Hello Hivers! I'm SizzlinKola, but I actually don't like Coca-Cola. 😅
I got the name from a random username generator I used when I was a kid. I had no creativity back then so why not let a robot decide for me?
Anyways, I'm a complete noob to Hive and cryptocurrency. I stumbled upon Hive as I wanted to dabble more into writing/blogging. My very first post was 4 months ago, a short fiction story.
But I didn't see anyone comment or give me votes after the next day, so I thought this whole HIVE thing was a scam. Felt discouraged and didn't come back for awhile.
That was until I came back a couple days ago and saw @lovesniper's / @indayclara's comment on my story. She gave a ton of great resources to get better acquainted with Hive and recommended I make an introduction post.
So, here I am climbing up a 900 ft of rock!
🧗 I'm an avid rock climber.
Are your palms sweaty yet?
I've been climbing for 5 years. I first started at a bouldering gym and was scared of heights (ironic huh?). After my first visit, I bought a pair of shoes and I've been addicted ever since.
Here's a couple action shots of me climbing and having the time of my life. There's nothing like getting up high up on a wall and staring at the beautiful landscape around you.
🌲 I'm a nature lover.
While I love climbing, it's an extension of my love for the outdoors. I love to go hiking and camping. There's nothing like breathing crisp air high in the mountains and gazing upon an expansive panoramas. For me, it's refreshing and soothes my soul.
✈️ I'm a wanderluster.
Ever since I met my wonderful partner 7 years ago, she infected me with her wanderlust.
Some of my favorite destinations are:
- Ireland
- Spain
- Costa Rica
- Puerto Rico
🎮 I'm a gaming nerd.
I've been gaming ever since I was a toddler. The first game I remember playing is Mortal Kombat (violent as sh*t, why did my parents let me play it?!).
My brother owned consoles that he let me play as I grew up. He also built me a PC that I completely trashed after watching too much porn on it as a horny teenager.
Nowadays, I'm a pure PC gamer and love story-driven games. I tend to lean towards games that evoke emotion with me and make my heart stir. Games that leave me in awe when the credits roll by. Lately, it's been a lot of JRPGs.
Some of my favorites in the past couple years have been:
- Nier Automata and Replicant
- Persona series
- Bioshock: Infinite
- Trails series
- Outer Wilds
- Life is Strange
- Red Dead Redemption 2
🥕I'm a vegan foodie.
I love trying out new vegan places to see how creative and delicious vegan food can be.
I've been vegan for 1.5 years now and it's been amazing. I went vegan because I wanted to help reduce animal suffering. I believe that we shouldn't slaughter and eat intelligent beings that are capable of emotion and pain.
I recently went to an animal sanctuary that has rescued farm animals and I came out feeling warm after seeing how I've helped them life a cozy life.
I'm so grateful that veganism has exploded since the pandemic and there are many options for me in my city. I've had some absolutely spectacular food that has not made me miss meat or fish at all.
🐝 I'm a Hive noob.
I'm hoping to share my passions and interests with everyone here, making some friends along the way! Whether it's one of my rock adventures, a game that I long to write about or some delicious vegan food I just tried.
Thank you for making it this far and appreciate the read! Hope you have a wonderful, blessed day. See ya around. 👋
#gaming #vegan #foodie #climbing #outdoors #travel #introduceyourself
All photos are mine.
Hi @sizzlinkola, welcome to Hive and thanks for introducing yourself to the community. Looks like you like challenges and adventure. Rock climbing is no joke though, so I admire you for that :)
I see you're new on Hive, so let me drop you a few suggestions to help you navigate better on our platform.
We have different communities on Hive and we're encouraging users to post in the right community based on the topic of the post.
Here's a guide I put together to help you learn about how communities work and why you should use them -> Communities Explained - Newbie Guide.
Once you posted your post in the right community, you can then cross post it to OCD community. Here's a guide about cross posting.
Please don't delete any post with the purpose of reposting it in another community as that can be considered abuse!
Happy blogging and let me know if you need help :)
Thanks for the welcome and the resources on communities!
If there doesn’t seem to be a right or best community for my post, then what would you recommend I do?
I assume I’ll have ideas to write about but not sure where would be to best place or audience.
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Holy sh*t! I couldn't even look at the picture, I am extremely scared of height to the extent that I get chills just from looking at a picture of someone on a very high place. You're truly brave to be able to climb up to that height, some of us won't even dare climb a 12ft rock 😂. Nice to meet you Sizzlinkola
Nice to meet ya too!
Haha it’s funny how I used to be scared of heights. It’s more of a fear of falling now (like a sketchy bridge or steep slippery hike).
My college had a rope climbing wall and I told myself “I would never do that!” Well, look at me now 🤣
The fear of falling is basically what's behind my fear of heights, I always imagine falling from a high place and whenever I am on top something very high, I get dizzy and a voice in my head starts screaming "you're definitely going to fall and end up dead!" 😆
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The best of luck to you on Hive! 🙂
Wow, thanks so much! Greatly appreciate it. :)
Great post, love the rock pics!
Thanks! I’ll probably make some posts about my climbing trips in the future.
So awesome that you are a climber. Welcome aboard. The secret here is to stick around and find like-minded ppl. I guarantee you'll succeed ~^
Thanks! Definitely looking forward to engaging with folks on this platform. Will post more climbing stuff if people are into that :)
If you can make them into awesome travel content you'll be a star, for sure.