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Rig Rundown: The Bike Setup Behind Ultrarunner Joe Grant’s Tour de 14ers Record

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By Morgan Tilton source How an endurance runner jumped into bikepacking and achieved one of Colorado’s most radical records. Before sunrise on July 26, ultrarunner Joe Grant pedaled away from his home in Gold Hill to pursue a fully self-supported trip around the Centennial State’s tallest peaks–the Tour de Fourteeners. His goal was simple: Pedal to and […]

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A new type of wheelchair allows those with disabilities to go hiking

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By Hattie Bernstein, Boston Globe Correspondent  October 14, 2016 source On an early October morning when the air is as crisp as a just-picked apple, Nate Johnson rolls his power wheelchair down the ramp extending from his family’s minivan, gets a boost into a walker, and makes the transition into his hiking chair. Yes, his

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Skidding Culture is Not Stewardship

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Like many many cultures and classes of people, trail user groups (hikers, bikers, equestrians…), can be, or often are, lumped into subsets or categories and “types:” day hikers, thru hikers, pole users, trail runners, ultra runners, free riders, cross country riders, gear junkies… These user groups and subsets may be associated with certain mores, and/or

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