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Flyingfish wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:56 pmSo my one rebuttal
I don't have a dog in this fight, but here's an honest question:
Did you take any pictures on the peaks in question? I've never met someone who doesn't take at least a few pictures when climbing a bunch of impressive mountains, and while a lack of pictures wouldn't be evidence against you, if you were able to provide pictures from a few of the peaks in question, I'm sure that could soothe some of the doubts. So...pics or it didn't happen?
HikesInGeologicTime wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:59 pm
Is he trying to profit off his peak stats in some way, like by scoring a book/film deal (good luck with that...), establishing himself as a guide or lecturer, or obtaining some position of authority using them? If so, I can see publicly calling him out, even if it’s unlikely to do much - there’s a certain other individual notorious around these parts who’s been the Denver Post’s on-call “fourteener expert” for a few years in spite of being caught in several lies, either outright or by omission, about his accomplishments. If something like that’s going on, great, nip it in the bud.
Otherwise, while it would personally bother the hell out of me if I claimed peaks I didn’t feel I’d summited properly (if that’s even what’s happening here), I feel it’s not my list, not my circus, not my monkeys.
Flyingfish wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:56 pmSo my one rebuttal
I don't have a dog in this fight, but here's an honest question:
Did you take any pictures on the peaks in question? I've never met someone who doesn't take at least a few pictures when climbing a bunch of impressive mountains, and while a lack of pictures wouldn't be evidence against you, if you were able to provide pictures from a few of the peaks in question, I'm sure that could soothe some of the doubts. So...pics or it didn't happen?
No not really, I have the occasional picture from trailheads and what not but not summits. I hike for the challenge of distance, and what not, its exercise not a picture extravaganza. Which is why I don't post trip reports (thanks to those of you who do take pictures and post reports). I haven't met people who really take a bunch of pictures of their morning run or evening weights session, so I don't take many if any during my exercise period. Its a chance to escape and get outside not be tied to my phone/camera taking pictures. IMO if you want to see the view go hike it.
Cruiser wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:13 pm
If you choose to make this info public on the interwebz then it shouldn't come as a shock when someone scrutinizes it publicly. Amirite?
I pass no judgement, gotta do what you believe in and Ben seems very convicted on keeping some honesty in hiking which I respect.
Flyingfish wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:56 pmMy one reasoning that I can see and might seem like a copout is that I seem to have poor GPS availability on my phone, yay AT&T, and I have found multiple times that the GPS tracks are very spotty if not at all which Strava does not seem to like which would be why I have not been using GPS tracks much if at all since they are spotty on my with a phone. Some might say that I should use a GPS device to get better service which is not wrong either I just have not gotten to getting one or felt a huge need.
Except that's not true either. Your activities were captured by a Garmin Fenix 5, a high-end GPS watch. How do I know? I have that watch myself and it says right on your Strava activities. Here are two examples, but it's on every single screenshot of your Strava activities.
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CaptCO wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:25 pm
If he doesn’t pay for a subscription wouldn’t the watch connect through the synced cell phone signal? I do find it sus you have no interest in pictures, or pre downloading maps of the areas which wouldn’t require signal. I still don’t believe you have a reason to lie about mountain summits 99.9% people don’t care about. Yikes (cringe)
I'm not sure what subscription you're referring to, Alec. Garmin devices with the exception of the inReach don't require a subscription, to my knowledge. You pay for the device and that's all it costs. The Fenix 5 also can't handle maps, but can handle breadcrumb GPX tracks. It's very accurate unless you're not moving or moving very slowly, or stuck in a chimney or deeply inset gully or some such for a long time. My watch syncs through Garmin Connect, which is also free, and I have it configured to sync automatically to Strava. I don't know if Strava can import directly from Garmin devices or not, but one way or another Fenix 5 made it onto his activities.
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CaptCO wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:25 pm
If he doesn’t pay for a subscription wouldn’t the watch connect through the synced cell phone signal? I do find it sus you have no interest in pictures, or pre downloading maps of the areas which wouldn’t require signal. I still don’t believe you have a reason to lie about mountain summits 99.9% people don’t care about. Yikes (cringe)
No, the watch would have its own internal GPS. The InReach just has a fee due to sending your track in real time to in interwebs, the Garmin watches you just upload after the fact when you are back in signal.
I’m just glad Eli likes and takes pictures. Some of those shots from Wyoming this summer brightened my day during a dark year.
Ben - we need to get you a CPA. I wish some of the audit work papers I review were this thorough.
Graham - I have a lot of respect for some of the folks indicating you are a person of character. Be true to yourself and don’t let the rest concern you.
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment." --- Nasreddin
