nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From 2010-2018 I was told by teachers and school nurses that if I ever used a public shower while barefoot, I would instantly contract MRSA and explode, basically It came up in conversation and girlfriend MD had no idea what I was talking about Another day in this crumbling simulation 000
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sometimes a video is like THIS MISTAKE KILLS CLIMBERS and its big thesis is “always do a Yosemite finish” or something and you think ok, that’s dumb But you can’t make fun of them because what if you somehow die because you didn’t do a Yosemite finish. How silly would you look then 011
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Top 10 Most Twisted Villains of All Time 1. Candyman (fed honey to a baby) 020
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The “guns in medieval settings” debate is so heated that I think some participants are in the wrong hobby. TTRPGs aren’t sparking joy. Maybe what you really want is to study history I say “debate” but I only ever see pro-gun and gun-amenable posts. Who are we yelling at 120
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Don’t ask me what this was graded or how many tries it took. I don’t wanna talk about it #rockclimbing send skeet 040
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 29/08/2026One small upside of widespread ai use is that it’s easier than ever to identify businesses that don’t care about nature and don’t deserve your money 220
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 26/08/2026On Tuesday I commuted on an e bike for the first time and felt like I was living in the future. I don’t think that’s happened on a daily life level since I held a smartphone for the first time 030
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well. Annie Jacobsen’s new book is so bad that it’s making me reevaluate whether I took her other ones at face value too much. It’s illustrated with ai and hypes up ai throughout. At one point it refers to a decades-old computer system as ai powered 110
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 22/08/2026DND shows have some wildly clever players and GMs and it’s sad that they’re marooned on an island owned by AI Strikebreaker Inc. They don’t get to fully branch out in terms of genre, combat, anything “Welcome to our sci fi campaign. My laser gun is magic missile” Please build a raft man 020
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I swear that move felt a lot bigger in person #rockclimbing Foundation is good. Really thought it would be dense and dry but every time skip had me more invested than the last 060
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Group bike ride is a fascinating blend of subcultures. You’ll see someone who’s in great shape with a beautiful bike and gear and think ok, hardcore cyclist. Just kidding they’re lighting a cig. Punk 110
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Ex communication? Uh yeah that’s what I do after 3 beers am I right guys 030
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The cafe that used to play alt j is playing beach boys and tom petty. It’s over chat 010
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The anchor on Bathtub Mary is diabolical. One hand on a flat ledge, the other trying to clip a mussy hook 3 feet above you and 1 foot behind you. And it’s on a long chain, so if you fail you have to catch it mid-swing on the next attempt #rockclimbing 020
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Standard horror film that inexplicably ends with the protagonist’s dad appearing and beating him senseless with a set of jumper cables 020
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 16/06/2026What’s up fellow outdoor enthusiasts? Little reminder as we head into summer: if a tick bites you and there’s a ring around it, that’s just god’s eye looking out for ya 050
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I am an ai generated rock climber. I don’t have any draws, trad gear, or belay devices, only an amorphous, writhing tangle of metal. I am on toprope and lead at the same time. I don’t know what the 3rd rope is doing. Please kill me 131
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 02/06/2026We had an insane professor who urged us to learn skills that would earn us our keep in a post-collapse society Well, he won. I’m learning to use a whetstone and it’s pretty cool He looked and dressed like John Locke from Lost 030
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Gettin in the tub on Bathtub Mary 11a. There was a huge puddle in there. Shorts and harness were soaked #rockclimbing 3110
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Stuck my nose in the first nasturtium flower of the year and was confronted with this Scavengers Reign-ass situation 010
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Spent 3 rainy days at the Red this weekend. Sent a 10c and topped 2 11a’s on lead. This one is me celebrating near the top of the 10c #rockclimbing 1112
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 19/05/2026My search history on days when I hate my job: Fixing wind turbines jobs Rope access jobs climbing experience relevant Rope access jobs is 30 too old to start Rope access jobs can you listen to music 080
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 18/05/2026“Get on the train from Snowpiercer” would have been more apt here. We’ll get em next time 010
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Cutting feet after sticking a massive deadpoint is better than sex 5.10 #rockclimbing 150
