#death on the PCT

[kiinghanalister]

I was at an event today and made convo with a couple of strangers and at different times they asked if I’m a veteran, a teacher or a nurse, different people too.

It’s just kinda a weird. Cause it’s not the first time someone has thought I’m a teacher or a veteran. I must give off a vibe???

[pcttrailsidereader]

Out on the Crest Trail

By Walkin’ Jim Stoltz

Walkin’ Jim was a high country troubadour whose music followed him along the AT, CDT, and PCT until his untimely death from cancer in 2010.  He generously granted us permission to include some of his writing in the Oregon/Washington volume of The Pacific Crest Trailside Reader just weeks prior to his passing.

Here is an excerpt from the lyrics of his song, “Out on the Crest Trail”:

I’m a walker of the clouds, snow and misty rain, Mountains of the northwest, anything but tame, But then the wind will shift, and the clouds will lift, And the peaks stand in the sun, Out here on the crest, yes, I’m feeling blessed, I can’t stop now, ‘cause I’m almost done. Out on the crest trail, there’s a wind a blowin’, It’s a Cascade wind, blowin’ way my cares, It’s pushing me northward, that’s where I’m-a-goin, I’m bound for the border and I’ll soon be there.

You can hear Walkin’ Jim sing on this YouTube clip of his signature song, “Forever Wild”:

[kinfriday]

Grim

As consciousness caught, I was warm and comfortable on my sleeping mat. Cocooned in my sleeping quilt, the world still felt far away.  

Still, it was time to get up, and get going. With a deep breath I threw off my quilt only for 26 degree air to hit me.  

“Oh dear Gods!” That certainly woke me up. Clutching my quilt, laying back down immediately, my eyes focused on the frozen condensation clinging to the top of my tent.  

What followed was a five minute pep up session.  

“You have to do this, It's resupply day. It’s not going to get any easier waiting here, just a few minutes of discomfort, then its oatmeal time and you’ll be rolling.”  

There was nothing to do, no way of getting rapidly warm, there was only facing and ultimately accepting the cold.  

This was what I signed up for hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Scorching hot days in the Mojave, then frigidly cold mornings in the High Sierras.  

The world did not care that we were heading into June, it still found cause to be freezing. 

Later on that morning, I’d lose feeling in my index finger and thumbs, and with that numbness, a loss of the ability to open and close them. It was miserable, my coldest day, no matter the gear I had, or the preparations I had made to be ready for those conditions.  

My circulation is poor, I’m deeply affected by the cold and that was just another reality to face.  

And how did the PCT end up for me? Did I ultimately make it to the Northern Terminus? 

I didn’t...  

Right at the Washington border, with about a month left to go, a severe injury took me off the trail and sidelined me for four months.  

Another goal missed, after countless work, countless dollars, and endless hours of effort.  

Life is often like that, I’ve found. When you have a goal, there’s two ways it can go, success or failure. Some people are great are finding success, other people are more like me and often on the struggle bus.  

No matter what though, failure is the base state, it’s the resting condition. Success is an active process, it must be perpetuated and maintained, which, in our world of entropy means that success will always degrade into failure.  

Seems grim doesn’t it? Eventually you will get too old, too hurt, too sick, too burnt out, and the routine will fly off the rails, destroying the heady idea that your current motion will carry you on through whatever challenge.  

Maybe it will, for a little while, but inevitably the cart will slow, come to a stop, and often roll back against the inevitable incline that you’ve encountered.  

We will all encounter these moments, and this is where many people will give up. It’s a natural result of the process. You get knocked down hard enough, or enough times, and it can entirely reshape your world and focus.  

I know this because I’ve been there many times, I’ve not just been knocked down, there have been moments where my entire world has burned to ashes, incinerating everything I ever thought I knew about myself, or the world before me, leaving me with nothing to do but start again.  

Eventually, at least in my case, there’s a question that begins to float like a demon in my head, one I’ve given far too much power too in the past.  

Why try at all? If it all ultimately comes to nothing, if I’m just going to fail, like I always fail, what’s the point in the effort? Relax, grab the pretzels, curl up in your chair and wait for the bus. Why do the work, when you can just coast. No ones going to blame you. Hell no one is even going to care much.  

Define nihilism, yet it’s an unavoidable point, isn’t it? Memento Mori.... I could be the most successful person on earth, hit every goal I’ve ever tried to achieve and still, at the end, there’s ol’ Death. They make no exceptions for champions or losers, coming for us all.  

But what was the reason for the goal? What was the point of the effort beyond reaching it? Something motivated me to try, to work hard, to set out from the Mexican border and go for it, even knowing that up to 60% don’t make it for whatever reason.  

Something motivates me to get back on that treadmill too, no matter how many times my knees or hips give out, sidelining me for a week or longer.  

