much stronger now.
Rgambs, I think you’ve said that you mostly climb outside. Do you have a gym, too?
Bentleyspop, which gym do you climb at?
And do you guys mostly boulder, top rope or lead? I’m doing about 50/50 bouldering and top roping right now. I used to lead and then changed gyms and haven’t yet gotten back in with a regular group of belay partners who want to lead. I think I might just retake the lead course to brush up.
I actually don't currently climb due to injury. My local gym was Movement in Boulder. https://movementgyms.com
I used to mix it up. Mostly top rope, some lead, and some bouldering.
Rgambs, I think you’ve said that you mostly climb outside. Do you have a gym, too?
Bentleyspop, which gym do you climb at?
And do you guys mostly boulder, top rope or lead? I’m doing about 50/50 bouldering and top roping right now. I used to lead and then changed gyms and haven’t yet gotten back in with a regular group of belay partners who want to lead. I think I might just retake the lead course to brush up.
I actually don't currently climb due to injury. My local gym was Movement in Boulder. https://movementgyms.com
I used to mix it up. Mostly top rope, some lead, and some bouldering.
Oh, damn - sorry to hear you’re injured. I hope you get back at it in due course. They looks like a good gym. I’d like to take that Power-Endurance course myself.
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Its flat out ludicrous to hear anyone deny global warming and even more so when a major world leader is in denial. But is he really? Or is it just that he likes to troll on Twitter and/or be contrary?
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I'd like to make my Jeep the last entirely gas car ... but I can not afford an all-electric car. My jeep is a 07, I can only afford used ... yes some of us are on the low-income scale. Are used hybrid electric worth the buy...any info is appreciated.
hybrids and full electrics won't be affordable until they are mass produced. and for them to be mass produced, there has to be a market. to be a market, they have to be affordable to the masses. to be affordable to the masses, they have to be mass produced. to be mass produced.......
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
hybrids and full electrics won't be affordable until they are mass produced. and for them to be mass produced, there has to be a market. to be a market, they have to be affordable to the masses. to be affordable to the masses, they have to be mass produced. to be mass produced.......
I am talking more along the lines of used? But your post is funny...
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I'd like to make my Jeep the last entirely gas car ... but I can not afford an all-electric car. My jeep is a 07, I can only afford used ... yes some of us are on the low-income scale. Are used hybrid electric worth the buy...any info is appreciated.
I have a hybrid (Prius) and it gets great gas mileage- on a level highway at 65 MGH (104.6 KPH) I can get around 50 miles per gallon (21.257 KPL). Plus I fully expect it will run well for up to at least 300,000 miles.
But all cars come with a cost to the environment. It takes about 120,000 gallons of water to make a small car SUV's, far more). Hybrid and electric car batteries us heavy metals (the mining of which is terrible for the environment) and/or highly toxic lead acid batteries.
Hybrids and electrics are a step up from all-gas vehicles but the best solutions are public transportation (especially trains which can move more weight per energy unit than any other form of transportation besides walking), walkable city centers, fewer suburbs (thus less commuting), no drive days, and ride sharing/ car pooling.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I'd like to make my Jeep the last entirely gas car ... but I can not afford an all-electric car. My jeep is a 07, I can only afford used ... yes some of us are on the low-income scale. Are used hybrid electric worth the buy...any info is appreciated.
I have a hybrid (Prius) and it gets great gas mileage- on a level highway at 65 MGH (104.6 KPH) I can get around 50 miles per gallon (21.257 KPL). Plus I fully expect it will run well for up to at least 300,000 miles.
But all cars come with a cost to the environment. It takes about 120,000 gallons of water to make a small car SUV's, far more). Hybrid and electric car batteries us heavy metals (the mining of which is terrible for the environment) and/or highly toxic lead acid batteries.
Hybrids and electrics are a step up from all-gas vehicles but the best solutions are public transportation (especially trains which can move more weight per energy unit than any other form of transportation besides walking), walkable city centers, fewer suburbs (thus less commuting), no drive days, and ride sharing/ car pooling.
You heard of the romaine lettuce recall ... according to CBC news lettuce is not particularly good for the environment and is considered a nutritional lightweight...
I am rural. Public transportation is not an option, and I am not living in any city ever again. I like my rural paradise.
