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3d ago
inFound out the Appalachian Trail is actually 2,198 miles, not 2,190, and my whole 6 month plan was off by a week
Whole plan off by a week, that's just life in general.
4d ago
inI used to dump all my flour in at once, then a dense loaf changed my mind
Patience pays off everywhere, not just bread lol.
4d ago
inAppreciation post: I finally stopped planning my miles by the map and started planning by the climbs
Man that Timberline day sounds brutal, getting wrecked by 2pm is the worst feeling out there. I made the same switch after bonking on a "short" 8 mile day in the Whites that had like 3,800 feet of climbing, now gain is the first thing I check. A 9 mile day with 4,200 feet will humble you way faster than a flat 14, so you're not alone in learning it the hard way at all.
12d ago
inMy shower valve cartridge gave out at 6am on a Saturday, of course
Did you know those little rubber seats are usually the first thing to go and not the cartridge itself? I had the same thing happen with a Delta in my last house, and I spent way too long blaming the whole valve before a plumber buddy told me to just swap the seats and springs. Now I keep a tiny zip bag with a spare cartridge and a set of seats taped to the inside of the vanity door, takes up about as much room as a deck of cards. The trick is to write the model number on the bag with a sharpie so you are not squinting at faded numbers in a hardware aisle at 7am. I also keep a spare shower head gasket in there since those fail about as often and cost nothing.