Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
“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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“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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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 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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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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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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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
I’m not sure that the “observations” of psychology make it a science, or a “natural” one, in the sense of Arthur Stanley Eddington, who noted: “For the truth of the conclusions of science, observation is the supreme court of appeal.” In other words, I don’t know that observations of behavior lend credence to Nature Deficit
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“When I’m doing stonework, I often feel like we’re in the midst of playing changes[“soloing over…harmonic changes in [a] particular tune”], because every stone you place needs some consideration. But you can’t dwell on it all day long.” Jamie Masefield Jamie’s business site Jamie’s Music Jazz Mandolin Project Masefield Perkins Fishman Bolles Wall page
There is a nice PDF map “project” for running trails, hiking trails, and mountain bike trails, as well as climbing locations, and back country powder. All the apps have the “project” suffix as they are crowd sourced via Adventure Projects. The app is easy to use, and works with no cell service as long as