Something keeps me coming back again and again, even though every routine I have eventually flies apart and burns before me and that’s what I call my “why.” 

The Why is what transcends success or failure, it’s greater than me, it’s the point of me. It’s the reason I am.  

It does not ultimately matter that injury took me off the trail, or that since I hit a peak in 2020, I haven’t been able to get anywhere near that peak again.... yet.  

Deep down, there’s a focus beyond myself, there’s a purpose, and we all have one.  

That’s our why, and that’s what you need to get back up, again and again when the world, or circumstance pushes you down, because it’s not tied to your emotions, your motivations, your passion, it’s tied to who you are.  

Nihilism can't touch it, because it is pure meaning, unassailable in the face of the abyss.

It is far better to live the life you want than the lie you are given, because to live the life you want, to chase that purpose, is to honor the core of who you are, and no matter how it goes, to chase that is a success that many will never find, no matter how you have failed, because that’s what it means to be real.  

[hikertrashprincess]

FT Day 6

1/7/24

Once we were up and packed we realized we were quite antsy and didn’t want to wait for the tribal cuisine. I was a bit sad to miss out on it, but the church service was at 11 and then the lunch would start, meaning we wouldn’t be on trail till 2 or 3 probably, and the next stretch was a long road walk with no camping. We left hoping for a last stop at Sadie’s.

It turns out Sadie’s was closed on Sundays but Morpheus grabbed a piece of pink cake and we got a few snacks.

The rest of the day was easy walking along the dikes- large canals filled with cool birds and occasionally alligators. We had lunch near a water treatment plant and talked with Mercury- another thru hiker who had been hiking since retiring and sounded like he’d done pretty much everything including the CDT twice and the PCT four times. He was still so jolly and was just so happy and grateful to be out there hiking. He had also hiked with some famous hikers- Billy Goat, Greybeard, and Nimblewood Nomad (who recently earned the record of oldest AT thru hiker- a title he took from Graybeard.) He was delighted that Morpheus had a magnetic powerbank after his phone declared it had detected moisture and couldn’t charge with a cord.

We moved on and passed Brenda, Hamilton, and Islander. Every mile or so we passed a water treatment station which had metal bars we could take advantage of for stretching. One unfortunately was covered in wet paint and Morpheus ended up with yellow hands.

We kept seeing tracks of little paws with claws. I choose to believe they belonged to otters although we never found out for sure.

We kept passing bones of catfish and eventually I figured out that birds of prey were grabbing them and dropping them. We even saw one taking its last breaths chopping in half- a nature scene out of a Tarantino film.

The were so many cool birds and bones, and the walking was easy. Overall a delightful day. We got to the campsite and decided to eat dinner and continue. I had been cold soaking- which means, instead of heating up your food you set it in a jar and just let it soak in cold water until it’s ready. I need to remember to start this d Dr process at lunch but had forgotten, so I got things ready to eat later. Time Crunch, Brenda, Hamilton, and Islander arrived and set up their tents. I noted a nearby sign stating the Florida panther is only 160 pounds and declared that Morpheus could fight it, but he vehemently disagreed.

We hiked on, a bit spooked by the idea of panthers, but all we found was more flat road walking and a water cache. Although the trail follows dikes full of water, they are polluted by agricultural runoff and we are not supposed to drink it, even with our filtration systems. Collecting it would also be terrifying since they are full of alligators, who aren’t always clearly visible. Amazing volunteers from The Florida Trail Association provide caches of fresh water along this stretch.

We had heard the bugs were terrible on this section and we needed to be in tents by sunset. It was discussed almost like vampires- like it was a life or death situation to be inside by sunset. We flirted with death by setting up at sunset, and the mosquitoes did swarm worse than I’ve seen many other places, but we survived.

We watched an episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender and went to sleep.

[countryconditionswithshiro]

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Situation of human rights in El Salvador, (10/14/2021)

CW: human rights violations/sexual assault/gang violence

“The phenomenon of violence in the country is related to the presence and activities of different criminal structures, mainly gains and maras, such as Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and [Eighteenth Street (Barrio-18/B-18)] gangs. These groups reportedly have up to 60,000 members and a ‘social mattress’ of about 500,000 people, which account for eight percent of the total population of El Salvador.” P17

“Civil society organizations informed the [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)] that the [Territorial Control Plan (PCT)] has not led to a substantial change with regard to the ‘[iron-fisted]’ policies implemented by previous administrations, such as the militarization of citizen security and the approach of punitive repression through criminal law.” P19

“According to a report prepared by Crisis Group, statistical information reveals that there is reportedly no direct correlation between the implementation of the [Territorial Control Plan] and the drastic reduction in homicides in the country. Since its implementation, police and military forces have been deployed in 22 prioritized municipalities; however, homicides have declined in other gang-affected areas in a similar manner.” P20

