BETA Part 1: Why I Built a Climbing Conditions Pipeline
Okay so lemme tell you how this started. I was sitting in an NWAC avalanche awareness class — one my climbing community Rising Roots organized at The Mountaineers in Seattle — and I asked out loud: “how come something like NWAC avalanche forecasting doesn’t exist for climbers? Some kind of tool that helps us decide when conditions are solid without having to cross-reference a shitload of resources?” I had a quick conversation with a PhD student about weather data infrastructure, and then I sat with that question a little harder. WTF — why doesn’t this exist? ...