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  1. Ripitz

    Old School Trail Maps

    Very much an exercise of force. They plowed the roads up Bearpen too and now it’s an abandoned mess. It doesn’t seem like a big deal until you visit all of the other High Peaks with their first growth boreal forest still intact and see them in comparison. If you’re going to develop something...
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    Old School Trail Maps

    Those guys drove bulldozers around and blew up shit like crazy. That line is all bushed in now and Fail can barely open Westway let alone Annapurna.
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    Old School Trail Maps

    “Future lift to 3500” 😏
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    Bring the Stoke

    Pine Hill, NY
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    Alpine Touring Thread

    Yeah, his downhill turn into an uphill stride is chef’s kiss. I worked on some of this in the backyard last year. He’s using a shorter pole length which I’ve adapted as well. This follows more of an alpine form allowing your center of gravity to be lower for quick turns, whereas nordic poles can...
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    Robert's Rants

    Ah yes, the gathering of the wet butts, deciding who’s going to heelside scrape all the snow off the mountain first.
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    ICE v Electric: Cost and Emissions

    Are you talking about running or Nazis? We have a thread for trail running.
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    ICE v Electric: Cost and Emissions

    I guess no Volkswagen for you then.
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    Alpine Touring Thread

    Can confirm. Scales FTW.
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    Alpine Touring Thread

    I don’t have them but they are on my wishlist. I think I would get them with the Scarpa T4s and Switchback bindings. Looks like a great bushwhacker ski. For distance, XC skis are preferred, for turns AT reigns supreme. These fall right in the middle. Sizing down to a 162 is recommended for...
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    Alpine Touring Thread

    Check out the Koms if you want to rip. If you want more of a snowshoe experience go with the Hoks.
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    Robert's Rants

    I use them on the flat spots to help pull my snowboarder friends and save them from performing the scoot of shame.
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    Belleayre Conditions

    https://www.belleayre.com/mountain/conditions/
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    Drones over New Jersey

    Not sure if there is an accurate explanation and that is the “mystery”. Some of the confusion stems from the translation to English and how we perceive the words father, son and ghost. Not the holy trinity, and to add to the confusion, you can use the misperception to recognize that you could...
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    Drones over New Jersey

    Not an explanation but you can think of it this way, since it is said that God created us in his own image, we are trinities as well. We have a body, soul and spirit. They are separate and yet one in the same.
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    Drones over New Jersey

    I don’t blame you for being frustrated RA. In Christianity, the story of creation is told in the first book of the Bible which is Genesis; The first day light was created and darkness was separated so there was day and night. The second day water and sky were made. The third day it was land...
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    Drones over New Jersey

    It could be both aliens and induced hallucinations.
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    Today's Hike

    Light rain and passing showers last night on the Appalachian Trail until thunder and lightning chased me off the mountain. Got caught in a downpour on the 7 mile ride back. 40 degrees and soaked to the bone, makes you appreciate a nice warm home.
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    Belleayre Conditions

    That was March 17, 2024. I was showing the flagpole. This was today.
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    Belleayre Conditions

    👆a beautiful NYSB moment right there. Sidewalk was poured at Disco today. It will be radiant heated to keep it free from snow and ice. The sketchy steps to old Lift 7 are gone and the flagpole is missing. 2024 Insulation is going on the roof. The inside is full work zone. A new...
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