“Based on the information received during the on-site visit, the IACHR notes that the 2019 change of administration did not imply a substantial change in the policy of militarization of citizen security activities.” P24

“Within the framework of the public hearing entitled ‘Repression and militarization of public security in El Salvador’ held on October 5, 2020, civil society organizations informed that the permanent militarization of security tasks and the tendency to include the armed forces in activities that deviate from their constitutional and legal mandate had led to its undue use and to the denaturalization of the institution.” P26

“The Inter-American Commission received information on serious human right violations occurred within the context of the State’s response to the situation of violence and insecurity the country is currently undergoing, such as potential cases of extrajudicial executions perpetrated in purported armed clashes between agents and alleged gang members.” P26

“The IACHR has also been informed about the presence of ‘extermination groups’ or ‘death squads’ in charge of the social cleansing of gang members. Such groups reportedly act with the knowledge, participation or acquiescence of the State security forces.” P28-29

“During its visit the IACHR received alarming information on the lack of response by the state officials to the high number of complaints of disappearances in the last few years. According to the information provided by the Office of the Attorney General 3,289 disappearances were recorded in 2018 and 3,030 complaints of disappeared persons were reported between January and December 2019…” P30

“Considering the absolute criminalization of abortion, the IACHR also notes that the application of provisional detention and the absence of alternative measures to imprisonment may have a disproportionate impact on criminalized women facing obstetric emergencies.” P61

“The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has shown concern about the conditions of women in detention facilities due to the lengthy pretrial detention periods, the difficulties that women face in receiving legal advice and the problems in gaining appropriate access to accommodation, health and sanitary facilities…” P61

“During its visit, the Commission received information on the prevalence of misogynistic, sexist and discriminatory sociocultural patterns that permeate the Salvadoran society as a whole and impact the rights of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender-diverse and intersex (LGBTI) persons to live a life free of violence and discrimination.” P76

“The Commission notes with concern that El Salvador continues to be the country with the highest number of murders of women in the region.” P76

“The IACHR warns that the violent deaths of women show signs of special hatred and cruelty, such as cases of suffocation, hanging and machete attacks.” P77

“According to data from the Office of the Attorney General, 6,142 women were victims of sexual violence in 2018, including 2,600 rapes. In 2019, the Office of the Attorney General recorded 6,421 cases of sexual violence, while in the first half of 2020, 2,491 cases were recorded.” P77

“In 2018, the Violence Observatory under the Ministry of Education reported 87 acts of sexual violence against female students and recorded a total of 173 pregnant students. For its part, the Office of the Attorney General recorded 70 and 25 acts of sexual violence against girls in schools or educational centers in 2019 and the first half of 2020” P77

“The Ministry of Health reported 710 pregnant adolescents, including four 10-year-old girls. In 2019, 614 pregnant adolescents were recorded; while 243 cases were recorded during the first half of 2020.” P78

“Despite the high prevalence of sexual violence, the Commission was informed that these acts are normalized and overlooked, that there is no effective approach to eradicate them for good, and that they are characterized by a very high level of impunity.” P78

“Although many of these pregnancies occur in girls below the legal age of sexual consent and therefore constitute rape, the health care providers who take care of these pregnancies apparently do not duly report the cases to a public prosecutor.” P78

“The Commission notes that teenage pregnancies and relationships between girls and men who are 20 years older than them continue to be naturalized, leading to the idea that teenage pregnancy is not the result of sexual violence, and therefore, it is not a crime and need not be reported or punished.” P78

“The Commission has highlighted that a marked difference in the ages of the spouses in a child marriage can mean different levels of maturity, education and skills to function independently in a community. In that sense, a notable difference in age further deepens the inequalities in historically unequal power relations between women and men, and makes victims more helpless against different forms of violence based on the intersectionality of gender and age.” P78

“The Commission has also emphasized the serious impact that forced pregnancy, in particular resulting from sexual violence, could have, including social isolation and suicide.” P78

“At least 32 pregnant women have committed suicide in El Salvador between 2011 and 2018. One-third of the women who die from suicide in El Salvador are reported to be girls or adolescents. These deaths have been associated with cases of pregnant girls who end their lives when faced with the lack of options for unwanted pregnancies resulting from rape, which lead to discrimination and social stigma.” P78

“Violence against children has multiple consequences, including ‘psychological and emotional consequences (such as feelings of rejection and abandonment, affective disorders, trauma, fears, anxiety, insecurity and destruction of self-esteem),’ which can even lead to attempted or actual suicide.” P79

“While gang violence against women, including threats, disappearances, murders, rape and sexual slavery, is publicly known, the Commission has been informed that the relationship between gangs and violence among women, as well as the impact on their rights, has not been analyzed in depth.” P79

