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Drones too!! So loud and obnoxious. You don't need overhead footage for your social in one of the most photographed places in a popular national park. The musi
by dillondoyle 5y ago
Drones too!! So loud and obnoxious. You don't need overhead footage for your social in one of the most photographed places in a popular national park.
The music thing is a big issue in the climbing community, mostly younger / newer climbers. I don't mind in some places if they are somewhat contained and they ask first. but not in national parks, nothing loud, and nothing obnoxiously distracting.
Some funny 'drama' on Instagram between a very skilled teenager and an older leader in the community. Kid played music in a national park and complained about not being able to find stashed pads on Instagram (leaving large foam in a national park === bad).
The older community leader posted a photo of him and park rangers taking trash/pads down. Didn't mention the kid but oh boy that kid did what a lot of teenagers do and barfed out a lot of drama. it was funny to read. Made me feel very much in old man on the stoop territory. There were more supporters taking the side that stashing pads and playing music is acceptable in a national park, and the older leaders who actually interact with rangers are 'gate keeping' and just don't understand ;0
- dvngnt_ 5y agomaybe we need quieter drones
- catillac 5y agoWe do, in addition to continuing banning drones in wildlife areas like national and state parks due to externalities such as messing with bird flocks.
- dillondoyle 5y agoIs it physically possible? Theoretically like what is the quietest we could go?! Is it just the motor or is there some sound generated just by moving air around?
- sam_bristow 5y agoI've seen some people doing work on this [1]. I can't remember how much was actually making the drones quieter vs doing signal processing to remove the sound from on-board audio capture. [1] https://www.dotterel.com/ https://www.dotterel.com/
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoIf it's anything like e.g. PC fans, using larger, slower moving propellers is the way to go. But alternatively, just use a selfie stick, the previous biggest nuisance.
- dillondoyle 5y agothat makes sense, same with turbines they are insanely scary huge. i follow reddit/r/megalophobia a giant 10 foot wing span drone would scare me!!!
- foreigner 5y agoIn theory the noise is wasted energy, so making them quieter should make them fly better too.
- dillondoyle 5y agothat makes sense. like gears/metal grinding = friction i assume?
- arkades 5y agoI’m not a climber. Can you please expand on what these pads are, and why they need to be promptly removed?
- dillondoyle 5y agoComment below got it! The problem with leaving them outside is animals get into them and try to eat/tear out the foam. When the foam gets out it starts splitting into chunks and goes everywhere.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoAnd the foam is a plastic (iirc), so it doesn't decompose. Just take your shit back home.
- dylanz 5y agoCrash pads. It’s what boulderers (climbers who climb smaller technical routes) use to fall on. They usually have straps and you wear them like backpacks.