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Sue
Sue
02:07
!!pingable
Oh well, I can't seem to get that right!
@Aravona, @ab2, @anderas, @Willeke, @WedaPashi, @imsodin, @RoryAlsop, @Ricketyship, @StrongBad, @CharlieBrumbaugh, @TestingChatbot, @TelKitty, @Kevin and whoever else I forgot. I have a cute squirrel story. I'm going to post a link from a local news article, but it will probably be replaced with something else soon, since it's no longer news. I think it went viral someplace on Facebook, but I don't have a f/b account, so I'm not sure. So, anyone who likes squirrels hurry up and check it out!
Sue
Sue
02:27
Every year the Boston Pops Orchestra (part of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) puts on a concert on the 4th of July. It's well-known as one of the biggest events of the holiday, and probably especially @ab2 may have been when she was in school years ago.
Last night, in the midst of the concert, a squirrel ran across the stage while one of the women was singing in front of the orchestra. He was so cute!!! Keith Lockhart, the conductor had to step away from podium to chase it off.
There's a video of it on this page, whdh.com/news/…. Hope you get a chance to see it.
Hey @CharlieBrumbaugh, maybe you could add squirrels-on-stage to the room name for a little while!
02:47
room topic changed to The Base Camp: Squirrels-on-stage [bear-selfies] [lava-and-marshmellows] [mosquitos-in-software] [raccoon-climbers]
Sue
Sue
@CharlieBrumbaugh, Yay! Thanks!
I don't want to name names or anything like that which isn't constructive. But, as with everyone else, I want to encourage you to just keep being who you are.
@Aravona I have a question about your scuba diving with seahorses question.
I googled it and of course came up with a long list of gorgeous places, but it looked like a tourist-y list and I know from something a while ago that those are kind of off-topic. This is probably totally hypocritical of me, but might it make sense to narrow down the question to a certain region or time of year? Even if you then added related questions with other regions or times of year, it might be better than what would look too broad.
I want to answer it, but not with a wiki-list from a travel website. What would be the most helpful way to answer it? On your other question, @CharlieBrumbaugh mentioned some cuttlefish places and picked one of the more popular ones. I have a few more for that question, I just haven't gotten around to writing them.
On the other hand... I'd like to ask where I can see a specific bird, looking for an answer with a few places where it might be on its migratory route.
That would be kind of the same as yours, right? I could say locally or globally and see what comes up. Or would that be too broad?
The meta post, which uses all my questions in the answer, makes them on-topic, but I think there was only one, maybe two, where I didn't narrow down at least something, like time of year or part of the country.
Yikes, I sound like I'm being critical and I'm totally not!
I just kind of wanted to run that by you. Obviously the community benefits from knowing where to dive with seahorses, whether it's in one question or two or three.
If I don't hear from you otherwise, and noone else has answered the seahorse one, I'll post the list I found, at least picking some out with a combination of copy/paste and my own words.
@Aravona, if you want to take me diving with you, I could have my own experience to add!!!!
Then again, I'm terribly claustrophobic and would be an awful diver!
So, I'll stop babbling at you now... Please excuse my late night ramblings!
@RoryAlsop, I'm just curious. There was a recent answer that I had written a comment on before it was edited. Since my comment then became outdated, did you kindly delete it, or had someone flagged it? I don't want to know who and definitely don't want to talk about the question ever, it's simply a procedural question. Thanks!
03:28
Last 4th of July I was high in the Sierras looking through the wreckage of a B-24
Ouch
Hello
@FreezePhoenix Hello
04:23
I am rooting for England in this FIFA World cup :-) @Aravona @liam
 
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05:25
I’ve a secret doubt that Spain owed Putin some money.
05:49
@Ricketyship: LMAO, and so did Germans :D
@WedaPashi We already know about them Americans ;)
@Ricketyship: Ssshhh :D Before anybody hits out at us, Putin owe us (Indians) a lot of money, so we didn't play at all :D :D
@WedaPashi Damn yo, we were to show dirt on others, not ourselves :P
@Ricketyship: :D :D :P
Anyhow, what plans for the weekend?
06:04
Going for a trek nearby.
You?
@Rory: Any update on your travel plan to Pune, India?
Ah I'm going to just file my income tax returns, meet a friend and maybe buy a pair of glasses and woolen socks.
Oh fck, I need to file ITR before I go to Ladakh late-july, almost forgot.
Lol! July 31st is the last day man. Do it! Also, Ladakh for what? Hiking? Where all??
Ladakh, phase 1 road-trip with mom-dad and sisters :D
Phase - 2, once they are aboard the flight to Mumbai from Leh, I'll backpack solo possibly from Darcha to Lamayuru, or may be from Korzok to Kibber/Lingti :-) 10 to 12 days.
Any thoughts to why would this be voted to close?
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Q: Is it safe to drink rain water from a stream after a long drought?

BananenaffeI was hiking in Switzerland yesterday and came across a small river which holds very little water on most days (or even none) and grows a lot after rainfall. The day before yesterday it rained for the first time in weeks, so the river held a lot of clear non-smelly water. I was wondering if it wa...