“The Commission has established that violence and discrimination do not affect all women equally and has considered that there are women who are exposed to a heightened risk of enduring the violation of their rights, as a result of several factors in addition to their gender, such as being indigenous, Afro-descendant, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex women; women with disabilities, migrant women and older women…” P81

“According to data from the 2017 National Survey on Violence against Women, women show a very low level of confidence in the administration of justice, as only 6 out of 100 women report acts of violence against them.” P83

“The Commission is concerned about reports that at least 36 women have died from preventable chronic diseases and another 13 from ectopic pregnancies. Such deaths could have been prevented if women had the possibility of legally interrupting unsafe pregnancies…” P84-85

“The prevalence of discriminatory gender patterns limits education on, access to and distribution of contraceptive methods, particularly to women, girls and adolescents.” P85

“The Commission reiterates its concern about the legislation that currently criminalizes abortion in all circumstances in El Salvador. While the Criminal Code establishes sentences of up to 12 years for the crime of abortion, the Commission has learned that at least 74 women who have suffered obstetric complications have been convicted of aggravated homicide and sentenced to 40 years in prison.” P85

“In seeking medical assistance in cases of obstetric emergencies, women are at risk of being reported by medical staff, some of whom act for fear of the consequences that this prohibitive legislation can have, and it prevents such staff from providing adequate medical care.” P86

“After the Secretariat for Social Inclusion was eliminated in 2019, the Gender and Diversity Unit was created under the Ministry of Culture, but it lacks the resources, and mandate and the approach of its predecessor.” P96

“The Commission is concerned that the little progress achieved so far is at risk of backsliding or disappearing, since, according to the information obtained, there is no budget allocated to this issue…” P96

“The IACHR has learned that over the last 5 years at least, hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender-diverse and intersex persons have been threatened, murdered, forcibly disappeared or forcibly displaced across international borders to save their lives…” P97

“As of November 2019, hate crimes, assaults, acts of discrimination, exclusion, denial of services, stigma and marginalization remain the reality for Salvadoran LGBTI persons, who face high poverty rates, low levels of education, murders and low life expectancy beyond 33 years of age.” P97 “The impact of violence and its resulting impunity is particularly serious for individuals living in poverty, migrants, asylum-seekers, refugees and internally displaced persons, women, children, and adolescents, among other groups, who are commonly affected by sexual violence, threats, extortion or the violence that ravages the country.” P132

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[christine-d-beatty]

Want to say you've hiked on the PCT without doing the full 2650 miles or even a 100+ miles segment? This nine-mile stretch is a good workout—you'll climb, oh yes!—and it gets very hot in summer—but it's got some beautiful parts to it. You'll need a car at each end unless you want to backtrack all three hours!

It starts here at Indian Canyon trailhead on Soledad Canyon Rd. There's a parking lot right across from the Santa Clara River (usually dry) which is the first crossing.

After you cross the riverbed and Metrolink railroad track you head north. And up and up and up for two miles.

And up and up...

Looking back toward Soledad Canyon. There's a few level parts.

But still you keep going up. And as you can see, very little shade.

Looking back at about three miles in. After the two mile climb it's level or down for a little bit... and then it starts climbing again! Here we're looking at the little down section before the second climb.

I liked the composition so I shot it. Just so it's understood, these are desert mountains with heat and rocks and lizards and little shade and the occasional rattlesnake. Have fun!

When you crest the second climb, there's the Hwy 14 headed up to the Antelope Valley, Palmdale, Lancaster, and Death Valley. This is about 4.2 miles in, roughly halfway.

Descending toward the Hwy 14 corridor. Streams cross the trail down there after a good rain!

At the bottom of the 14 corridor. Now all we have to do is cross that freeway to the last leg of our hike! 6.7 miles in.

We don't cross over the 14: we go under it. I have yet to take this during or right after a storm and would prefer not to. Notice the Datura flowering here. Do NOT eat this plant!

The light at the end of the tunnel is Vasquez Canyon, which runs alongside the freeway down to where we climb up into the park.

Were it not for the whooshing sounds of the freeway it feels like the middle of nowhere here around the 7 mile mark.

If you're thinking this looks like movie country that's exactly what it is, in addition to being a state park. Vasquez Rocks park is famous. Many original Star Trek episodes were partly shot in this park. If you just want to see that and skip the hike, take the Agua Dulce exit and road and you'll find the park.

There's a creek that runs through the canyon. Sometimes it has water.

Part of Vasquez Rocks.

The famous part of Vasquez rocks. The end of this hike is the park entrance about 0.4 miles beyond this.

