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3:15pm 01/22/2019 1 13

New book, old love.
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Fun little exercise we got to do in class about our experience with informational text. What did you love about books when you were growing up? .
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"I grew up in an adobe, in the hot foothills of Southern California. Adobes are built around a central room that stays cool throughout the day when you learn the art of opening the windows at dawn and dusk to let the chilled air in. My respite from the summer heat was the dark interior, lined with tall, oak bookshelves. My sister and I had our own libraries in our rooms filled with Nancy Drew, Narnia and Agatha Christie. In the center of the house were the grown up books, the books I cherished; the illustrated guides, the autobiographies, the diagrams of roots and cycles, the unpronounceable words. It was here, laying on my belly with open books around me, that I began to uncover who I was, beyond the daily life of an eight year old. It was here that I cracked the pages of Living the Good Life, How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World, by Helen and Scott Nearing, where I snuck the Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants under my shirt and out the back door to accompany me on my creek wanderings, and where I learned the whys of the soil cycle, that made all of the stinky shoveling we did around the apple and pomegranate trees make sense. My love of soil, gardening and the outdoors was taught by example from my parents. My love of the hows, whys and I can do it myselfs was learned on my belly, in the cool center of my home. As I’ve watch children explore the non-fiction libraries of my past classrooms, and the libraries of the classrooms in my building, I see the curiosity budding. I see students eyes light up with the idea that there is something beyond what they’ve experienced, that the world is a big place and that it is theirs to experience and explore.
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Alexis Wolf ( @wolfsden00 )

New book, old love. . . . Fun little exercise we got to do in class about our experience with informational text. What did you love about books when you were growing up? . . . "I grew up in an adobe, in the hot foothills of Southern California. Adobes are built around a central room that stays cool throughout the day when you learn the art of opening the windows at dawn and dusk to let the chilled air in. My respite from the summer heat was the dark interior, lined with tall, oak bookshelves. My sister and I had our own libraries in our rooms filled with Nancy Drew, Narnia and Agatha Christie. In the center of the house were the grown up books, the books I cherished; the illustrated guides, the autobiographies, the diagrams of roots and cycles, the unpronounceable words. It was here, laying on my belly with open books around me, that I began to uncover who I was, beyond the daily life of an eight year old. It was here that I cracked the pages of Living the Good Life, How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World, by Helen and Scott Nearing, where I snuck the Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants under my shirt and out the back door to accompany me on my creek wanderings, and where I learned the whys of the soil cycle, that made all of the stinky shoveling we did around the apple and pomegranate trees make sense. My love of soil, gardening and the outdoors was taught by example from my parents. My love of the hows, whys and I can do it myselfs was learned on my belly, in the cool center of my home. As I’ve watch children explore the non-fiction libraries of my past classrooms, and the libraries of the classrooms in my building, I see the curiosity budding. I see students eyes light up with the idea that there is something beyond what they’ve experienced, that the world is a big place and that it is theirs to experience and explore. Continued in comments #johnmuirtrail #crackabook

6:01pm 01/21/2019 2 15

Ready to chew you up hard
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JMT DAY 18 - MONSTER ROCK
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Monster Rock
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After being blown away by the spectacular view of Le Conte Canyon as we were coming down from Helen Lake, we arrived at Monster Rock and took a break.
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It is probably one of the most popular photo-op places on the JMT due to the rock’s shape and cracked ‘jaw.’ If you Image Google search JMT monster rock, you’ll come across some fun photos. The wide open mouth of the monster is ready to swallow anything and the sharp teeth assembled with the small pointy rocks are ready to chew you up hard!
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Here I met Jeff Hester @jeffhester the SoCal Hiker the man behind all the Six Pack of Peaks Challenges @sixpackofpeaks, who was half expecting to catch me. We had exchanged our dates when our paths may be crossed. He was leading a group of volunteers for his Muir Taco Adventure, which served delicious tacos to backpackers at Muir Hut.
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Regrettably, we couldn’t join him because Henry @el_t0r0_l0c0 and I were a day ahead of the event. Before we left though, Jeff got me a can of beer, which I later enjoyed when we were camping at the 1000 ft above the Le Conte Canyon that evening. It was really great catching up with him there.
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Monster Rock, Le Conte Canyon, Kings Canyon National Park, CA
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https://www.hpeterjiphotography.com/Landscapes/Landscapes/i-xGwMFgk/A
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#adventure, #backcountry, #BeAlpha, #California, #Californialandscape, #EasternSierra, #JMT, #JMT2018, #JohnMuirTrail, #KingsCanyonNationalPark, #landscape, #landscapephotography, #MonsterRock, #mountains, #nature, #outdoors, #rockformation, #seekingsolitude, #serenity, #SierraNevada, #solitude, #SonyAlpha, #thruhike, #tranquility, #wilderness, #RockSlideCrew, #OTVAdventure

