maff @maff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Ama Dablam and Machapuchare usually get my vote for Himalayan mountains, sub-8000m weight class 030
maff @maff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026per last fm, the Cure have finally been dethroned as my most-listened artist. It’s an obviously incomplete data set (missing an easy 1000+ GD listens on Relisten, Play Dead, and CD) but pretty wild to see a lifetime of listening matched by an 8 month deep dive that is still in the relative shallows 010
maff @maff.bsky.social · 31/07/2026this week I climbed El Diente and completed the traverse to Mt. Wilson, one of the four great traverses on Colorado 14ers. bucket list climb I’ve been eying for years, basically had the place to myself. lived up to all the hype, definitely a step up from any individual 14er. very intense, very cool. 030
maff @maff.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Had a blast climbing Mt. Lindsey’s NW Ridge this week, except for the hike to the ridge which was a slog and the hike down which was a death march and the part where I stayed too high on the ridge and had to do a sketchy downclimb off a spire to get to the crux, which was very fun climbing 130
maff @maff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026very conflicted about how to handle identity verification requests for websites I use regularly so I guess it's nice of @bsky.app to take the decision of whether to verify out of my hands. anyway see ya later I guess 000
maff @maff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Agree that it doesn’t seem likely but it seems more likely than an amendment , and with Kav explicitly calling for them to do it, I’d guess they at least kick the tires 010
maff @maff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026came across the picture tonight of Uncompahgre Peak at sunrise four years ago. today if you stood at the top and looked west you’d see an 8,000 acre wildfire burning near Ouray. special places. 020
maff @maff.bsky.social · 28/06/2026the Dead clear this without blinking if you like them and don’t come close if you don’t; the interesting angle for them is in which individual years of their career do they clear this. I think all of 68-74 are in, 77 is a lock, 76, 78, and 79 are probable, and that’s as far as my knowledge goes 110
maff @maff.bsky.social · 17/06/2026got a particularly egregious marketing email from an SEO company bragging about astroturfing reddit comments to get cited by LLMs, pointing to its success on behalf of an AI music generation platform. having a hard time thinking of a more depressing trajectory for the internet than this 130
maff @maff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Planning this year’s peakbagging trip, I was going through pics from a couple years ago from one of the climbs I bailed on that I may try again this year. This pic stands out, for both obvious and less obvious reasons that become clearer when you zoom in on the bottom right… 150
maff @maff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Krakauer has an essay in Eiger Dreams about Chamonix that gets to this—cable car rides to the crag with a stop for breakfast, climbers so used to crowds they don’t see kicking rocks on climbers below them as a problem so much as a natural occurrence. They’re just not remote like the Mtn West 030
maff @maff.bsky.social · 27/05/2026In 2022, I decided to re-dedicate myself to climbing all 58 of Colorado’s 14,000’ peaks by 2030, when I would turn 40, which seemed like a reasonable deadline. Now, 14ers.com, the online bible for these mountains, is on the same timeline: 4 more years for this project. 240
maff @maff.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Weather, loose rock, and getting off route are my big fears out there, in some order. So something like this knife edge (beautiful day, solid rock, definitely on-route) wasn’t nearly as bad as the confusing crumbly rock on either side. Snow mountaineering sounds like my nightmare though… 110
maff @maff.bsky.social · 21/05/2026One thing that comes up a ton if you’re planning to climb Kit Carson Peak is not missing a key turn that leads away from nearby cliffs to the rest of the route. If you see this sign, you’ve uh missed the turn! 130
maff @maff.bsky.social · 21/05/2026“James McMurtry plays the Continental Club twice a week every week for a $10/15 cover” increasingly feels like the last stand of old Austin. one of these days one of them will decide they can’t make it here anymore. 050
maff @maff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026He’s a treasure. New album is great too. Still plays twice weekly at the Continental Club when not on the road; I try to get down there as much as I can. Keeps adding different verses to Choctaw Bingo. 020
maff @maff.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Donating to the @edsbs.bsky.social Charity Bowl to support refugees. When they play this year, it will have been 5,841 days since A&M last beat Texas in football. Donating $58.41 for each offensive TD A&M has scored against Texas since then (2), for a total of $116.82 (+fees). edsbscharitybowl.com 110
maff @maff.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Junie Update: last week I threw this blanket that’s usually on our bed onto this chair, and since then Junie has spent roughly 16 hours per day on it 161
maff @maff.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Currently making a digital backup of this Jerry Garcia box set (Rhino 04!) the GF’s dad had in the laundry room closet 010
maff @maff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026For the first time, IG has now asked me whether I’m seeing this ad too often or not. I feel like they have the data to make that assessment themselves personally. “Hey we normally show him a given ad maybe once or twice, ever, and he’s seen this one 50+ times, something is up here.” 010
maff @maff.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Over the past couple weeks, I have been stalked by this ad for a free webinar on how to actively manage semi-arid rangeland. I get it 1-3x per day. Twice in the last 10 minutes. The picture looks nice but active management isn’t my preferred approach to semi-arid rangeland 130
maff @maff.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Dying at this excerpt from Long Strange Trip wherein Miles Davis torches Steve Miller in passing 010
maff @maff.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Btw, my GF’s dad was one of those people who lived in NY in the late 70s and got to see the Dead a dozen+ times, including Cornell 77 and Englishtown 77 (DP 15). Sent him some of my thoughts on DP15 along with the 36FTV episode and got some fun feedback from him 110
maff @maff.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I am halfway thru (18/36) my first foray into the Grateful Dead via the Dick's Picks series. going to thread some thoughts on them here. thanks to @stevenhyden.bsky.social and @robmitchum.bsky.social of 36FTV for the excellent companion pod. Here’s what it’s done to my music listening this year 220
maff @maff.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Obsessed with Cairn. Special game. Made it up the Peril last night—huge rock wall skill check. Took me all evening. Onwards and upwards. 000
maff @maff.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Second week of February. Kill me and send me to hell where I might obtain some relief from this cursed state 030
maff @maff.bsky.social · 21/11/2025today I finally ended a two year long quest to obtain a good quality digital version of “Deep Burnt” by Pepe Bradock, courtesy of this excellent Masters at Work compilation ordered used off discogs and this LG cd ripper I finally got around to buying. and they said I didn’t have my life together 130
maff @maff.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Unreal how good TV on the Radio are. They’ve only grown more powerful during the hiatus. 041
maff @maff.bsky.social · 28/07/2025This weekend I climbed the North Ridge on Kit Carson (with a descent over Challenger Point) and Crestone Needle. I’ve thought about these climbs for years and they lived up to all the hopes and fears I had for them. They also take me to the halfway point in climbing Colorado’s 14ers (29/58). 181
