#personalized hikes

[randalltier]

You can choose only ONE no in-between answers. Be brave and bold and decisive and elaborate in the tags if you wish

[glacierinstitute]

[bacchuschucklefuck]

they tried to rebrand as The Criminals but riz is literally the city council's treasurer and also turns out people in their late 20s don't really name their friend groups. so now they're The Intrepid Heroes

[nurinthewoods]

Hiking in Northern Italy, June 2022. Amazed by flowers and that little pond.

[beansnpeets]

Thinking about human behaviour compared to animal behaviour again.

It's funny to hear people (the older gens) complaining that "kids these days are lazy, they don't wanna work, etc." What do we get for busting our asses? There is no reward. Many will never own homes. Many are unemployed, trying to find work, and nobody will hire them because they don't have a million years experience and a masters degree OR they want people to work for minimum wage??? People are giving up because there is no reward. Why would we do all this for nothing?

Same as a dog that won't recall when you haven't reinforced it with a reward. Your dog isn't going to do what you tell it to if there is no incentive. No, your dog SHOULDN'T listen just because you're boss and it should respect you. That isn't how it works. They don't think that way. And honestly neither do people.

When we went hiking Sprocket wasn't always taking treats gently from me when I recalled her or she checked in and I rewarded and my one friend told me to stop giving her treats. I told him I won't work for free so why should she. And he said "I do things for free all the time because I want to do them," and I didn't say it then, but I wish I had, but if you like doing it, that's the incentive. It's a self-rewarding behaviour. Just like anything else a dog does, like chasing a squirrel or sniffing things or getting into the trash. Heeling instead of going off to sniff stuff or recalling off of something they want to chase is something you have to reinforce. You have to give them something better so they make the choice you want them to make. They won't make it just because they *respect* you. They won't willingly recall off of exciting prey out of RESPECT. You need to give them a tangible reward for that. You cannot possibly expect your dog to listen just because and then punish them for disobeying you.

Yeah, Sprocket bit my fingers a couple times. The one time pretty hard. But she was excited. She knows how to take gently and I reminded her and she tried very hard to be gentle most of the time. I wasn't going to stop rewarding her for checking in with me and recalling while we were off leash hiking in the woods. I want her to know that coming back to me is good and in the event of an emergency I would like her to not blow me off.

[2hoothoots]

been chatting with a friend who's playing through PN2 again and i want it to be known i will not hear anyone say a WORD about Hollis giving Raz a hard time at the beginning of the game. if anything she is OUTSTANDINGLY accommodating to this random ten-year-old who wandered in unattended off the plane in the middle of an extremely tense situation

[nearlydark]

Blue Lake, August 2024

🎞️Lomo 800

[jdragsky]

the curse of being best known for writing a cozy uwu-ass indie rpg at age 22 is that now i must forever deal with people assuming im celibate

[alexmurison]

Huntsman’s Leap, Pembrokeshire An absolutely amazing coastal feature with its huge cliffs but only being a few meters wide. The view and exposure of the edge was very daunting and we were glad it wasn’t a windy day when we visited this area.

[amygdalae]

(worth mentioning iirc the distinction between types isnt actually as much of a thing as ppl say i just think its fun to make polls and categorize things)

[givemewinterpls]

Blue Mountain Trail, Port Angeles, Washington - 35mm

[marindasucksatmakingpancakes]

[king-underthe-mountain]

Moab, Utah.

[thebohemianloner]

📍 Appalachian Trail, Delaware Water Gap

[shotmrmiller]

⚠️TW - KIDNAPPING⚠️

Okay so it's obvious that this would never happen, but just imagine you SOMEHOW manage to escape from the 141, no way you're getting more than a few days before they find you again

you're right that slipping through their fingers would never happen. as if they wouldn't have shifts to keep an eye on you. and cameras. and dogs. but if you somehow did, this time they're lacing their fingers together and making a prison with em.

i personally love the idea of them being really really tolerant of your outbursts. they get it. this is all very different for you, no doubt hard to handle. so they take your punches and kicks and bites with incredible grace. at the end of the day, you're better off with them, no matter how resistant. but then you make your grand escape and decide that they've clearly been too nice. they've given you everything you could ask for; a bedroom fit for royalty, your favorite foods stocked full, their unconditional love and attention.

but that ends when you decide to bite the hand that's fed you. if you're gonna act like a runaway dog, then they'll treat you like it. (depending on who's decided to make you a permanent part of his life, this punishment could last from a half hour to days 🥲)

[chickenoptyrx]

....I just wanted to draw gators :T at this point these 2 are more 'a representation of my last 2 brain cells' then they are actual characters 😅