Bike Camping
Maybe the idea of lining up to pay the federal government to camp on land that we are supposed to own upsets you. Maybe you are searching for a vacation option that doesn’t contribute to climate change.
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Posted by Leonie Sherman | Sep 28, 2019 | Backpacking & Hiking, Biking, Issue 111, Leonie Sherman |
Maybe the idea of lining up to pay the federal government to camp on land that we are supposed to own upsets you. Maybe you are searching for a vacation option that doesn’t contribute to climate change.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Sep 28, 2019 | EPiC, Issue 111, Leonie Sherman |
“We are the first generation to experience the impacts of climate change,” Raymond Johansen, Governing Mayor of Oslo told a packed room at Oslo Pax, the Nobel Peace Center’s first annual Peace and Climate Conference. “And we are the last generation that can actually do something about it.”
Read MorePosted by Chris Van Leuven | Sep 28, 2019 | Chris Van Leuven, Climbing, Issue 111 |
April 18, 2019. Waking up covered in sweat, pain pulses in the back of my skull, reminding me of last night’s wine party. I try to sit up, a sharp aching courses through my ribs, the result of my friend’s daughter running me over with her bike.
Read MorePosted by Kurt Gensheimer | Sep 28, 2019 | Biking, Issue 111, Kurt Gensheimer |
Even though he’s not a writer, mountain bike racing legend Mark Weir has a way with words. He’s able to summarize life experiences succinctly while being entertaining, making you simultaneously think while laughing.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Aug 2, 2019 | EPiC, Issue 110, Leonie Sherman |
When then President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore visited the sparkling shores of Lake Tahoe in 1997, they kicked off a frenzy of interest in protecting the largest alpine lake on the continent.
Read MorePosted by Chris Van Leuven | Aug 2, 2019 | Chris Van Leuven, Climbing, Issue 110, Photography |
As a freelancer published in the New York Times and other publications across the country, Snider’s job is to capture America’s faces and landscapes.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Jun 3, 2019 | EPiC, Issue 109, Leonie Sherman, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, Water Sports |
Ten years ago, Outdoor Afro founder and CEO Rue Mapp noticed there weren’t a lot of people in the outdoors who looked like her. To find out if others shared her passion and ancestry, she started a blog. In the first few years she wrote over 500 posts about how to connect black kids to nature through leadership development. She started taking folks on hikes and organizing events. Her work was quickly recognized by leaders in the industry and she was invited to take part in a think tank that informed Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Initiative.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Jun 3, 2019 | Biking, Issue 109, Leonie Sherman |
If I’d waited a few months before attempting my ridiculous shortcut, I would have encountered over a hundred cyclists camped out at Usal Beach, preparing for a grueling race the next day.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Apr 3, 2019 | Biking, EPiC, Issue 108, Leonie Sherman |
If you’ve enjoyed a ride on a bike path, along a designated bikeway or in an urban bike lane somewhere in the Golden State, chances are the California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike) had something to do with getting it there.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Apr 3, 2019 | Biking, Issue 108, Leonie Sherman |
The first time I drove Highway 50 through Nevada was in January almost a decade ago. The mercury hovered at 18 below. I think we saw four other cars in seven hours. We stopped to gawk at hundred mile vistas of open rangeland and snow-capped peaks without even bothering to pull over.
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