[nityarawal]

1/14/2023

"Mirrors" - "Tell Me Everything"

Morning Songs

Reflections

Mirrors

Looking At Me

What Do You

Want Baby

What Do You See

Why Ya' Stalk Me

Why Ya' Take Bribes

What's Your Cosmic

Purpose

Money In Hand

"Tell Me Everything"

We Always Ask

Ya' Played Guitar

And Strummed

"Mirrors"

My Heart

Sufis

Dancers

Muses

Why'd You Troll

Me For Courts

Telling My Story

Reflections

In Water

Rainy Days

Avoiding Court

Looking For A

Home 

Lookin'

For 

Peace

Lookin'

For

Settling

Raining Guitars

Please

From The Sky

Soon Snow

For My New Years

Alibi

Raining Guitars

Mirroring

What We Need

Look At Your Face

If Your Creases 

Soften

You've Got The

Free 

Voice

Flowing

In Your Eyes

Your Word

Who Ya' Given

In The "Mirror"

Is It Truth

Vows

Understood

In The "Mirror"

We See Everything 

May As Well

Dance To Truth

Harmony

In The "Mirror"

We Know "Everything"

Ghost Me If

You Must

Mr.

"Moneyman,"

For Another Fling

In The "Mirror"

Reflections

Tell Everthing

Truth

In The "Mirrors"

Sufis Understood

In The "Mirror"

Back In Time

Iran

Reclaimed

By Aryans

Tehrangeles

Persians

Parisians

Won't Die In WW3

Lies

Was It All A Story

A Fun Made-Up

Game- Not Very

Funny

When Law Enforcement

Takes The Reigns

Not Very Funny

A Psychological 

Thriller

King Henry

Darling

Look In The "Mirror"

Make It Clearer

Clean Reflections

"Truth Contests,"

"Birds Of Olympus,"

Gigolos

Swept Us Off Our Feet

"Old Yellers,"

"Tell Us

Everything"

Came Grovelling

Lying For Court

Little Grommets

Surfing

Groomed

From Youth

Please Make

Reparations

Need Baes Now 

And "Sharkbait"

"Barracuda

Mamma"

Was Put To Rest

She Lies In The

Ocean

For Eternity

A Wonderful

Folklore

To Keep Boys'

In Line You See

"Barracuda

Mamma" - How Did

She Die? Scuba

Diving Accident

For Real

Or A Lot Of Minnows

At Her Side

Will We Ever Know

The Silvery Truth

How Nature

Made Reparations

With Her Ruse

Home For Truth

Grateful For

Salvation

Dead Attys

Grim Reapers'

Dead Orders'

Call Me Darlings'

Let's Settle

Priscilla Presley 

Gone

Another Demise

Unknown Mystery

Like Michael Jackson

And Her Daddy

Two Kings

Descended From

The

King Of Rock

Married To 

The

King Of Pop

Presley Tribe

Sing For Her Spirit

For The Near

Dancers

Telling Stories

With Their Hips

Strings Strumming

Playin' My Heart

Truth Tickling

Grazia

Preggo

Play "Diego"

Send Back 

My Kids

Do Your 

Job

"Spuds'"

My Pirate

My Scout

Fetch

Please My Love

Thank You For

The Doggy Songs

Please My Love

Fetch My Kids

Please My Love

Bring Her With You

Thanks For Inspiration

Doggy Songs

Fetch

"Mirrors"

Memories

Together

"Tell Me Everything!"

Nitya Nella Davigo Azam Moezzi Huntley Rawal 

*In Response to "Bird's Of Olympus" song "Mirrors" and his other band "Old Yellers" band song, "Tell Me Everything."

Where is Darin? 

Is he still in Oregon or on a Missing persons list- just another court "Gutter Gigolo???" (As we've counted Justin Wild's 5 missing gfs & fiance on missing persons list after phones stolen by gangs.)

Many mysterious deaths appearing in papers Sheriff Bianco won't give honest or accredited medical pathology report on. 

We worried for 6 months about a mysterious suicide/murder on PCT and Coroner's office wouldn't disclose death certificate or name; but Ashby Clark Sorrenson says Darin David Joye- AKA "Diego"- and he are still surfing on "bribes" for pedos at courts! 

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Ode to the Wooden Walking Stick

Over the years, the popularity of lightweight, collapsible hiking poles has grown exponentially among PCT hikers. The popularity has grown so much that few PCT hikers remember what preceded the Black Diamond, Trekology, Gossamer, REI (etc) poles . . . the wooden walking stick. Tom Lisle's homage to the wooden walking stick will resonate with many of us old school hikers who have a sentimental attachment to our well-worn staff that supported us through many a hike.

By Tom Lisle

Why carry a wooden walking stick? While walking devotees prefer telescoping, graphite poles more and more, I remain a hold out for the wooden walking stick.

Certainly, any such stick or pole can be useful, if not necessary. Quadrapeds are better evolved for traveling over the planet than we are. With only one foot to recover from the missteps of the other, we bipeds are continually courting disaster. But with a walking stick we become tripedal, crossing creeks from rock to rock or on logs barely big enough to bear our weight. On easier terrain, our arms, otherwise just flailing away, are put to better use braking and pushing us up the trail.