I'd like to make my Jeep the last entirely gas car ... but I can not afford an all-electric car. My jeep is a 07, I can only afford used ... yes some of us are on the low-income scale. Are used hybrid electric worth the buy...any info is appreciated.
I have a hybrid (Prius) and it gets great gas mileage- on a level highway at 65 MGH (104.6 KPH) I can get around 50 miles per gallon (21.257 KPL). Plus I fully expect it will run well for up to at least 300,000 miles.
But all cars come with a cost to the environment. It takes about 120,000 gallons of water to make a small car SUV's, far more). Hybrid and electric car batteries us heavy metals (the mining of which is terrible for the environment) and/or highly toxic lead acid batteries.
Hybrids and electrics are a step up from all-gas vehicles but the best solutions are public transportation (especially trains which can move more weight per energy unit than any other form of transportation besides walking), walkable city centers, fewer suburbs (thus less commuting), no drive days, and ride sharing/ car pooling.
You heard of the romaine lettuce recall ... according to CBC news lettuce is not particularly good for the environment and is considered a nutritional lightweight...
I am rural. Public transportation is not an option, and I am not living in any city ever again. I like my rural paradise.
Yeah, lettuce requires a ton of water and provides little nutrition. Spinach is a bit better. Neither are heavy feeders though so that's good.
I'd like to make my Jeep the last entirely gas car ... but I can not afford an all-electric car. My jeep is a 07, I can only afford used ... yes some of us are on the low-income scale. Are used hybrid electric worth the buy...any info is appreciated.
I have a hybrid (Prius) and it gets great gas mileage- on a level highway at 65 MGH (104.6 KPH) I can get around 50 miles per gallon (21.257 KPL). Plus I fully expect it will run well for up to at least 300,000 miles.
But all cars come with a cost to the environment. It takes about 120,000 gallons of water to make a small car SUV's, far more). Hybrid and electric car batteries us heavy metals (the mining of which is terrible for the environment) and/or highly toxic lead acid batteries.
Hybrids and electrics are a step up from all-gas vehicles but the best solutions are public transportation (especially trains which can move more weight per energy unit than any other form of transportation besides walking), walkable city centers, fewer suburbs (thus less commuting), no drive days, and ride sharing/ car pooling.
You heard of the romaine lettuce recall ... according to CBC news lettuce is not particularly good for the environment and is considered a nutritional lightweight...
I am rural. Public transportation is not an option, and I am not living in any city ever again. I like my rural paradise.
Yeah, lettuce requires a ton of water and provides little nutrition. Spinach is a bit better. Neither are heavy feeders though so that's good.
I am certainly no food expert. The same news piece also went onto say that sweet potato has lots of nutrients and a good to feed the poor.
Of course potatoes and other similar foods are by far the best. They grown underground so aren't as vulnerable to weather, they take less watering than greens, they store relatively well, there is a very high yield per acre, they are filling, and carry nutrients, and grow quickly. There is a reason the Irish depended so heavily on the potato... I'm actually rather amazed that it's not more popular on a global scale. They're much easier to farm than rice, have a much higher yield require FAR less water. It beats out wheat by a long shot in all of these areas too (not in fat content though - wheat has way way more fat calories). Even the UN supports the potato farming as the new global staple. Literally the ONLY thing stopping this very very very good idea is people's eating habits.
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My brother is a farmer and he told me red leaf lettuce has more nutrients than any other lettuces (but not as much as some greens). Iceberg is a total waste of time.
Of course potatoes and other similar foods are by far the best. They grown underground so aren't as vulnerable to weather, they take less watering than greens, they store relatively well, there is a very high yield per acre, they are filling, and carry nutrients, and grow quickly. There is a reason the Irish depended so heavily on the potato... I'm actually rather amazed that it's not more popular on a global scale. They're much easier to farm than rice, have a much higher yield require FAR less water. It beats out wheat by a long shot in all of these areas too (not in fat content though - wheat has way way more fat calories). Even the UN supports the potato farming as the new global staple. Literally the ONLY thing stopping this very very very good idea is people's eating habits.
Yeah, root veges, good! Carrots, great!
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Was it this thread we were talking about people wanting trucks and SUVs rather than fuel efficient vehicles?
This article has info on a new company gearing up to produce electric SUVs and trucks for 2020. Pricey, but then again new trucks and SUVs are pricey anyway.
Was it this thread we were talking about people wanting trucks and SUVs rather than fuel efficient vehicles?
