Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
I was asked more than once by my old boss in California if I knew of anyone or was interested in doing trail work myself in Armenia. I think it all began after this trip for him, or maybe beforehand because part of his heritage is Armenian. By the following year he was helping to
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Although I don’t live in southern California anymore, I still donate, or pay for a membership with SDMBA, because I like the people that helped start it, their ethos, and what they have accomplished or hope to accomplish. Also, I wouldn’t be where am without them. Their recent break from IMBA makes me feel like
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Some of cycling’s biggest brands, including Giro, Bell, Camelbak, and Blackburn, have become the target of a boycott by US cycling advocates – because their parent company manufactures firearms [including the AR-15] and ammunition. Would you buy a cycling product that’s made by a firearms company? There’s a good chance you already have I’ve owned
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I stumbled upon Jordan’s Instagram, and soon after his website because he settled on “trail-ology” to name them both. After reading some of his posts I can see we certainly relate on some level beyond just a word. His piece “5 Things I Learned From The Appalachian Trail” is great (so are many of his
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I love xkcd and his other site “what if?” In the northeast at this point in time (February) lightning is not likely at all, but this post on what if about lightning is electric, and felt the need to share it, especially the video from the what-if post (seen below). Perhaps I can think of a
Instructions for alternatives to or additional digital backup for the analog hang tags for iOS and Android. Let me know if you have problems or the information is out-of-date beyond the user interface look/feel changing. Roof Rack Reminder for iPhones iPhones come with an app that you may or may not use called “Reminders.” The
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Harvard physician Paul Dudley White, the ‘father of American cardiology’, believed that a brisk, five mile walk every day is as good a remedy for a restless mind as anything the worlds of medicine and psychology have to offer. Many literary notables, from Charles Dickens to Will Self, have written at length on the restorative
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