Day 0        Our trip began with a snag, before even reaching the trailhead.  Meghan’s bag, marked with my name, failed to arrive with our airplane, instead opting to explore conversion options in Salt Lake City.  Told the earliest the bag would reappear was 11am the next morning,Continue Reading

Thirty people in tents rarely move quickly or in unison and it takes a while to get the herd moving this morning.  After much deliberation, tracking down the necessary gear, a double set of cams .5 through 3, we stand around for a while, wait for a bit, then holdContinue Reading

35 degrees and windy don’t feel outrageous, until you brush snow off some rock to start climbing.  For a day ice climbing, this could be precariously warm, not so much for the splitters of Indian Creek.    Last night’s wind blew one of the group’s tents over, much to theContinue Reading

Rain drops spatter on the windshield, as I cross the cold front descending on Grand Junction.  In a few hours, it will dump 12 inches of powder on the Vail pass, an hour behind me.  For now it’s just a few intermittent droplets, coming and going in brief waves andContinue Reading

That title covers a few things, now doesn’t it?   MongoDB locally: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/     PyMongo http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/ http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/tutorial.html   Mongo for Flask apps http://ryaneshea.com/mongodb-for-flask-apps/     Heroku ====== commands:   heroku logs   MongoHQ on Heroku http://support.mongohq.com/partners/heroku.html   Git for Heroku and Github https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/git   Flask / MongoHQ connector forContinue Reading

Sending Fortis, a fun climb at the Talking Headwall of Elizabeth Furnace. [map]

Burnt Cabins from Dan McEwan on Vimeo.   A first attempt at some Jeep-attached GoPro footage.

A life well lived requires risk. An epic story demands epic moments. In the run up to turning 30 this past November, I played the nostalgia game and considered whether I had been living life deliberately. In finding a mixed answer to that question, I’ve come to realize that IContinue Reading

It turns out that back in March, the House passed a bill which included the following: Sec. 535. (a) <<NOTE: China.>> None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)Continue Reading