Greg Wellman

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Custom software design and implementation, mostly Oracle and C++, but plenty of other experience.
PhD in Physics, Global warming is real and dangerous, Reproductive rights are human rights, Trans rights are human rights. He/him.
Greg WellmanDec 28
@intrepidhero Thanks Brian! If I ever do this, I should take enough food for a couple extra days in case I need to turn around at that point and/or look for an alternate route. If I don't have people to go with, I might solo up to the Iron Cap tarn, but then come back the same side. Not doing anything you describe like that by myself. Heck I was with a friend on the Necklace Valley side and she twisted her ankle at Chain Lakes. Luckily it wasn't bad and we were able to hike out on schedule.
Greg WellmanDec 27
Joseph ElfeltDec 27
The Washington Trails Association has a good article on the impacts of the torrential rains earlier this month on access to the backcountry.
https://www.wta.org/news/signpost/2025-flooding-winter-hikers-how-to-help
#Hiking #PNW #Seattle
Greg WellmanDec 27
Show threadJohnDec 27

@cstross

I once read an interview with an Effective Altruist who said that a potential Skynet was the biggest threat facing humanity, during the hottest year in recorded history while the NAC fluctuated alarmingly, and that was the moment I knew Effective Altruists were idiots.

Greg WellmanDec 27

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@ShadowJonathan/115792386793676325

All of this.

Greg WellmanDec 27

@intrepidhero Thanks! I've been looking at the Iron Cap traverse since before Covid, but haven't had the right combination of training and partner(s) to do it. And the fatality there a few years back gives me pause. Attached is a map I pulled from someone who did the "really high" version (red) upon which I drew some other options. (I think most people do some version of the orange route - did you?) It's the really steep bit marked ?? that I'm worried about, and I think that's where the fatality happened. If you took that route, anything you can tell me about how you navigate that section would be appreciated!

I couldn't find the trip report where they did Hinman to Daniel (exiting at Pea Soup - Marmot) as well, but I did find this one where they exited the same way, while skipping Daniel. https://www.yellowleaf.org/scramble/g/r/2016-08-10-ALHR.html
I also found this one where they did Hinman and Daniel, but not quite as a traverse, and the exit is different, via the "normal" route up Daniel. https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1218878

Anyway, those extensions aren't for me, but I'm still hoping to do the Foss Loop / Iron Cap traverse some time.

Greg WellmanDec 27
@intrepidhero I've run into multiple definitions of the Alpine Lakes High Route. If you don't mind me asking, was this the "short" one from the Heart Lake side to the Necklace Valley side, the more extreme version that goes over Hinman and Daniel all the way to Marmot, or the even longer version that does all that, but starts at Dorothy? (Or something else?)
Show threadGreg WellmanDec 21
@mattblaze @ai6yr Yeah, this was what I guessed was most likely. The adrenaline of "I gotta save him" leads to failing to properly secure yourself first, or using some more approved technique that training would drill into people.
Show threadGreg WellmanDec 21
@mattblaze @ai6yr Is there a "usual suspect" when two people go missing from a boat leaving it adrift? Like if you find one person dead at the base of a cliff, it could be accident, foul play, or suicide. You find two people in the same way, maybe one was trying to save the other, but the odds of murder-suicide just went up. (Also, what equipment is on their bodies will be a big clue.) But I have no intuition about boating incidents, other than knowing that alcohol and boating aren't a great combo.
Greg WellmanDec 19

I read that he *entered* the US on an F1 student visa. Aha (from an AI summary of relevant articles).

F1 Visa: He previously studied at Brown University on an F1 student visa around 2000–2001.
DV1 (Diversity Visa): He entered the United States again in 2017 through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program (DV1), which granted him a green card.

Show threadGreg WellmanDec 19

@cstross That'd be the official, or branded term. Colloquially people will just say "copy" or simply the number - "He's Greg 3".

Game of Thrones fans would say "Third of his name."