u/kuavi

Id love to give via ferrata a go one of these days but i don't fully understand how damgerous a fall can be even with the proper safety gear. Ive climbed top rope and sport climbed so i get it from that perspective but i dont have familiarity with via ferratta routes. Is it possible to research routes that don't have super spaced out vertical checkpoints and/or are primarily horizontal routes?

What does returning to the wall look like after a fall?

Is there a way to reduce chances of fall injury beyond the standard via ferrata kit and not climbing beyond my skill level?

Hi all,

I've been considering building up a marketing skillset and love the concept of Acadium but am unsure if it's the best move out there. Basically they have a bunch of training videos and partner you with a company for 10 hours a week for 3 months while you work for free while ideally learning marketing as well.

I've done a bit of marketing for myself in the past but I struggled a lot with it and wasn't successful. I'd like to learn under someone else to figure out where I went wrong and don't mind being paid in experience at first.

Is there a better way to land an internship? I feel like I could be really solid at marketing after some proper guidance but I feel lost trying to do it all on my own at this time.

Hi all,

I am in a field with worker shortages and can break into the Canada workforce easily. I am a US citizen fwiw.

However, I'd like to bring my wife with me as well. She is from Ecuador, we are legally married since Dec 2025 (dated since 2022), she has a bachelors degree, is fluent in English and B2 fluency in French and owns her own business in Ecuador and is financially independent. Only hiccup is that she got caught up in the USA immigration bullshit. She was denied entry at an airport, detained until she signed some documents and was returned to Ecuador. She hasn't overstayed or done anything illegal but that doesn't matter to the current US administration I guess. Anyways, she never received her deportation paperwork and despite talking with multiple lawyers on what direction to take, we still have no idea what is on file or if she even has a black mark in the US immigration system. And supposedly CA and US share immigration data.

For this reason, it is super important to me to be able to tie her application to enter Canada to my own as I'm hoping my occupation of mining geology is valuable enough to also get my spouse in. Is that possible to tie my spouse to my application for a LMIA closed work permit?

What kind of timeline does that look like anyways?

If there is a way she can live in Canada without a work permit, I would love to know alternate options as well. She doesn't need a Canadian job and plans to continue running her Ecuadorian business while living in Canada with me while I'm doing project work for 3-5 months.

Until I can transition to a full time year round job in Canada anyways but thats a whole nother set of questions lol.

Thanks!

Hi all,

I got a fistulotomy done roughly a year and a half ago. Had some regular post op drainage and then had a long period of peace.

Recently though, I'm in a seasonal job in a remote location thats more physical than I've had in a while and im using leg/glute muscles that havent been activated like that for some time.

My fistulotomy site had a bit of blood twice. Less than a tablespoon each time and no pus thank god. Im thinking/hoping that im just breaking up scar tissue and my body is adjusting to being more active but obviously there is a concern that ive undone what the fistulotomy achieved.

I have a week right now to recover (rotational work) but still got 3 more weeks of the job. After that ill be able to go chat with a doc and possibly get an mri for peace of mind. Anybody else been in this situation where they had a bit of bleeding after a strenuous workday? Hoping for reassurance that its all gonna be fine but i guess also trying to mentally prepare myself for the possibility of needing a 2nd fistulotomy.

Thoughts and support appreciated.