#trekking for beginners

[nammythings]

Women, lace up your shoes! A Beginner's Guide to Trekking

Life is an adventure waiting to be explored, and trekking is the perfect way to embark on this journey. I come across many women who wish to go on a trek but don’t because they simply don’t know how to start. If you’re a woman who’s been curious about trekking but confused and scared, I’m here to tell you that IF the mountains are calling, you must go! And trust me, the mountains do call, and…

[catgamer3122]

TOS Women 🔛🔝🛐

[portraitoftheoddity]

Haha, okay, so, if you're walking on fairly flat, even terrain and just have a big old stick you found in the woods so you can enjoy the satisfying thunk it makes hitting the ground with each step while you're putting out big Gandalf vibes...

... then yeah, that would be an aesthetic thing.

BUT!

If you're on rough, steep terrain, a walking stick to help balance yourself can be actually quite helpful, as you've basically just turned yourself into a nice and stable tripod.

In fact, a lot of hikers, myself included, use trekking poles:

I started using a pair of these last summer and honestly, they were a game-changer for my shitty shitty fat-girl-knees.

Trekking poles are a lightweight, adjustable, modern alternative to the walking stick; they not only help with balance, but also help you take strain off your legs by letting you put some of your weight on your arms as you push off; sort of like using an elliptical at the gym instead of just the stair climber. You can steady yourself with them and push down on them as you ascend steep parts of the trail, and use them to keep from wiping out on your way down and reduce the impact on your joints when you have to hop down off a big rock. (And if you fall and hurt your ankle, I can say from personal experience, they help a LOT in steadying you as you limp back down to the parking lot, especially when getting through water crossings.)

For mountain hiking, I'm a big fan. I leave them at home though, if I'm gonna be on flatter terrain. They're a bit of an investment, so if you want to do a lot of hiking, they can be worth looking into, but they aren't essential gear. Some people prefer not to use them. But if your balance isn't great or your knees ache a lot, I recommend them.

[tardisbird]

My other Lower Decks piece, who doesn't love this little murderball?

[ohnoo0o]

I only do traditional art but my household got a cool tablet that comes with a stylus so I thought I'd give digital art a go! It came out really good I think :D

[ozymandiasfoxmercury]

learning to draw faces/heads maybe

[kyokony]

I've been really invested in watching Star Trek these days, so I decided to create an original character, she doesn't have a name yet but I loved starting to do!

[parapsychoiogy]

ohh everyone wants to watch star trek and get mentally worse with me in star trek ohhh you want to watch star trek so bad its crazy

[station-one-archive]

The Leha

You continue to wander Station One, wandering its corridors, losing yourself in its unique beauty. Although the floors were covered in devices and nothing was labelled coherently, you still felt an odd connection. Just who started this archive? 

The place was like a maze, you could barely make your way to the point you started, and the week you spent here felt like months, maybe even years. But you feel a calling from this place.

Eventually, you see a small room with odd markings. You enter it and are surprised to see a genuinely clean room. Almost empty. Going back to read the markings, you could barely make out the almost foreign text.

The writing is so similar, yet ever so distant to any of the languages you could speak. The only word you could comprehend was Leha, meaning “Learning Space” in one of the tongues you picked up on your journeys.

Wandering through the Leha, you learn all the text was alien. It must have been a sector belonging to another race. After all, the Archive seemed to be huge on preserving cultures. 

In the centre of the room rested a strange statue of a head. The face's forehead was long and wide, yet short. No ears were apparent, but a trunk-like object pointed itself forward. Above it was a large, round eye with no indication of a pupil.

You touch the sculpture only for sirens to erupt. The shrieking was loud enough to send you to the ground, incapacitated. The world around you blackens. 

[themthistles]

if someone unfamiliar with star trek wanted to watch it but had no time for uh. ALL of it what would be the best series to choose?

[rodeoromeo]

was looking through some of my magazine design project pages from college and these are truly some of my favorites

[cinemajunkie70]

The happiest of birthdays in the afterlife to the eternally great Christopher Plummer! So many great roles, so many truly great performances!

[tardisbird]

I only started doing digital art about two months ago, so this is pretty basic, but, I had to.

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[transhimalaya]

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