Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
Not exactly stairs on trails, but food for thought anyway. The Stair Event, is the only film on stair use and safety. It is based on the 1978 field study of spectators’ use of stairs at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. The Stair Event from Copycat Video Productions on Vimeo.
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 »
by Trevor DeRuisé There are a lot of differences between the East and West Coasts. One has Starbucks while the other has Dunkin Donuts. One has poison ivy while the other has poison oak. One has outrageous gas prices, while the other… also has outrageous gas prices. We could spend all day comparing the two,
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The Anthropocene doesn’t have much to do with trails, or does it? I found this interesting, especially this piece:
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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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
Going Off the Beaten Path…Towards Disaster Read More »
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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Yikes, wow, and lame… video of the 2015 Rampage: here bad injury: discussed here, seen at 1:30:00 here Good that they used some of last year’s lines as to not do too much more damage to the fragile area. Some of the comments on Pink Bike gave me pause, but they are just comments, much
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I was happy to see this piece, and recommend giving it a read: “Confessions of a trail dumb downer: Is it trail maintenance or trail sanitation?” Lev did a great job articulating what I feel about this matter. I have seen the same responses/reactions from the hiking community, and I’ve gotten some mtb hate as
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Nature recycles, Gore-Tex will not. Detox-Outdoors! outdoor-clothing-ethical-living greener-rain-gear What also bugs me, beyond the eco-fail, is it seems Gore-Tex likes monopolies, not “freed” markets. Nice to see that their reign is in decline as Gore Tex is being phased out, and enviros and new products are helping its demise. Serves them right. Gore Tex was