Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and 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 […]
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
It’s been in the works for a while, but now it’s official, Palisades MTB, is a new local mountain bike organization hoping to “get trail access” in the Palisades. They have certainly been showing face and helping the Trail Conference at the Red Back trail building and repair events in Sterling forest. Shoot out for
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While I am generally a consummate skeptic, and I think there are certainly natural explanations for these trees, I “think” there my be some validity to this phenomenon. Although I’ve yet to see anything convincing to ‘prove’ (in a Bayes’ Theorem like way) that these are truly what some people purport them to be, if
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Dean McGaw(sp?) opens with, “predicting when a tree fails is really hard…” The same could be said for trails, but it’s not like we can’t make some educated guesses/hypotheses based on what we have seen, experienced, and know…as Dean does very well. PDF: Field Guide for Danger Tree Identification and Response Danger Tree Indicators 5-2-2014
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An old video, but some interesting ideas and thoughts on the Tarahumara or Rarámuri culture, which has apparently changed in part because of tourism due to Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run. diet: ajcn nutrition | runner’s world “Overtraining syndrome” — “…a generation of top ultrarunners are suddenly breaking down faster and in greater numbers…”
Are we born to run? Read More »