New and Experienced Climbers over 50 #35

Cruelty, fear, and hate. That's the brand. 

Emil Briggs wrote:

From today. Utterly delusional. And no it doesn't matter to his supporters.

“And the egg prices are down 87%, but nobody talks about that. You can have all the eggs you want. We have too many eggs. In fact, if anything, the prices are getting too low,”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rmvyij68Fg&t=15s

Delusional and Stupid.

It’s ridiculous, the entire “bring jobs back to America business”. 4,5% unemployment in the United States when he had begun his term. Who’s going to fill those factories? People who were previously working white collar jobs making 20 times the salary of a factory worker?

philip bone wrote:

I started out with nothin. I got most of that left.

Hahaha, that's a keeper

Led the second pitch of this today, Dunes, four pitches, grade 12.

Carl Schneider wrote:

Led the second pitch of this today, Dunes, four pitches, grade 12.

Nice Carl!!!  That looks AWESOME!!!

Keeping it real!

Love your posts!

Carl Schneider wrote:

Led the second pitch of this today, Dunes, four pitches, grade 12.

Very nice Carl! And you look so handsome! Look how far you come… And you have shared a lot of that journey with us.    Looks like really great climbing!

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Apparently, I have commitment problems.    I was climbing a 5.10a route yesterday and wondering when it would get hard. Suddenly it got hard.  The whole route was doable with the exception of one thin hold. I just couldn’t figure it out.

Actually, there was nothing to figure out –– there was exactly one way to go, a tiny nub for a foot and no good hands, and I just couldn’t pull through it. Bob said when he watched me try to mantle through it he could tell I just didn’t want it bad enough.  It’s a hard crimp and hard decision-making.  I think I welched.  

Why aren’t we surfing?    What made me choose something so hard? I could be splish splashing out in the ocean and cavorting with the dolphins.  While I was feeding some rope out to Bob, I was thinking about my girlfriends who have ceased any kind of hard endeavor. I don’t know if I could spend my life only “going to lunch“ or scheduling the next wine tasting tour (once in awhile, sure.) I feel lucky. I looked around at perfect blue sky on a gorgeous day and thought WOW.  Gratitude.  

These are precious days and they won’t last forever. I don’t know what is happening with my 401(k) and I can’t look. It’s always a jolt to go home and realize things are pretty messed up out there.  But I think it’s important to keep some personal motivation, like Ward’s boulder. I don’t think there’s any danger of us having too much playtime or innocence… all the crap will be waiting there. But in the meantime, I’m contemplating what kind of inner fortitude (and lat/finger strength) it’s going to take to get through that little crux move.

Tony has gout, again.  Up at 1 am grabbing ice packs, ibuprofen, Norco’s and Cholchicine for him.  That pain looks unbearable and I panic wondering how to keep him calm.  Pretty sure it was the smoked ribs.

WF WF51 wrote:

Cruelty, fear, and hate. That's the brand. 

Don't  forget ignorance! 

M M wrote:

Don't  forget ignorance! 

Prideful ignorance.

Brad Young wrote:

Prideful ignorance.

I used to joke about Trumpers believing the endless lies, now it's not funny anymore.  How can anyone believe a man who calls reporters "fake news" while in the same sentence he says gas prices are so low that egg prices don't matter? 

apogee wrote:

My mutual funds were doing just fine up until his tariff disaster...they still haven't recovered to the level prior to January 20. And gas in my area is 40 cents a gallon higher than it was a couple of months ago. Not exactly my idea of 'winning'.

Oh come on apogee, did you forget the wise citizens of California voted that in?

And WTH with looking at your 401 every 2 days?
Go take a look at where it was about 2021….

Carl you look happy… when did you grow facial hair??

Lori… the hardest muscle to train- is your mind.

Later all 

“Tony has gout, again.  Up at 1 am grabbing ice packs, ibuprofen, Norco’s and Cholchicine for him.  That pain looks unbearable and I panic wondering how to keep him calm.  Pretty sure it was the smoked ribs.”

I assume he regularly takes Allupurinol? That’s what I take and I haven’t had a serious attack since my original attack well over ten years ago. 

Guy Keesee wrote:

Oh come on apogee, did you forget the wise citizens of California voted that in?

And WTH with looking at your 401 every 2 days?
Go take a look at where it was about 2021….

Carl you look happy… when did you grow facial hair??

Lori… the hardest muscle to train- is your mind.

Later all 

Guy, how do you rationalize the daily lies? I really am curious 

In 2021, my mutual fund was trading at about $241...by December of last year, it was around $300. As of yesterday, it was at $252.

And up until early January, gas in my area was just under $4. It has been at $4.40 for about a month now. 

So....yeah.

Guy Keesee wrote:

Oh come on apogee, did you forget the wise citizens of California voted that in?

