Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
“…in the 1870s and 1880s there was another sports craze sweeping the nation: competitive walking. “Watching people walk was America’s favorite spectator sport,” Matthew Algeo says in his new book, Pedestrianism.” “Champagne was considered a stimulant. And a lot of trainers — these guys had trainers — advised their pedestrians to drink a lot of […]
All pneumatic tires flex from side to side under lateral load shifts – it’s in their nature. One reason that wider rims give tires more lateral support is that a wider rim ensures that the tire’s contact point hovers between the rim flanges. It is possible for a tire’s contact point to migrate outside the
Wider Rims Are Better and Why Tubeless Tires Burp Air Read More »
Link: National Geographic-worlds best trails Also see this: Top 55 Long Distance Hiking Trails in the United States, I’ve done some of or part of these east and west.
World’s Best Hikes Read More »
Author Robert Macfarlane reads from his latest book, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. Folding together natural history, cartography, geology, archaeology and literature, Macfarlane explores the chalk downs of England, the bird-islands of the Scottish northwest, the disputed territories of Palestine, the sacred landscapes of Spain, and the Himalayas. The Old Ways is about
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One of my favorite sections of Blue Mars is Section Ten, Werteswandel, where Nirgal is trail running. Trail building and layout on Mars is also described. The selections below are only part of the trail narrative (pp.453-57): …it continues: …read the book for the rest 😉
The new Skyline trail above Big Bear is a special experience with phenomenal views. The trail parallels Forest Service Road 2N10. The main sight is several snow capped (at this time) mountains: listed east to west- Grinnell, Lake, Gorgonio, Anderson.On the west end you can see Lake Matthews, and maybe Lake Perris. Also, though not
Skyline Trail, Big Bear, California Read More »
The section of the Pacific Crest Trail near Sunrise Highway and Cuyamaca Lake is a well maintained trail with serious views. We started the hike at the Sunrise highway trail head lot where the La Cima and Lucky Five trails begin/end as well (see this for those sections). The PCT is North across Sunrise highway
Pacific Crest Trail at Sunrise Highway Read More »
route: http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=72078 GPX file: cuyamaca to indian creek loop (right click to save as gpx) more Cuyamaca: here ^Geotagged images above on map below as well Click yellow dot for image (right click pop-up image to enlarge it)
Cuyamaca to Indian Creek Loop Read More »
I had finally given up on the Bad Branch trail. I was 22 miles in, starting at the White River Bluff trail head, planning a big clockwise loop: orange (bald scrappy), to blue(scappy), to yellow(jack’s), to red(bad branch), to blue again, to blue/orange (scrappy/bald scrappy co-alignment) (see map below). It would be close to 40
Syllamo Trails, Arkansas (IMBA Epic) Read More »