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Post Christmas morning walk with the dogs. Arko looking quite pleased with himself, for some reason!

#Dogs #dogsofmastodon #spain #huskydog

@[email protected] made a new post: "Well that's a big relief. Upgraded my OnePlus6 from #postmarketos 25.06 to 25.12 without a hitch in accordance with https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Upgrade_to_a_newer_postmarketOS_release #phosh #linuxonmobile #li...

Short hike up the Rio Lanjarón and back to town via the Cecarta acequia. Short and sweet. Have a great festive period

#hiking #Spain #Granada #Andalucia #walking

Early Christmas present from our local walking group. Says a lot doesn't it, especially the card, which reflects quite amusingly on some of my struggles and inability to find the correct route 🤣 🤣

#christmas

@[email protected] made a new post: "It's cold and a bit miserable outside so I've spent a few days setting up a local version of Classicpress (a less bloated Wordpress) to use purely as a CMS, which is then converted automatically into a static site for...

Is this good or bad? Which path is this?

One path leads to a future where wilderness is a gated asset, a serene backdrop for the ultra-wealthy and conservation becomes a luxury business.

The other leads back to the core principles of true ecotourism and public protection, where conservation benefits ecosystems and local communities, and awe-inspiring places remain for all.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/chile-moves-create-national-park-edge-world-protect-wildlife-2025-12-19/

Some of the most insane mountain photography ever from this amazing winter ascent of Cerro Torre by Colin Haley

https://colinhaley.com/cerro-torre-winter-solo/

#patagonia #mountains #mountaineering

@[email protected] made a new post: "This is very tempting. The Lilygo T-Display P4 #LoRa for #meshcore or #meshtastic networks. Introductory video from Andy Kirby https://youtu.be/z6IOVYemF20?si=2H0NvYmJW2Uwp9ME"

@[email protected] made a new post: "Just tried @[email protected] chat decentralized calls between phones. Even worked well having a call with my linux based PostmarketOS OnePlus6 Thanks to @[email protected] for the heads up #chat #postmarketos #linux...

@[email protected] posted [2] attachments: "Patagonia’s Price Tag - When Conservation Becomes a Luxury Business I’ve spent five weeks recently in Patagonia, a place that embodies the very idea of pristine wilderness. But on recent visits, something has ...

After many previous failures incl managed hosts going out of business, I've finally got #GoToSocial up & running on an old 2017 mini-pc from home

@richard

Allows me to do longer mountain posts with more images & also my grumpy ramblings & failings with technology, without clogging up this Mastodon feed.

As the introductory pinned post states "If you're a mountain person who loves tech (or a tech person who loves mountains), we probably have things in common."

#selfhosting #gotosocial

@[email protected] made a new post: "Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (50/2025): No December Lull https://linmob.net/weekly-update-50-2025/ #linuxphones #phosh #postmarketos "

@[email protected] made a new post: "#Introduction - A new home for longer mountain ramblings & tech dabbling! After years on a managed Mastodon instance, I've finally jumped into the #selfhosted world! Say hello to my new personal #ActivityPub instance...

@[email protected] made a new post: "My home based #GoToSocial instance going well so far. Ok, I'm only 2 days in! Backups being done by Borgmatic (Borg) which seems to be very efficient once set up. Took me a while, but I got there in the end. https://...

@[email protected] made a new post: "Don't think I'll be watching. Rip off #WorldCup. Good article this #Football #Soccer https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/2026-world-cup-fifa-trump-gianni-infantino-donald-trump"

@[email protected] made a new post: "This is crazy. No recourse, no recovery. Account gone. Don't trust big parts of your digital life with big tech "20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple" https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/ #ens...

@[email protected] made a new post: "So this #Gotosocial instance is running on an old Zotac Zbox ID18 that I bought way back in 2018. It has 2gb ram and a 64gb ssd drive. Should be sufficient, I hope. I have quite a complex routing setup at home and I ...

@[email protected] made a new post: "Well I think I finally managed it after many false starts and, paid for hosting services going out of business etc. A GotoSocial instance running from my own server at home. I have great hopes for this so I shall be k...

