Lumi Akimova / is on Nostr

That strange girl from CA. Meow ^_^

#mountains #climbing #japan #linux #python #k8s

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2025-04-05 18:15:32

Mountain rescue training had an... interesting vibe
At some points the hardest thing was to stop laughing :D
#mountains #rescue #safety
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2025-03-19 11:11:47

At the end of my last Korean trip in November we went to Trango factory in Incheon to buy some gear
The coolest purchase was a pair of Trango Raptor ice tools with an additional set of drytooling picks. Love them a lot!!
Since then, ~20 different people have used them. Including my climbing instructor who qualified for finals at AlmatyMixt 2025 using those tools
Unlike on Petzl Nomic, the lower eye is attached to a proper metal part and can reliably function as a clip-in point to take a rest and place ice screws (Nomic's lower eye is only rated for 150kg of dynamic load, and breaks easily)
#mountains #climbing #ice
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2025-03-10 20:18:30

This weekend I tried two new things in a very similar direction:
- freeride instead of plain skiing
- ice lead climbing (incl. placing ice screws) instead of top-rope
Only slept ~4 hours each night, so equally very happy and very tired :)
And yeah, there are no photos of me above the ice screws installed by another climber :(
#climbing #skiing #mountains
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2025-03-02 19:12:02

A few hours ago we turned back after attempting to ascend Aktash 3462m, at ~1150 vertical meters gained out of 1300
Because of unexpectedly deep snow at altitude (up to ~1.2m of depth), moderately heavy fog and end of daylight approaching
We had to pass ~70° sloped rocks covered in snow on our way back. Without any belay/rappelling equipment available, it had to be done during the last few hours of daylight
#mountains #climbing
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2025-02-25 12:05:35

Homemade natto, first batch
7/10, quite tasty, smells right and has strong threads
I should have boiled the soybeans longer, and removed more of the liquid before starting fermentation
At 16 hours of fermentation the smell was strong and unpleasant, at 20 hours still unpleasant but weaker. After 2 days in fridge smells very similar to Japanese store-bought natto
BTW, local supermarket mustard is quite similar to Karashi (also made from Brassica juncea seeds)
#japan #food
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