As I was doing a variety of things at the BMX park on my mountain bike, I was wondering if I was really “mountain biking.” Then, of course, I saw my own inability to pin down what exactly mountain biking is. This is how research happens. Though the first bicycle was made in 1871, mountain …
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Adrenalin Junkies
Are you ready for a communal experiment? Are there moments in your day when you’re loud? Are there moments in your day when you’re quiet? What changes your volume? Is it who you’re with? Is it location or time-of-day? Do you feel like happenings are urgent? Do you rush about as well? Does your volume …
Slowshoeing
Have you ever seen the strangest sport ever? It operates the opposite from all other sports in its arena. While all other mountain sports enjoy a fast downhill and some sweet airtime, participants in this sport are going slow on the downhill. Slow? Not only do they go slow downhill, they go slower than they …
Park Yourself
…out where few can find you. Where survival has the greatest appeal. Where your car can’t go. Park yourself, not your car. Find yourself in desolate places with beautiful vistas on every hand. Out where influencers have no influence. Where it’s more evident how nature rules. Sit still and let the beauty surround you. Let …
Welcome to Xenosthesia
Milk and cookies keeping you awake? To paraphrase a movie that does not have a theme of milk and cookies, or even a central plot point of milk and cookies (or, as far as I can remember, any prop of milk and cookies). And that is the point of this particular ‘barchive * post. If …
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