GF wants some quality /out patches that won't out her as a 4chan user. Photos of your patches and/or small, not so well known, brands are encouraged. Thanks gang
I checked some vacation options. There's Annapurna circuit for $1650, Manaslu circuit for $2000, Kala Patthar and Everest base camp trek for $2000 or $2500 if you add Ilsand Peak. There are also some more trekking peaks in Himalayas. And of course every one of these treks is advertised as the most beautiful.
So which one is the best option? And how difficult are those treks compared to European mountains? Are trekking 6 thousanders anything like Elbrus? Do Thorong La or Larkya La require significant experience in Alps or Caucasus?
>driving the backroads in New England at about 1am about a year ago >see a big animal in the road >its almost as long as the entire road >its crossing the road and stops over at the treeline >i pass by it and look out my window, window is down >it looks like a wolf/fox, all silver, with bright blue eyes >eyes are slanted and angled >i get a feeling that the animal is really intelligent >its just slightly annoyed that im driving through, but no bad feelings or good feelings either >i continue on my merry way with my midnight cruise wtf was this thing? there arent any wolves or coyotes where i live. the thing looked like an 8 foot long, 3 foot tall, silver wolf-fox hybrid. long snout, big ears, long bushy tail, and very slanted eyes. i cant find anything online that resembles this thing. it looked like a cross between a silver maned wolf (doesnt exist) and a kitsune (also doesnt exist)
I was thinking about how Cincinnati sits right on that bend of the Ohio River, and there's something fascinating about how the city's identity got shaped by being this gateway between the North and South. Like, during the Underground Railroad era, it was literally the first stop to freedom for so many people crossing from Kentucky. But what really struck me is how that geographic position created this unique cultural blend - you've got Southern comfort food traditions mixing with German immigrant influences, creating things like Cincinnati chili that people either love or hate, no middle ground.
The whole city feels like it exists in this perpetual state of between-ness, you know? Not quite Midwest, not quite South, carved into those hills overlooking the river like it's always been watching the flow of history pass by.
Looking for a short video from the beginning of the Ukraine conflict. It was Russian video of a solider and he appears to morph on camera or becomes an (?)animal(?) [?Hawk?/?Falcon?] in a trench its actual war footage 2021-2023 era. This should be enough to remind those who’ve seen it.
