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Will you wear a mask on your next 14er ascent?

Yes. I will wear 2 masks until told otherwise.
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2%
Yes. My mask shows that I care for your health.
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8%
Yes. I don't know up from down, but it is important to signal virtue.
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2%
Maybe, depends on what the person in front of me is doing.
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8%
No. My face is too pretty to hide.
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7%
No. The mask thing is so 2020.
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3%
No. I read the science and masks outside are absurd.
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64%
No. I voted for Trump and I don't think he would approve.
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6%
 
Total votes: 173
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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"I read the science and masks outside are absurd." sounds like the most reasonable choice (and maybe it is, given the options).
Just that "the science" doesn't make that statement about masks outside.
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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mtnkub wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:57 am
Dave B wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:55 am
crossfitter wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:46 am But importantly, one side can throw mountains of charts, data, studies, and coherent arguments, and the other side parrots what the TV tells them is going to kill them next, despite any meaningful evidence or a pedigree of previous doomsday prophecies being proven accurate.
I don't think you grasp the irony inherent in this statement.
Well, i guess the prediction that up to 200,000 people may die of COVID in the US was indeed inaccurate.
Down from 2.2 Million, originally.
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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XterraRob wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:48 am Imagine being a person that lectures people about wearing masks in the Great Outdoors lol.



(Or anywhere).
+1

Everyone is a scientist with covid, lol I want to know what Bill Middlebrook is going to do on his next 14er hike...just wondering
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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Somewhat of a Prick wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 8:23 amFirst it was dont overwhelm the hospitals, then it shifted to waiting for a vaccine, then it shifted to herd immunity, then herd immunity itself shifted to north of 85%, now its everyone being vaccinated? I can't keep up with this constant goalpost shifting for when this insanity ends.
So close to self awareness.

I am fully vaccinated and will continue wearing a buff. Why? Because unlike weak-willed normie sheep my entire neck is tattooed and slathering that s**t up in sunscreen is gross. Gotta protect my neck, y'all!
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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supranihilest wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:04 am
Somewhat of a Prick wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 8:23 amFirst it was dont overwhelm the hospitals, then it shifted to waiting for a vaccine, then it shifted to herd immunity, then herd immunity itself shifted to north of 85%, now its everyone being vaccinated? I can't keep up with this constant goalpost shifting for when this insanity ends.
So close to self awareness.

I am fully vaccinated and will continue wearing a buff. Why? Because unlike weak-willed normie sheep my entire neck is tattooed and slathering that s**t up in sunscreen is gross. Gotta protect my neck, y'all!


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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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Why aren't any of the elderly at my gym here in Arizona wearing a mask? Wake up kiddos.


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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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crossfitter wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:59 am
mtnkub wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:57 am
Dave B wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:55 am

I don't think you grasp the irony inherent in this statement.
Well, i guess the prediction that up to 200,000 people may die of COVID in the US was indeed inaccurate.
Down from 2.2 Million, originally.
Yes, without measures taken. With measures taken we are now at 0.5-1 Million.
And yes, i do blame anti-masking propagandists for >100K of those. Discuss.
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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XterraRob wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:15 am Why aren't any of the elderly at my gym here in Arizona wearing a mask? Wake up kiddos.


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Why is the death rate from covid in AZ more than double that of CO? (That's a lot)
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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k_fergie wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:21 amWhy is the death rate from covid in AZ more than double that of CO? (That's a lot)
People would rather die in a sunny, free state than in a submissive one :)
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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k_fergie wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:21 am
XterraRob wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:15 am Why aren't any of the elderly at my gym here in Arizona wearing a mask? Wake up kiddos.


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Why is the death rate from covid in AZ more than double that of CO? (That's a lot)
Higher median age? Lots of older, retirees?
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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Somewhat of a Prick wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:34 am
k_fergie wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:21 am
XterraRob wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:15 am Why aren't any of the elderly at my gym here in Arizona wearing a mask? Wake up kiddos.


(There's a lot)
Why is the death rate from covid in AZ more than double that of CO? (That's a lot)
Higher median age? Lots of older, retirees?
Median age is 36.7 for CO, 37.7 for AZ. Strike one, try again
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Re: Masks in the Mountains

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XterraRob wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:34 am
k_fergie wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 10:21 amWhy is the death rate from covid in AZ more than double that of CO? (That's a lot)
People would rather die in a sunny, free state than in a submissive one :)
L oh f*cking L

The same "non submissive" state that censured the (non-politician) wife of a dead war hero for not kissing the Trump ring? Give me a f*cking break, dude. Sheep waving a different flag are still sheep.
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