| Re: Coyote Off on Colorado Adventure [message #89176 is a reply to message #89171] |
Wed, 30 July 2014 13:37   |
Russell Ryan
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Registered: May 2012
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500 miles, eh? I get antsy just flying for 500 miles...
Good luck!
On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:31:17 PM UTC-4, David Fanning wrote:
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> Coyote and I are off today to hike the 500 miles from Denver to Durango
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> on the Colorado Trail. The last time we did this together disaster
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> struck (a given with Coyote, of course), and the "epiphany" I sought was
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> to write an IDL book. I'm hoping for better luck this time.
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> It's not clear how often I'll be able to post while on the hike, but I
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> am going to try to make occasional updates on my Rawah Ranger blog, if
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> some of you feel the need to live vicariously:
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> http://rawahranger.com/
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> The trip is starting out auspiciously. Yesterday I nearly set the
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> kitchen on fire testing a stove, and the weather forecast for the next
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> several days is for 2-4 inches of rain and a flash flood watch in the
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> area where we start the journey, a most unusual forecast in Colorado.
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> I'm trying to do this with little or no planning, a basic requirement
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> for danger and adversity, the two most important elements in good
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> storytelling.
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> Coyote's pack weighs about 45 pounds, but from what I can tell, most of
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> the weight is in back issues of Playboy magazine. I'm not sure he will
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> make the entire length of the trail, although we should have plenty of
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> fire starting material. :-(
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> Cheers,
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> David
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> --
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> David Fanning, Ph.D.
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
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> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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