The forecast showed huge showers and storm winds. I put my tent in a very nice spot between rocks and trees, reinforced the tent pegs with stones to prepare it for harsh weather conditions, put a rope on the trees nearby so my tent is safe from falling branches (and it's actually saved me from one branch).
In reality it was only a light rain, the next day after the rain the winds and the deadly cold came, but the weather is exceptionally sunny right now.
Probably cause of the winds or rains or both there were electricity outages, so I found a company of a few very cheerful guys and we went to the bazar in the nice, but tiny car-house to get some vegetables and fruits for the next week. Electricity came back the next day outages started and most of the time it's available, however working outside is problematic, because the air freezes my hands. Sitting in the sun works, when there is no hard winds. Yesterday it was too cold, so I had to go to the nearby village to my friend and work near the fireplace, it was actually nice and cozy.
Also, the sleeping bag I have is +12 degrees and in the night it feels closer to zero, I put all my clothes on me, slip into sleeping bag, wrap myself into blanket and put bottles with warm water inside.
I hope it will become warmer soon. The good news is that I'm going to a warmer country on December 1, so even if it doesn't, I need to survive just a few days.
It doesn't bother me too much, except that it affects the sleep quality and ability to work. A few weeks ago, when I was sleeping in hammock and watching the stars, it was much more fun and comfort.
What lessons can I learn from this?
1. Checking forecasts can save your life or the life of your tent.
2. It's hard to predict what will happen in a couple month ahead, even if you already have experience in the same or similiar location and conditions.
3. Good relationships and the network of people can countervail the uncertanties.
The forecast showed huge showers and storm winds. I put my tent in a very nice spot between rocks and trees, reinforced the tent pegs with stones to prepare it for harsh weather conditions, put a rope on the trees nearby so my tent is safe from falling branches (and it's actually saved me from one branch).
I've spent the whole week walking through the forests, mountains and seasides. I took shower and washed in mountain rivers, swam in cozy bays, was chilling in hammock and reading a book, cooked on the tiny 25g titanium gas stove.
No rush, no tasks, no responsibilities. Found a water, found a place to sleep, have enough food left - good. I went through the memories, thought about past a future, lived in the moment. It was really good.
Studies, dayjob, competitions, someones birthday, whatever. I have never had time solely for myself. This one was for me.
I didn't get enlightened or something, but it was wonderful. I wish more people could have an opportunity to do the similiar things and live there lives.
I've spent the whole week walking through the forests, mountains and seasides. I took shower and washed in mountain rivers, swam in cozy bays, was chilling in hammock and reading a book, cooked on the tiny 25g titanium gas stove.
My new home for the next couple month. Will go through Lucian way, climb and run preparing for marathon. Will be away from civilization for a week during the hike, but after that will come back to base camp and do some guile, guix and hoot work.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 30th Anniversary Edition with Japanese Keyboard. This is a present from my mom for my 30th birthday.
Runs smoothly, however it can be hot in some situations. I've built 6.10 kernel and updated libcamera in Guix repo, but wecam still doesn't work yet. I've put 2tb ssd (a brithday present from myself) from my previous laptop into it and heavily customized the keyboard, swapped a few keycaps, moved right part of the layout 1 column to the right, added a few layers and remappings. It hugely reduced the pain in my wrists, very happy with it.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 30th Anniversary Edition with Japanese Keyboard. This is a present from my mom for my 30th birthday.
Runs smoothly, however it can be hot in some situations. I've built 6.10 kernel and updated libcamera in Guix repo, but wecam still doesn't work yet. I've put 2tb ssd (a brithday present from myself) from my previous laptop into it and heavily customized the keyboard, swapped...
For the last five years instead of changing phone I just update the battery once in 1-2 years. During the one of such refreshes of the phone, the battery exploded and burned the screen. The repair foreman found a new display and now I have a white pixel3 instead of black one :) The full story is here:
https://github.com/abcdw/notes/blob/cd620d9/notes/20240525193927-my_phone_is_fine.org?plain=1#L7
My primary applications:
- Olauncher :: no bs, no badges, no icons, no distraction.
- F-droid :: primary application store.
- OrganicMaps :: trails and hikes.
- Gmaps :: public transport.
- Conversation, Telegram :: multi-purpose IMs.
- PipePipe and mpv :: yoga, educational and entertaining offline videos.
- Voice :: audiobooks for entertaiment and english listening practice.
- Timers :: for exercises and cooking.
- Camera :: taking picture of the nature and videos of my workouts.
For the last five years instead of changing phone I just update the battery once in 1-2 years. During the one of such refreshes of the phone, the battery exploded and burned the screen. The repair foreman found a new display and now I have a white pixel3 instead of black one :) The full story is here:
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