I first began carrying a walking stick on backpacking trips in my twenties. (I’m now 74). I would pick up a suitable stick as I set out and cast it aside at the end of the trail. Unbeknownst to me, I was acting out a search that David Duncan poetically describes in his novel, The Brothers K. In it, his character takes urban youths into the wilderness to begin a search for an inner life that is ‘…like a blind man learning to get around a dark but beautiful city at night with one of those long, sensitive canes. Going into the wilderness alone is simply a way of getting your cane.’

My first take-home stick was a beaver-chewed willow branch found lying on a gravel bar in Prairie Creek. The beaver had cut it at an ideal diameter and length and improved the grip and general looks by chewing off the bark and leaving fine teeth marks up and down the surface. Without modification, it balanced perfectly between my middle and index finger on a knob of a former twig, so that I could carry it in two relaxed fingers as my arm swung to my gait. Soon, planting the stick became as mindless as planting a foot. Thus I discovered the aesthetics of a gloriously imperfect walking stick. Tragically, on a bad day a few years later, I broke my stick when I got it stuck between creek cobbles on the Lost Coast, slipped on a rock, and fell full length in the wet. I grieved.

Since then, though I keep an eye out for another beaver-chewed masterpiece, I’ve resorted to cutting walking sticks from living willow sprouts reaching for sunlight on the banks of the Mad River. (Even there, finding the right limb takes some looking.) I then peal the bark, shave off the bumps, and allow the stick to dry.

A good stick is fairly straight, shoulder tall, about as big around as a quarter, and weighs a few ounces. Fine qualities emerge with use: the grip wears smooth but firm; the business end frays, producing a felt-like surface that adheres to slick rocks, like the sole of a fishermen’s wading boot. With familiarity, a good stick becomes more than just an implement. Although wooden sticks have slipped behind the graphite telescoping variety in technological innovation, they retain the capacity to gain soul. My organic stick has the timber, heft, and resilience of a limb bone. It shortens about an inch per year, reflecting my mortality.

To take this one step further, the spirituality of walking sticks is sanctioned in the Bible: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me (Psalm 23). No mention here of a telescoping graphite pole. More stick than staff, my stick could neither part the Red Sea nor dislodge Little John from a foot bridge, but it does bring me comfort.

My stick is not to be trifled with however. As a hydrologist with the Forest Service, I was visiting my crew who were laboring in the August heat of the Klamath Mountains, sieving a few hundred kilograms of gravel and sand from Clear Creek to determine the distribution of particle sizes. Every data-gathering tedium has at least one distraction and the one that day was a heat-crazed, biting horsefly with outrageous iridescent eyes. The big fly landed on a boulder nearby, and in the next instant, my stick, with no conscious guidance, swept through the one true arc and smote the fly. The crew, crouched in their labors, regarded their samurai.

Walking sticks have many other applications. In general you can do things with a 7.5-foot arm/stick appendage that you can’t do with a 2.5-foot arm, especially when the end is replaceable and invulnerable to pain:

When you point out something with a six-foot stick, "Where?" becomes an evasion.

When the march up the pass is a bit much for your 8-year-old, insert the stick under her armpit and pull her along.

Monopod for binoculars and camera...

Probe for mushrooms and rattlesnakes…

Pee-sniffing dog prod…

Spider web (with spider?) guard...

Not everyone has such high regard for the wooden walking stick, as you will find when you attempt to check your stick in at the airport.  You know it will get no respect from United Airlines despite being tops on the list of items to bring on backcountry adventures in faraway lands. I once flew to Phoenix en route to the Sonoran Desert.  To effect its disguise and avoid boarding with a cudgel, I checked in my stick inserted into a fishing-rod case. Sure enough, it didn’t arrive with the rest of my baggage. Maybe the duct-taped end of a stick protruding from the case gave away the seemingly worthless contents. Negotiations with Lost Luggage were getting nowhere: Yes, it’s a fishing rod (case). It’s worth, umhh, about $500. (How can you monetize the value of a wild stick you have found, cut, peeled, whittled, and shared hundreds of miles with?) How would you like to be sued for snakebite? Happily, the (stick) appeared and we had a great time exploring the desert together. No snakes.

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Erratum: Mwiiri, F ree p.E.; ainsi que ing. Electrospun Bioactive Injury Dressing up Containing Colloidal Dispersions regarding Birch Bark Dry out Draw out. Pharmaceutics 2020, 14, 770.

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Moreover, the risk of growing antimicrobial resistance is the primary threat to optimizing therapeutic outcomes due to insensitivity or resistance to provided treatment. Also, sepsis or sepsis shock is the leading cause of death in critically ill patients admitted to hospitals. Therefore, quick diagnosis and timely initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy are the mainstays for sepsis management.