Been a frustrating couple of days trying to install automatic webcam image capture & ftp upload to my website. Most programs are far too complex for this simple situation. Ended up with a simple python script. Doesn't help too when my computer wont stop sleeping, suspending or hibernating.

Then, one morning, all at once everything clicks and works fine 😀

In a few days I've gone from a southern hemisphere late spring/early summer to a northern hemisphere late autumn/early winter environment. Nowhere was this more evident than yesterday when hiking in the Vereda de Estrella, near Granada, approaching the north face of Alcazaba. Just glorious autumnal colours!

#Hiking Walking #Mountains #Spain #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Outdoors #Andalucia

Back after 3 days of travelling and last night slept the sleep of the gods in my own home. You can't beat nearly 10 hours solid sleep

@Ali just had a thought on the plane from El Calefate to Buenos Aires ... have you thought about contacting suppliers and see if they want gear testing in exchange for images and full on-trail reviews?

Looking out from Cerro Paredón near El Chalten towards the east over Lago Viedma to the mountains beyond. Horizontal lines of steppe, pampas, lake, mountains, cloud and sky. A few icebergs can be seen on the lake surface having broken away from the Videma glacier

#Patagonia #mountains #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

This is quite an unusual image that we didn't realise we had captured until later that day. This is the magnificent Cerro Torre summit in the late afternoon sun. We knew there were condors flying around but didn't expect to see a paraglider appear in the image too 🤣

#Patagonia #mountains #flying #birds

The story of our recent encounters with the Andean Condor

https://scribbles.page/patagonia-diaries/posts/the-condor-s-call-a-test-of-patience-in-patagonia-part-2

#patagonia #birds #birding #birdwatching

The Condor approaching was anything but steady, tossed and jostled by the cliff-face turbulence. She was coming home to find her mate.

With an expert’s grace, she mastered the chaos. She lined up her final approach, adjusted her primary feathers with microscopic precision, and then, folded her wings and dropped like a stone, landing perfectly on a rocky perch just below our vantage point.

Short video of her coming in to land on the cliffs outside El Chalten

#patagonia #birds #birdwatching

Apologies to all my veggie friends for this. I live with a vegetarian and eat almost 95%+ vegetarian food. Love it. But sometimes, especially in Patagonia, you just have to eat a half a sheep.

Our final week here in El Chaltén, Can't believe 4 weeks already. Comfortable here, surrounded by warm, friendly people & a great selection of bars & restaurants. We've been doing lots of stunning trekking routes among some of the most dramatic mountains on the planet.

1 rough week but the weather has been superb. Nothing but t-shirts & shorts lately. Days incredibly long, with light from 4:30 am until 10 pm.

Could easily see myself living here. Be sad to leave. It's been an absolute blast.

Close up images of the summits of Cerro Torrre, Egger and Standhardt. from the Torre valley.

#Patagonia #mountains #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

After our failure with photographing the Andean Condor yesterday today we opted for a more static subject. Yes, the magnificent Cerro Torre. I might be biased, but to me this is the finest looking mountain on the planet.

Cerros Torre, Egger & Standhardt mountains. Some close ups to follow.

And guess what ... on the journey back to El Chalten the sky where we were yesterday was full of Condors. Typical eh! 🤣

#Patagonia #hiking #mountains #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

The day was perfect, sun-drenched, warm, with only a gentle breeze. Below us, El Chalten lay like a miniature model village. Across the horizon, the entire Fitzroy and Torre massifs stood stark against a brilliant blue sky, their snowy caps gleaming.

We paused to watch tiny, heroic figures of rock climbers clinging to the granite. I was a little envious.

#Patagonia #hiking #walking #mountains #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

Yesterday was to be our "Day of the Condor". Weather perfect. A chance to photograph Condors up close. Guess what? You've guessed it, 6 hours and just two small specks in the sky in the distance.

We had drawn a blank. Our quest had ended not with a majestic flap of wings, but with a quiet sigh.

Nice views anyway 🤣

#Patagonia #hiking #walking #mountains #birds #birdwatching