This article has info on a new company gearing up to produce electric SUVs and trucks for 2020. Pricey, but then again new trucks and SUVs are pricey anyway.
Pricy. That's the sticker price in US dollars. Add 20 000 + taxes in Canada and that's an 80-90 grand vehicle. Until electric vehicles become affordable, they will just be for the wealthy.
I have other people telling me otherwise and that the world is in a natural change and that humans can't possibly be a reason for changing weather. The earths core is cooling, the moon is going further away from earth an inch more every year, volcanoes put more C02 in the air than humans ever could and these are reasons for changing weather patterns.
Yet when a person like Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks about climate change and the effects it has and how we get there they won't listen...
Shame
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I have other people telling me otherwise and that the world is in a natural change and that humans can't possibly be a reason for changing weather. The earths core is cooling, the moon is going further away from earth an inch more every year, volcanoes put more C02 in the air than humans ever could and these are reasons for changing weather patterns.
Yet when a person like Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks about climate change and the effects it has and how we get there they won't listen...
Shame
Those other people you refer to are probably people who don't understand what scientists do, how they do what they do and why they do what they do. Some of them probably hold to the notion that most scientists are in it for the money or do what they do for political reasons. Those types of people would do well to spend some time with some science oriented people and get a better understanding what what they are generally about.
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As much as I applaud the general notion here, this sounds a bit like rebels without a clue to me. We can talk about climate change/ global warming all day long but without a plan and , more importantly, without action, what's the point?
"A star-studded progressive town hall on climate change drew thousands of
viewers online and hundreds in person – but offered little insight into
how the US left might overcome Republican opposition and lay the
groundwork to limit rising temperatures..."
"In the event, neither lawmaker discussed details or how to pursue them
when Donald Trump has denied manmade climate change, planned to exit an
international climate pact and slashed environmental protections."
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You'll be using ropes though, right?
Good luck to us both
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Bentleyspop, which gym do you climb at?
And do you guys mostly boulder, top rope or lead? I’m doing about 50/50 bouldering and top roping right now. I used to lead and then changed gyms and haven’t yet gotten back in with a regular group of belay partners who want to lead. I think I might just retake the lead course to brush up.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
There's only one decent wall near me, an hour away. I used to go a few times a year and do a couple easy routes. It's been a few years, I could barely send a 5.8 last time I went, but I'm 40 lbs lighter and much stronger now.
My local gym was Movement in Boulder.
https://movementgyms.com
I used to mix it up. Mostly top rope, some lead, and some bouldering.
'So many bears:' Draft plan says Nunavut polar bear numbers unsafe
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/so-many-bears-draft-plan-says-nunavut-polar-bear-numbers-unsafe-1.4173058?fbclid=IwAR1vxyg6fe4cVG-tdG5AmepOE66JkjP3txjohPWifIHGtldeDHxAwyE5_j4
So I guess the polar bears are doing ok...
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I'd like to make my Jeep the last entirely gas car ... but I can not afford an all-electric car. My jeep is a 07, I can only afford used ... yes some of us are on the low-income scale. Are used hybrid electric worth the buy...any info is appreciated.
and for them to be mass produced, there has to be a market.
to be a market, they have to be affordable to the masses.
to be affordable to the masses, they have to be mass produced.
to be mass produced.......
-EV 8/14/93
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
One extreme to another...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159215649539988&id=72924719987
You heard of the romaine lettuce recall ... according to CBC news lettuce is not particularly good for the environment and is considered a nutritional lightweight...
I am rural. Public transportation is not an option, and I am not living in any city ever again. I like my rural paradise.
Spinach is a bit better.
Neither are heavy feeders though so that's good.
Are you a farmer?
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
This article has info on a new company gearing up to produce electric SUVs and trucks for 2020. Pricey, but then again new trucks and SUVs are pricey anyway.
http://news.mit.edu/2018/rivian-electric-vehicles-1130
I have other people telling me otherwise and that the world is in a natural change and that humans can't possibly be a reason for changing weather. The earths core is cooling, the moon is going further away from earth an inch more every year, volcanoes put more C02 in the air than humans ever could and these are reasons for changing weather patterns.
Yet when a person like Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks about climate change and the effects it has and how we get there they won't listen...
Shame
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Now I see why smart cars get such good gas mileage...