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fandomtownies2022-01-13 01:03 pm
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Community Center Class | Keeping Your Advantage: Terrain and You! | Thursday Evening
Was Yang basically bouncing in excitement when people showed-up today?
You bet your boots she was.
"What's up?" she asked, grinning, once people had arrived. "That's not a rhetorical question, 'cause today we are studying mountains, and rock climbing!"
Thanks, Gladio, for moving this up her list of things to do.
"The important thing to remember about mountains is that each one is different, depending on the size and location," she said. "High mountains, and mountains located close to the Earth's poles, reach into the colder layers of the atmosphere. They are consequently subject to glaciation, and erosion through frost action. Such processes produce the peak shape. Some of these mountains have glacial lakes, created by melting glaciers. Mountains can be eroded and weathered, altering their characteristics over time, so even if you've been to an area once, it may not be the same as before."
"Tall mountains have different climatic conditions at the top than at the base, and will thus have different life zones -- with different survival hazards -- at different altitudes. The flora and fauna found in these zones tend to become isolated since the conditions above and below a particular zone will be inhospitable to those organisms. These isolated ecological systems are known as sky islands and/or microclimates."
Yang grinned at them brightly. "I REALLY want to take us to a sky island or glacial lake at some point, so if you have suggestions, I'm all ears."
"Mountains are also generally less preferable for human habitation than lowlands; the weather is often harsher, and there is little level ground suitable for agriculture. At very high altitudes, there is less oxygen in the air and less protection against solar radiation, and acute mountain sickness, caused by hypoxia - a lack of oxygen in the blood, affects over half of lowlanders who spend more than a few hours above 3,500 meters, or 11,483 feet."
"So today, we're starting small with rock climbing at a gym! We should be having a portal show up right about...." almost on queue, the portal she ordered popped up at the other end of the classroom. "Now! Gotta say, when the gnomes are on time, they are ON TIME!"
"Now, this is the one I go to regularly, so behave. I've already covered your passes and gear for today, so let's go have some fun!"
You bet your boots she was.
"What's up?" she asked, grinning, once people had arrived. "That's not a rhetorical question, 'cause today we are studying mountains, and rock climbing!"
Thanks, Gladio, for moving this up her list of things to do.
"The important thing to remember about mountains is that each one is different, depending on the size and location," she said. "High mountains, and mountains located close to the Earth's poles, reach into the colder layers of the atmosphere. They are consequently subject to glaciation, and erosion through frost action. Such processes produce the peak shape. Some of these mountains have glacial lakes, created by melting glaciers. Mountains can be eroded and weathered, altering their characteristics over time, so even if you've been to an area once, it may not be the same as before."
"Tall mountains have different climatic conditions at the top than at the base, and will thus have different life zones -- with different survival hazards -- at different altitudes. The flora and fauna found in these zones tend to become isolated since the conditions above and below a particular zone will be inhospitable to those organisms. These isolated ecological systems are known as sky islands and/or microclimates."
Yang grinned at them brightly. "I REALLY want to take us to a sky island or glacial lake at some point, so if you have suggestions, I'm all ears."
"Mountains are also generally less preferable for human habitation than lowlands; the weather is often harsher, and there is little level ground suitable for agriculture. At very high altitudes, there is less oxygen in the air and less protection against solar radiation, and acute mountain sickness, caused by hypoxia - a lack of oxygen in the blood, affects over half of lowlanders who spend more than a few hours above 3,500 meters, or 11,483 feet."
"So today, we're starting small with rock climbing at a gym! We should be having a portal show up right about...." almost on queue, the portal she ordered popped up at the other end of the classroom. "Now! Gotta say, when the gnomes are on time, they are ON TIME!"
"Now, this is the one I go to regularly, so behave. I've already covered your passes and gear for today, so let's go have some fun!"
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During the Lecture
Even if it is in a controlled environment.
Get Your Climb On!
As soon as she deemed them ready, it was time to check out the the climbing routes.
"There's easy, medium, hard, and expert trails here today, you just have to follow the color-coded paths," Yang said, pointing out the various options. "Or, you can try making your own goals. Race each other, work in teams, or get a feel for some of the unconventional maneuvers you might have do in order to move about a mountain."
"We've got the teachers here for the intro and the technique classes here with us today, so we can craft a session tailored to our skill levels! So let's go!"
[OOC: feel free to mod your npcs and your experience! Challenge each other! Have fun!]
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Re: Get Your Climb On!
But she'd said to behave, so behave Gladio would do, especially when, yeah, he was still definitely looking forward to this, even if it didn't involve any glacial lakes or sky islands.
He figured he might as well gets started on the hard route as a warm-up before giving that expert one a try.
Re: Get Your Climb On!
This was how she kept her 'students' from doing something reckless and losing an arm. Supposedly.
"GLADIOLUS AMICITIA. DON'T THINK I DON'T SEE YOU STARTING OFF ON THE HARD ROUTE!" Yang hollered, hands on her hips. "AT LEAST DO A PROPER WARM-UP FIRST."
Then again, she had a chocobro in class, so what did she expect?
Re: Get Your Climb On!
"This is the warm-up!" he hollered back, and had the decency to not sound too amused. "Trust me, Yang. I got this!"
He'd been practically warming up all day!
Re: Get Your Climb On!
"Fine," she said, utterly disgruntled. "If you fall on your ass, I reserve the right to laugh at you."
And she would absolutely record it, too.
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Being a 7 foot, genetically engineered super soldier was going to make the climbing aspect a bit awkward but Goose was never one to turn down a challenge. He realised it was probably safer to do something like a medium trail first to get a feel for the climbing.