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# Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 16
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/modest-operations-newsletter-volume-16/
- Published: 2019-03-12T14:00:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T22:24:37.000Z
- Description: Modest Operations email newsletter Volume 16 (March 12, 2019).
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: creative caffeine, maekan, outside, anna callaghan, david sherry, eugene kan, modest operations, newsletter, #import-mailchimp-2026-09-13

Coming back from vacation (a wonderful international one, at that) is always a bit tricky, and it's true what they say about one's first trip to Asia being pretty mind-expanding, but I'm happy to be back. 

**This Week's Links** *A list of things I've been reading & thinking about.*\* "On November 9, 2018, a dog named Mera became the first of her kind to reach the summit of Baruntse, a 23,389-foot peak in Nepal’s Himalayas, located just south of Mount Everest. The peak, often overlooked as it lies in the shadow of some of the tallest mountains in the world, is a steep, challenging climb in its own right. Other than a brief human-aided zip line down a short section of fixed line, Mera made the ascent completely unsupported." - [The First Canine Ascent of a 7,000-Meter Himalayan Peak (Anna Callaghan for *Outside*)](https://www.outsideonline.com/2390456/first-dog-ascent-baruntse-nepal?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "Once I started meeting with people, I told them about these projects, and it was a great way to show them what I was about, and to become the 'Hey, you're that guy who did that thing with the coffee..' etc. When things get slow, experiment. Find something that's interesting to you and tinker with it, try it out." - [7 Things When Work Got Slow as a Freelancer (David Sherry for *Creative Caffeine*)](https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?id=dce1932127&u=c902571b9ac0aa0e45b3cc71e&ref=drewshannon.net) \* "The reason Outlier continues to exist in such a difficult product world comes down to some decidedly unsexy reasons. They’re willing to go further and work harder to create things that aim to provide real-world value in a sea of clothing that is often forgotten in subsequent days after it leaves the front pages of the Internet." - [The Outlier Way — Clothing Unwavering Against Compromise (Eugene Kan for *Maekan*)](https://www.maekan.com/share/the-outlier-way-clothing-unwavering-in-compromise?ref=drewshannon.net)