And WTH with looking at your 401 every 2 days?
Go take a look at where it was about 2021….

Carl you look happy… when did you grow facial hair??

Lori… the hardest muscle to train- is your mind.

Later all 

Guy, I gotta hand it to you for continuing to show up here and stay positive.  This is a tough crowd.     

I'm trying not to panic, but it's hard.  I have some trauma from watching my older sister lose her entire pension... not some, ALL of it.  She woke up one morning in 2001 to find it all gone, she was 68.  She had to make an abrupt change in plans, lose her home, get two part time jobs for the next 10 years just to stay alive.  Those were not great jobs, she was on her feet all day every day, doing yard duty at a local highschool, and greeting at a Walmart until she was close to 80.

I expected a 'market correction' but not a market crash.  I did not expect a new president to play loose and free with my savings in the first 100 days in office, when virtually every expert out there said his tariff strategies were discredited and a bad idea.  So, we get to 'not look' and hold our collective breaths while he carries on.  Why did we play it safe, carefully and thoughtfully saving and investing over a lifetime of hard work... only to have this guy step up to the roulette wheel and risk it all?  

What happened to 'only I can stop the war in Ukraine, and I'll do it in 24 hours'?  What happened to 'only I can lower the price of eggs, and I'll do it in the first week?'.    

For you 5.11 Freesoloists this level of daring may feel exhilarating.  For me, terrifying.

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Daniel, I believe Tony had some hard side effects from Allpurinol, so Plan B was to observe the low purine diet.  But it turns out that if Tony sees something that looks remotely tasty and delectable, he's gonna eat it.      He's not big on self-restraint.  I don't think there's a Plan C.  He's a two-fisted kind of guy, and he's going to dive into whatever plate of pasta or ribs he likes.

And I'm VERY invested in extending my playtime out on the rock.  I continue to experiment with protein targets, hydration, electrolytes and supplements... learning as i go.  But how Tony and I ever intersect is a mystery.  I told Tony his gout is like my childbirth.  It's that bad, and then you forget it shortly after.  This morning he's happily drinking his coffee, eating his morning coffee cake, and playing Wordle.  I'm exhausted from being up all night hearing him in pain.    

M M wrote:

Guy, how do you rationalize the daily lies? I really am curious 

It's a cult. And when reality doesn't agree with them cult members double down rather than changing those views.

M M wrote:

Guy, how do you rationalize the daily lies? I really am curious 

I am very curious too, but I am sure Guy thinks what we are reading are lies. He’s a true believer. America will rise from the ashes. We just need to wait and have faith in our Glorious Leader. If America does not become Great Again under Trump, it’s because the Democrats will get in the way and fuck everything up.

Ha ha ha….. to all of you wondering how I “take it” 

I really only have four words to say: Democrat Rule, Joe Biden 

I’ve lived in the depths of hell. As a Californian we have had 20 years of BS to condition me. I welcome the change.

Heck if Trumps deals don’t work out, you all can vote in the coming mid-terms. That is the American way.

Later all 

People believe what they are going to believe- I don't have much problem with that, until they start blowing toxic smoke up my arse and try to tell me it's a nice breeze.

I'm sure Guy feels precisely the same way.

Lori Milas wrote:

I have some trauma from watching my older sister lose her entire pension... not some, ALL of it.  She woke up one morning in 2001 to find it all gone, she was 68.

Do you mind sharing how that happened, Lori? I thought the "Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp" (govt agency, oops, wonder if it's going away) was supposed to help when a company fails.

I'm definitely a little jealous of people who have pensions, but I also never looked for that in a job because I didn't trust pensions (and also because I was clueless). I know they sometimes go wrong. I don't know how people put up with that! If it turns out that you don't get a benefit that you were supposed to, the company effectively robbed you the entire time you worked for them.

To get back on topic, we got out for a couple pitches of "Three Pines" today. It almost felt like winter yesterday, but today it was warm and sunny. The crack on P2 was blowing cold air - it was wonderful!

dragons wrote:

Do you mind sharing how that happened, Lori? I thought the "Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp" (govt agency, oops, wonder if it's going away) was supposed to help when a company fails.

I'm definitely a little jealous of people who have pensions, but I also never looked for that in a job because I didn't trust pensions (and also because I was clueless). I know they sometimes go wrong. I don't know how people put up with that! If it turns out that you don't get a benefit that you were supposed to, the company effectively robbed you the entire time you worked for them.

To get back on topic, we got out for a couple pitches of "Three Pines" today. It almost felt like winter yesterday, but today it was warm and sunny. The crack on P2 was blowing cold air - it was wonderful!

The second pitch of Something Boring goes up the left wall, I believe, and the roof on Something Scary is at the top of the photo in the middle. Haven't been on those ledges for a while. Beautiful views.