I wouldn't vote to close this one in its current content.
06:32
@WedaPashi I didn't VTC. I think the reasoning is that the answer might depend on the geography where the river is located and the surroundings around it.
So to give a definitive answer might be difficult.
@WedaPashi Coooool!
@Ricketyship: You are doing Pin Parvati and Kanamo in August?
Need a GPS track for Kanamo?
Nice thing!
Thanks man! Yeah I'm doing in August. August 11th to 21st PP, then we will stay at Kibber for a couple of days and try to do Kanamo in either one or two days ;)
I can mail/whatsapp you the .gpx if you need. Let me know :-)
Kanamo in one day is definitely doable. I did Kanamo twice in a week. First time taking two days, and then did it in a day.
But when I did it in a day, I was already fully-acclimatised for that altitude, since I had already went up the mountain once that week.
I'll suggest this: Stay at Kaza for a day, then move to Kibber and stay at Kibber.
Next day hike up to the Lake on the way to Kanamo and come back to Kibber. Spend your late afternoon and evening walking down (and returning) to are around Chicham.
06:50
Sounds cool. We would be just back from PP, so we would be pretty acclimatized by then. But yea, going up to the lake and chilling sounds cool as well :D
Based on your fitness and acclimatisation, If you want to do it in one day, then next day get up at about 3.00 am (Will be very cold) and start towards Kanamo, you already know 1/3 rd of the route because you will already have hiked up to the lake. When the day breaks, you should have hiked up for an hour above the site for camp which is slightly higher than the lake. By 7.00 am if you are already beyond the camp site then you'll be back from Kanamo in Kibber before (or at) sunset.
Sounds good. We havent worked out the logistics yet. We are going to see based on how we feel after PP to decide when and how to attempt Kanamo
PP will be taxing. Each day 8+ hours of hiking up inclines
Yes, it will be.
@Sue good morning! I had a quick look through the cleanups I have done over the last few days and I think it was me, yes. There were a fair few where the OP had updated as per comments so they were now outdated. Some I saw via flags, others just as I was reading.
Usually if the OP does what was asked we then remove the comments, if the commenter hadn't
@WedaPashi no dates in place yet, but I'll let you know when I do
@Rory: Cool :-)
07:00
That sounds like a good hike
What is the temperature range from morning to noon there
Right now? From about 10°C to 26°C as of today.
August should be cooler though. Right?
At 6.00 am when I woke up today it was 9°C.
@WedaPashi Pune?
Right now it 24°C. Cloudy. It wasn't cloudy the day before yesterday, and hence it was 28°C. August - September would be cooler than it is now.
07:06
I was talking of Kanamo ranges :D I have no clue what Rory was referring to!
@Ricketyship: Yes.
@Ricketyship: Kanamo :O The lake is usually at near freezing temperature in the night, this time of year.
The kanamo summit was at 4°C in the afternoon at about 2 pm while I was there, and with good sunlight through the day, no clouds at all.
@Rory: "What is the temperature range from morning to noon there" was this about the hike and the peak @Ricketyship is planning, or was it about Pune? :D
It was about the hike, however your info on temperatures there is also useful. Currently you are a bit colder than Scotland
Yesterday temperatures here were between 16C in the morning and 30C around midday
There is a reason why @Ara call me a goof :D
30 C must be too hot for you right?
07:16
@RoryAlsop For the other hike (the ten day one) the temp ranges are from 15C to around -5C.
07:34
Morning @imsodin
@WedaPashi Morning
Morning all :-)
Right, good morning (or equivalent) to everyone else as well - that's indeed the economical (and inclusive) approach ;)
I am just reading the re-acclimatization QA. I am wondering about where the point between helping acclimatization by giving the body rest and means to be "productive" and starting to loose acclimatization is, when going back to lower altitudes. I think both @WedaPashi and @paparazzi have a point, the question is, where is the limit
Oh man, TGO is good. I just started googling about the topic and look what came up:
https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/7450/for-how-long-afterwards-do-we-benefit-from-acclimatization
Well, I could have read comments too, but hey
07:59
@Sue I'm literally looking for a global list, as I know where I can dive with them in the UK already - in fact they're in the location I am going to dive at next weekend :), I want locations abroad, it may be broad but there will be some locations which are more interesting than others. If I were to narrow it down it would be via Dive experience not from local/regional/global.
Morning everyone, I hope you are all well!
08:38
@imsodin: True. Thats why I didn't say how much would be at loss. Because, there is no way to know. I've just answered based on my experiences. :-)
 
6 hours later…
14:27
Would asking about which kind of fireworks would be able to explode a watermelon be on topic ;)
So to the people who asked me about Cave diving previously, this is what I would have to do with my dive body - SSI:

Cavern Diving - Minimum Age: 18 - Certification Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water Diver certification & 24 logged dives
Cave Diving - Minimum Age: 18 - Certification Prerequisites: Diver Stress & Rescue, Cavern Diving, Advanced Open Water Diver + 50 logged dives
Full Cave Diving - Minimum Age: 18 - Certification Prerequisites: Diver Stress & Rescue, Cave Diving, AOWD + 75 logged dives (refer to current SSI Training Standards)
By the time you Cave Dive you are likely a Master Diver (50 dives + 4 completed courses + stress and rescue)
 
1 hour later…
15:44
Hey, @Sue: just checking if you got an email I sent you earlier this week? Feel free to reply to it instead of here if you want to, but just wanted to make sure it didn't end up in your spam folder :)
16:13
And thanks @JNat
;)
16:59
@TestingChatbot Might be on-topic in gardening.se :P
@Ricketyship IF I wanted to know how to grow a watermelon then yes, but the idea is to blow it up into a million pieces
 
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ab2
ab2
19:48
@TestingChatbot How to blow up a watermelon is not on topic on TGO. I can think of no outdoorsy goal that blowing up a watermelon would accomplish. I think we had a Q on how to open a coconut on a deserted island without a knife, but that clearly was to avoid starving. Being on a deserted island with a watermelon and a selection of firecrackers is not a plausible scenario. Go back to your programmer and ask for less A and more I in your AI program. :)
20:31
@ab2 Nobody is going to blow up a watermelon indoors and besides it would look cool
 
2 hours later…
ab2
ab2
22:53
@TestingChatbox My birthday is on July 4th, so I am the final word on the uses to which firecrackers can be put. :)

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