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Many luxury retailers have much larger margins than Walmart but struggle to report even meager profits. 100 billion dollars in profits looks awe inspiring. When $130 billion in pretax operating earnings is large, remember that the aggregate pretax operating income intended for the market is $3. 5 billion. Whilst pharmaceutical firms offer much higher margins than the marketplace, other health caution business delivers margins in line together with the market. Inside other words, a person can set large prices (and high margins) promote fewer or opt for reduce prices and increased sales. A attractive new paint work can enhance suppress appeal greatly. Anyplace can be typically 에볼루션게임 . We are not suggesting that returns upon equity and capital are perfect. Pharmaceutical firms and health and fitness insurance companies produce returns significantly larger than their expenses of equity plus capital and in accordance with the market. Demanding the insured inside of other states to be able to make up intended for the larger costs regarding healthcare in California will create a death spiral for the business. My realization! Health care organizations, at least inside of the aggregate, will be financially healthy plus generate returns in their investments of which exceed their costs of equity (capital).

While these surplus returns may recommend some that these types of firms are "too profitable" and that will they should always be taxed or managed, two-points are worth remembering. 3. Returns in investment: In the view, the simply profitability measure that will works across industries is to measure the return developed on a dollar invested in a business. Because interpersonal engineering still performs at its simplest level, unfortunately. Still beyond the no cost version, Enloop Simple is just $9. 95/month ($6/month any time paid annually), so they? re 1 of the the very least expensive tools for writing a business approach. Keep in mind that you will find distinct ID card computer printers and you need to choose the best one so that ID card printing would certainly be simple plus easy. The foremost is of which there is a new survivorship bias, insofar as only typically the most successful firms in each team are represented in our samples involving publicly traded firms. My partner and i do not trust any group of people, no matter how effectively trained and intentioned, to make judgements for me personally for the particular rest of eternity. A few days ago, Tom Friedman, the columnist for the New york city Occasions, and best-selling writer of books on globalization, evoked conflict when he opined that "one get together autocracy" is not really really bad if that is led by a "reasonably enlightened group, as China today".

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Crystal Gail Welcome - Utilizing her intersecting identities: Black, disabled, lesbian, backpacker. On a mission to get historically excluded folks outdoors in Nature.

After a lengthy battle with a rare brain disease, Crystal Gail Welcome came to recognize the healing power of nature. 

  She now uses her intersecting identities; Black, disabled, lesbian to break down barriers so more people can access the outdoors. 

  Crystal is an experiential educator, author, storyteller, activist, backpacker, and Black outdoor leader. She chooses to speak out against racial injustice in the United States by hiking and giving voice to her experiences.

    New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Subscribe so you don’t miss out. 

  You can support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media especially in relation to adventure and physical challenges. Visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.  Thank you.

    Show notes

Who is Crystal Gail

Living in Minnesota 

Turtle racing!

Growing up in Florida 

Where Minnesota is located in the States

Not being exposed to the outdoors 

Not thinking the outdoors was for her

Her first visit to a National Park

Visiting the birth home of Martin Luther King Junior in Atlanta, Georgia 

Learning about the National Parks 

Feeling connected to Nature

Feeling a sense of belonging and wanting to spend more time in nature

Continuing her journey and connecting with nature 

Going out to live life and getting back into running

Her desire to go backpacking and wanting to hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)

Hiking 600 miles on the PCT 

Learning about her capabilities

Her love of the outdoors and the power of connecting with nature

How hiking improved her health 

Why nature is a wonderful place to be

Her experience on the PCT 

Trail culture and trail families

Needed to recharge her batteries every 7-10 days  for 1.5 days

Connecting with new people and the kindness of strangers

Her trail name “The Giver” 

Book: “The Giver” by Lois Lowry 

After the death of George Floyd

Protesting in the way that she knows

Her reason for hiking the Superior Hiking Trail 

The Great Western Loop - is a 6,875-mile footpath that links together five existing long-distance trails — including the Pacific Crest Trail, Pacific Northwest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, Grand Enchantment Trail, and Arizona Trail — and a trail-less segment through the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts. 

Hiking until her body tells her body it’s time to stop

How her disability effects her hiking and how she adapts her hiking to suit her

Needing to keep her base weight at 10lbs /4.5kg and having to forgo luxury items (apart from her tent!)

