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Sunguramy :nb_lily:

#Karstmas day 4

For today, enjoy this image of a 586 ft (179 m) single pitch, put yer rack on and go, pit in the US. It's called Fantastic, and it really is! It is the longest cave rappel in the lower 48. (Alaska has one that beats it!)

The day we went it was high water, and as you can see there is a massive waterfall. Wind created by the falling water in the pit whipped it around, constantly shifting where it was landing. The rig is out of the water for safety reasons, but the bottom 200 ft we were getting soaked by spray nonetheless.

This is a lightpainted image, my partner (the dark spot on rope) and I communicated via radio as I directed where & when to paint with a very bright (1000+ lumen) light as I opened and closed the shutter as needed. As high as he looks in the image, he is only 200ft above me. There is another 400ft above him...notice the waterfall disappears before the pinpoint of light at the top. The waterfall faded, too small to see.

Remember I talked about rope weight on day 2? Rope also stretches some, even the super-static* kind we use. In 600 feet, this is not a negligible amount, there's about 10 feet of stretch that I had to 'climb' before I got off the ground. In that process, the wind in the pit shifted *whomp* shoving me down slamming my back onto the cobbles. *ouch* Twas a painful climb after that, with an epic bruise to show for it!

So. You'd better enjoy this photo! I suffered for it! :boost_requested:

*For those curious, cave rope of choice for things like this in the US is PMI Pit Rope Max Wear, which has elongation at 300 lbf of only 1.8%.

A vertical photo with dark edges looking upward. Some clarity is lacking due to massive amounts of water and mist in the air. Despite this, we can easily make out layers of limestone arching around defining the walls of the pit. In the middle is large blurred from long exposure waterfall tumbling almost 600 feet. There is a tiny dark figure in front of the waterfall near the top, that figure is only 200 feet up. The tiny pinpoint of light in the distance is the top, where the waterfall disappears, smaller than a pixel it can no longer be seen.
#cave#caves#caving
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Lisa Lorenzin (she/her)

Twenty years ago, @mbroome and I joined our rope team, Extreme Rappels, for our first Bridge Day rappel (bridgedayrappel.com/). We've since gone on to longer and deeper drops - Fantastic! Golondrinas! El Cap! - but we keep heading back to WV almost every year to free rappel 850 feet to the river's edge below.

Rain or shine, cold or fucking freezing - there is no "warm" at this point in the day! - we get up at 0-dark-30, make our way to the bridge, and walk out the maintenance catwalk suspended under the roadbed. There is no other experience quite like walking along a 3' wide metal walkway with open metal railings on each side as the ground drops away underneath, til you're out on the W plate hundreds of feet in the air and it's time to put your weight in your harness, trust the gear and your own competence, and unclip that final safety tether.

We had a glorious bluebird day Saturday... Almost *too* gorgeous. I neglected to strip off my base layers before we started up the 700' ascent ropes, and the sun was blazing hot as soon as we cleared the treeline! But the views were incredible, and I'll take dripping sweat over pissing rain any day.

Every year it gets a little more expensive, and the logistics get a little more annoying, and I wonder if maybe we've done this often enough. And every year we go anyway, and it's *always* worthwhile. The friends, the views, the workout on the way up, the ride on the way down...

New River Gorge Bridge strung like a harp with rappel ropes, against a gorgeous blue sky, with the other side of the gorge in the background
looking out through the arch structure as I climbed the ascent ropes
the view down through the structure to the river, with a rappeller descending below me a few ropes over
New River Gorge Bridge strung like a harp with rappel ropes, against a gorgeous blue sky, with the other side of the gorge in the background
#bridgeday#rappel#SRT
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Elisheva Meira ✡︎ 🌈

*Using Tero, will try others too. Thx for boosts & recs 💖
uruworks.net/index.html

Long shot i suppose but does anyone have experience with subtitle software? Don't want anything fancy, just something to simplify the timings. (Text and video already exist and I want .srt files so I can turn them on or off.)
I've found some to try but have also read so much AI and marketing spiel nonsense along the way I'm feeling uneasy about the whole thing. TIA. Mac preferred.

www.uruworks.netURUWorksURUWorks:: Official home of Subtitle Workshop
#Tech#FOSS#SRT
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David J. Atkinson

I started “Smell Retraining Therapy” #SRT today as recommended by my doctor. I have progressive loss of smell and taste after repeated sinusitis and viral infections in the past few years. Several times per day, I sniff multiple essential oils: Eucalyptus, clove, sweet orange and peppermint. I sniff and try to remember each smell. Olfactory nerves can regrow! I’ll let you know how it goes over the next three months. 👃

enthealth.org/be_ent_smart/sme

ENT HealthSmell Retraining Therapy - ENT HealthSmell retraining therapy is a treatment for loss of smell, or anosmia or hyposmia. It can be used to help return your sense of smell.
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TomTooM

Une association vient me voir, pour la création de 4 #videos sur l'#inclusion en generale. Leur premier thème sur l'égalité de #salaire #hommefemme .
Je leur parle de la création des #soustitres de cette vidéo. La réponse: Vraiment besoin?, il y a peu de chance d'avoir une personne sourde... J'ai insisté... La demande a été faite a leur directrice. Résultat le film ne sera pas sous-titré... Alors que de mon côté on fait les #srt de quasi toutes nos vidéos qui souvent aucun lien avec l'#inclusion

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General Strike Now

... general strike. [NEWS1]. The Korean Railway Workers' Union (KRWU) began its four-day general strike at 9 a.m. on Thursday. The union kicked off its ...

The union kicked off its first general strike in almost four years, which is expected to decrease passenger and freight service by up to 60 percent until it ends at 9 a.m. on Monday.#Korail #SR #KTX #SRT #subway #metro #railwayworkers #generalstrike #libranet.de/search?tag=
Railway union goes on 4-day strike

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