Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
This was too cool (in my opinion) to not share. It might be geared for “grades 6-12,” but this digital journey and lesson is pretty neat regardless of your age and whether you have been to these sites or not. In any case, it includes a virtual tour of columnar jointing in California, and images […]
A Geologic Expedition of Columnar Jointing and More Read More »
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
Trail-Marker Trees Read More »
http://blog-tw.nynjtc.org/doris-duke-loop-ribbon-cutting-hike/ another Doris Duke trail article To clarify, I designed 2/3rds of it. The first year Ama Koenigshof and John Mack laid out 1/3, and pushed the other 1/3rd to lay approximately where it is, and I worked out the details of exactly where and how. To be fair, Jeff Hutchinson, the park manager, pushed
Doris Duke Loop Opening Read More »
I wish I could have done the same…a shame, a sham Idaho is on my bucket list, especially Sun Valley and Ketchum with over 400 miles of single track, but perhaps Boulder-White Cloud will only be experienced from afar…
Racing the Rule-Makers Read More »
Scott Jerek recently found himself amidst a trail controversy of sorts, a “trailism” to some, or maybe a public lands controversy: Reflections on the Appalachian Trail Outside Magazine’s Grayson Schaffer, and a cadre of commenters had thoughtful and heartfelt responses to the event (before Jerek’s account above). Backpacker Magazine also reported on the incident and
Trails, Permits, Commercial Use, Personal Achievement, and Celebration Read More »
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/travel/restoring-acadias-trails.html?_r=0 “For decades, a small cult of hikers mapped and walked the lost trails of Acadia[, Maine], scouring the softwood for clearings, a cairn or granite steps covered in moss. Nature takes quickly, and many were completely lost. But grant money rebuilds even faster, and in 1998, a local organization called Friends of Acadia saved
Restoring Acadia’s Trails Read More »
I think it has been more than five years since I began advocating for trails in Oceanside. At that time, I was advocating for trails near the Oceanside airport, and it just so happened that concurrently SDMBA (San Diego Mountain Bike Assn.) was trying to get a “Gateway” trail and pump track at Ron Ortega
I was on recent trip to NorCal to visit my cousins and look into work so I took a spin on a borrowed bike in Livermore: http://s1121.photobucket.com/albums/…cpZZ1QQtppZZ20 more pics ^ On the way back I flew out of SFO. They asked if I wanted an earlier flight. I was cool with that. Until I walked
SFO Airport MTB Exhibition Read More »