Diamond To The Rough
Diamond To The Rough – Official Film Trailer from Myles Smythe on Vimeo.
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2016
Karl Meltzer Sets Appalachian Trail Record
…He covered the 2,190 miles over 14 states in 45 days 22 hours 38 minutes. Meltzer, 48, is a little different from other titans of the newly booming ultra-running scene. He is six years older than Scott Jurek, who was featured in the best-selling book about almost-barefoot endurance running, “Born to Run” — and who
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Skidding Culture is Not Stewardship
Like many many cultures and classes of people, trail user groups (hikers, bikers, equestrians…), can be, or often are, lumped into subsets or categories and “types:” day hikers, thru hikers, pole users, trail runners, ultra runners, free riders, cross country riders, gear junkies… These user groups and subsets may be associated with certain mores, and/or
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On Trails: An Exploration
“On Trails: An Exploration” by Robert Moor is on my reading list now, I think, but I may wait for a few more reviews before digging in as some of them are not so good. Not that I let reviews dictate my bucket list of books to read, but I’m too busy to explore a
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Breaking the ‘Green Ceiling’
“Black hikers break the ‘green ceiling’ and clear a path for nature enthusiasts: African Americans make up just 7% of people venturing to national parks while white visitors make up 78% – but Outdoor Afro is training leaders to change that…”
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Built As Drawn
I’m not sure I would consider the analogous for trails, or that they would produce anything as interesting as these 3D drawings: bicycles-built-based-on-peoples-attempts-to-draw-them-from-memory The title is deceiving as the bikes are not “built,” they are merely 3D drawings that look real(ish). The drawings probably took a considerable amount of time to ‘build’…Drawn as Drawn.
Going Off the Beaten Path…Towards Disaster
Going off trail is really the natural state of things, and something humans have done since human existence. Other animals do the same, and some even have trails of there own. Now there are now 7+ billion humans, over 27 billion domesticated animals worldwide, and 240 million pets (in the US). I’m uncertain on the
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Trails Benefits Library
The Trails Benefits Library “is a collection of studies on the positive impacts of trails, especially in small or medium-sized towns and rural areas. The library is searchable by type of benefit, use, year, and region.”
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What 3 Words? Where Are You?
I’m not sure what to say about “what 3 words“other than “why didn’t I think of that,” which is 6 words. Beside the obvious fact that I didn’t, I can see using w3w for multiple applications, but mostly the ubiquitous question, “Where are you?” Whether it will ever replace addresses remains to be seen. People’s
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Aerogel Gear
Hopefully aerogel doesn’t prove to be as bad for the environment as GoreTex and other PFCs. Being that it is silica based, silicosis is a problem. Aerogels are a much better alternative to staying warm when compared to down. Aerogels are also “open source,” not propriety, so the benefits should prove to level the price