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Trying to be gender inclusive while writing a ttrpg scene set in a gangster’s palace “Gunmen are patrolling…” “Gunpeople are patrolling…” “People of gun…” 140
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I love these shoes even though they try to abandon me every time I heel hook These were tall (my 70m rope was barely enough), brand new routes shown to me by one of the bolters. According to him I’m one of the first 5 people to get on them. Pretty neat #rockclimbing 160
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The protagonist of every Safdie movie is a guy fighting equally hard to achieve/maintain every level of Maslow’s hierarchy all at the same time 000
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 01/05/2026The rest of the good pics from this weekend 1. Oyster 10a. Banger route. TRed it years ago. Gave it a go on lead during a 30 minute break between volunteer duties and it went first try 2. The Gate of Divinity, Leesburg, Alabama 3. My humble plot #rockclimbing #camping 070
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Cops in the x-files be like “we love evicting old people and murdering prisoners in cruel and bizarre ways” And Mulder and Scully be like “that’s crazy. So where did you see the ghost” 010
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Bacho, an NPC from our Offworlders game He’s a veteran member of Culebra FZA, a shadowy but benevolent group of revolutionaries and activists, and a priest of the Tenik faith, whose name roughly translates as “the strength of the bond of two hands grasping each other.” #ttrpg #worldbuilding 020
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 27/04/2026My buddy Fernando cruising Shrimp Dude 10a. I said I would clean this one and ended up doing so in the rain #rockclimbing 170
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Playing chess on the internet and saying MR HOOVES BE CAREFUL in the chat every time a knight is threatened 010
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A tough 10b with two of these leg jam/sitting rests. Goes up the short crack on the right, then the face and arete I don’t recall the name. If anyone is desperate to know I’ll look it up in the ol journal later #rockclimbing 280
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 20/04/2026A nice cave/waterfall/sunbeam situation from our hike yesterday This is a 2 mile creek walk/scramble with 1100’ of elevation gain. We have it so dialed now that we accidentally finished in less than 3 hours yesterday and were left wanting more Inclusive climbing event this weekend, very stoked 030
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The other day, at the crag, a small animal screamed and something fell from the cliff. We checked it out and found a rat snake that had caught a chipmunk. It had some scrapes but finished eating, slithered right between us, and climbed a tree #wildlifephotography bc I’m proud of pics 1 and 2 040
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Getting ready for wisdom tooth surgery. Last step, placing a crisp 20 under my tongue so they do me up right 060
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 07/04/2026🧗 Ran into some absolutely baffling grades this weekend. Forcing myself to not care about it Took a lot of good pictures, including a series of wildlife encounters that deserves its own post. Hope you like snakes Tokémon 10+ 170
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The first 1:11 of this would be great as the haunting, ambiguous final scene of a space horror film 020
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Over winter I started flaking rope by pulling it over my shoulder. Faster, easier on the arms. Wore a tank top to the gym today, started flaking without thinking Rope burn + L + it looks like a hickey 030
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 30/03/2026While watching project hail mary I was thinking “huh, astrophage is a climate change metaphor. A black liquid fuel that contains solar energy and makes earth uninhabitable. Oil. Fossil fuel” Uh, no, it was in fact simply plot juice lol 020
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Sir please step outside… breathe with me… in, out… good… we need to administer a second explosion to your brother, from the opposite side, to reverse the damage #thepitt 010
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Guy across the street is visibly drunk and changing a flat tire in the dark. Dry heaving, stumbling, wearing a headlamp, operating a hydraulic jack We only noticed because the dry heaving was loud enough to be heard while watching X-Files 000
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 20/03/2026🧗 If all goes well I’ll be camping and doing volunteer work for 3 days at an inclusive climbing event next month. Fingers crossed Diamond Cutter 10c 030
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I’ve become a bracelets guy in the last year or so but I’m not sure I can become a lots of bracelets guy. Some guys pull it off but it seems like a lot of responsibility 020
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 13/03/2026🧘 🧗affirmations🧗🧘 No one cares whether or not you flash this unnamed V1 with a weird topout You practice downclimbing and are good at it The best climber in the world is the one with the least broken ankles 260
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 06/03/2026🧗 An interesting case of a fall where it would have been way better to not have any pads down 050
nalgene merlot @figuresix.bsky.social · 05/03/2026First of all, these are not “glup shittos” they are some of our most treasured racist stereotype aliens 030