Structuring her day while hiking 

Listening to podcasts and music while being on the trail

Listening to true crime while being out in nature

The music to power her up the hills - Eminem - fight song

Being inspired by Harriet Tubman

Learning about adventure therapy and going on to study it at Prescott College 

Sharing more about restorative narratives

The power in the stories we tell ourselves 

Plans for 2023

How Crystal Gail afford to backpack

Writing a book of poetry when she was first diagnosed with a rare brain disease

Being published in an anthology “Crossing Paths”

How to connect with Crystal Gail (see links below)

  Social Media

  Website: footprintsforchange.com

  Instagram: @footprintsforchange 

  Facebook: @crystalgailwelcome 

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Precisely how Coffee Affects the Body

Coffee was first of all brought to England throughout 1637 by the Turkish student learning in Oxford. Right after word spread regarding the delicious drink, coffeehouses became widespread in London simply by 1660. In 1644, french ambassador in order to Italy brought espresso beans to the southern part of France, and in 1669, a Turkish legate introduced the beverage to Paris. After that, merchants who traveled to Egypr started importing typically the beans. Soon, java drinking was a big deal within high society and artistic circles. Coffeehouses appeared on just about every street corner, in addition to the popularity of java continued to cultivate. Caffeinated drinks stimulates the stressed system Caffeine stimulates the nervous program in two methods: through its direct effects around the key nervous system, which often improves concentration ranges, and indirectly through its effects on the brain. That also blocks adenosine, a neurotransmitter that helps transfer nerve impulses. Caffeine also works on the system's bloodstream, air phrases, and heart level. Caffeine may increase the levels involving estrogen in women. This imbalanced stage can lead to reproductive issues in addition to can make menopause symptoms worse. Because of this, women may take advantage of eliminating caffeine using their diets and drinking less coffee. Additionally , women who usually are prone to particular diseases or who are suffering from severe menopausal symptoms may reap the benefits of quitting coffee altogether. Caffeine causes bladder control Caffeine is found naturally in herbal tea and coffee, also it's used as a good additive in several other beverages. In spite of its potential to lead to bladder problems, caffeinated drinks is generally safe in moderation. It works being a mild diuretic, this means it causes the kidneys to secrete drinking water more quickly. Nevertheless , unlike many some other diuretics, caffeine won't dehydrate the human body. In fact, if you are already dehydrated, coffee won't help an individual get back on track.

The outcomes of caffeine on the subject of the bladder are usually well-known, and these people include increased urination and urinary incontinence. One study identified that men who else consumed more compared to two cups associated with coffee per day time were 70 pct more likely to experience urinary incontinence than men who didn't drink very much. Men who consumed two cups of coffee some sort of day were likewise a lot more likely to be able to develop leaks. Endometrial cancer Based on the recent study, ingesting coffee can lessen the chance of developing endometrial cancer. The analysis was published inside the journal Malignancy Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and even Prevention. The analysts found an inverse association between java consumption and endometrial cancer, and it was strongest between women who consumed coffee with good ranges of caffeine. The research suggests that coffee consumption may end up being a protective component for women, yet it ought to be taken in moderation. Typically the researchers searched PubMed, Embase, and typically the Cochrane Library to be able to find studies relating coffee consumption plus EC. The studies included 6, 814 cases and 91, 689 women. That they found a threat ratio of 0. 75 and 95% confidence interval associated with 0. 63 to be able to 0. 88. Ladies with high levels of coffee consumption were younger, drank fewer teas, and have been more likely in order to smoke. Stomach cancer A recent analysis suggests a probable connection between espresso consumption and gastric cancer. According in order to the study, even more coffee consumption is certainly associated with the higher risk of stomach cancer. Gastric cancer is the particular fourth most frequent type of cancers and ranks second in terms regarding cancer deaths worldwide. The incidence involving gastric cancer varies depending on diet factors and geographic region. Other aspects associated with stomach tumor include smoking, alcoholic beverages consumption, low absorption of fruits and even vegetables, and salt intake. The latest study examined the organization between coffee ingestion and gastric tumor in Chinese grown ups. The researchers utilized data from the population-based prospective cohort involving Chinese in Singapore. The participants have been followed for any average of 14. 8 years. During the follow-up period, occurrence gastric cancer situations were identified. Blood vessels samples were gathered before cancer analysis, and biomarkers had been measured. Gallbladder disease Although there is definitely some debate more than whether coffee plus gallbladder disease usually are related, drinking a few cups the day can help prevent gallstones. Gallstones are hard stone-like deposits inside the gallbladder, an body organ underneath the lean meats. These stones block the bile duct and can business lead to high a fever, jaundice, and also other signs and symptoms. Although coffee can help prevent gallstones, it cannot remedy them. A current study found of which coffee intake will be related to less chance of developing gallstones in men. https://cupandyou.pl/prezenty/boxy-prezentowe.html Typically the study examined 7637 men who acquired undergone cholecystectomy or even undergone a basic health examination. Typically the findings were generalizable to US adult men aged 40 and even older. The size of the association and the data of a dose-response relationship support typically the conclusion that caffeine consumption may avoid gallstones.