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basic hiking gear (2025)

basic hiking gear (2025)

nowadays our hikes are frequent, easy, and short. We drive long distances to reach the trailhead, and typically do not make it to the main attraction (the waterfall, the pool, the giant sequoia), but we do have lots of fun.

when Batu Khan set out for the Eurasian Steppe...

how could he lead so many victorious campaigns and cover such vast territories if the subreddit r/CampingGear had not come to existence yet?

my favorite pants that some people hate

The hostility is aimed at the second edition of the Stretch Zions because there were changes in the fabric and the button.

the tools were already there

the tools were already there

The tools have already been here. The brain connects ideas, not Obsidian.

marketing for the foolish

marketing for the foolish

... for the impressionable, the young, the foolish, for humanity... It’s not the absurdity of the argument that I find strident, but that it comes veiled as a tautology.

how we value the things we value

how we value the things we value

the assignment of prices by the invisible hand of the market reveals how we value certain things in relation to other things. This unveiling is quite amusing some times, harrowing in other occasions.

Yeti Tundra 35

Yeti Tundra 35

After many months of indecision, I finally found the one thing that, in and of itself, makes it imperative to buy the Yeti Tundra 35.

daily note template in Obsidian

daily note template in Obsidian

My daily note is not a fountain of gratitude, affirmations, or reflections. It's just a tool and practice that primes my brain to notice and intelligently use available time.

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