H Peter Ji ( @hpeterji )

Ready to chew you up hard . JMT DAY 18 - MONSTER ROCK . Monster Rock . After being blown away by the spectacular view of Le Conte Canyon as we were coming down from Helen Lake, we arrived at Monster Rock and took a break. . It is probably one of the most popular photo-op places on the JMT due to the rock’s shape and cracked ‘jaw.’ If you Image Google search JMT monster rock, you’ll come across some fun photos. The wide open mouth of the monster is ready to swallow anything and the sharp teeth assembled with the small pointy rocks are ready to chew you up hard! . . Here I met Jeff Hester @jeffhester the SoCal Hiker the man behind all the Six Pack of Peaks Challenges @sixpackofpeaks, who was half expecting to catch me. We had exchanged our dates when our paths may be crossed. He was leading a group of volunteers for his Muir Taco Adventure, which served delicious tacos to backpackers at Muir Hut. . Regrettably, we couldn’t join him because Henry @el_t0r0_l0c0 and I were a day ahead of the event. Before we left though, Jeff got me a can of beer, which I later enjoyed when we were camping at the 1000 ft above the Le Conte Canyon that evening. It was really great catching up with him there. . Monster Rock, Le Conte Canyon, Kings Canyon National Park, CA . https://www.hpeterjiphotography.com/Landscapes/Landscapes/i-xGwMFgk/A . . . . #adventure , #backcountry , #BeAlpha , #California , #Californialandscape , #EasternSierra , #JMT , #JMT2018 , #JohnMuirTrail , #KingsCanyonNationalPark , #landscape , #landscapephotography , #MonsterRock , #mountains , #nature , #outdoors , #rockformation , #seekingsolitude , #serenity , #SierraNevada , #solitude , #SonyAlpha , #thruhike , #tranquility , #wilderness , #RockSlideCrew , #OTVAdventure

Kings Canyon National Park

3:40pm 01/21/2019 18 131

I’m a mess of emotions right now.... At the beginning of the year I kept wondering how I could possibly top 2018. That was the year I really became myself. The year that started off with me looking for love in all the wrong places, trying to fill my emptiness and honestly the lack of life I had. It was the year I decided I would make all my mistakes worth something; turn them all into lessons so it wouldn’t be meaningless. I started soloing, I went from having no personality of my own to the biggest fucking personality I know. I knew who I was and what I wanted and then I started pushing myself to all these new ventures I had no experience in. It felt like shit being a beginner again. And I’m still a beginner. I’ve launched myself at least 5 times from the past 3 months of learning to ride. I’m still learning and chasing after everything. I have a ridiculous road trip ahead of me and got a north bound permit to hike the JMT. I’m starting with the highest fucking mountain in California because the universe knows that would be such a me thing. I can’t believe I’m doing this but something out there knows I can.
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#hiking #adventure #jmt #outdoors #backpacking #manifestafion #johnmuirtrail #backpacker #womenwhohike #nature #california

Dianne ( @girlrunningwild_ )

I’m a mess of emotions right now.... At the beginning of the year I kept wondering how I could possibly top 2018. That was the year I really became myself. The year that started off with me looking for love in all the wrong places, trying to fill my emptiness and honestly the lack of life I had. It was the year I decided I would make all my mistakes worth something; turn them all into lessons so it wouldn’t be meaningless. I started soloing, I went from having no personality of my own to the biggest fucking personality I know. I knew who I was and what I wanted and then I started pushing myself to all these new ventures I had no experience in. It felt like shit being a beginner again. And I’m still a beginner. I’ve launched myself at least 5 times from the past 3 months of learning to ride. I’m still learning and chasing after everything. I have a ridiculous road trip ahead of me and got a north bound permit to hike the JMT. I’m starting with the highest fucking mountain in California because the universe knows that would be such a me thing. I can’t believe I’m doing this but something out there knows I can. • • • • • #hiking #adventure #jmt #outdoors #backpacking #manifestafion #johnmuirtrail #backpacker #womenwhohike #nature #california

Angelus Oaks, California

2:54am 01/21/2019 6 45

Set the record straight: John Muir is undeserving of his title as “grandfather of the outdoors.” His legacy is racist and facilitated the forced removal of Indigenous peoples from their homelands. Despite indigenous communities still thriving and speaking their truth to this day, John Muir is constantly lauded as a hero of nature. This needs to stop. Thank you indigenouswomenhike for your constant labor and education! Everyone go buy this shirt! Link in bio! 🌲 #Repost indigenouswomenhike
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The Wilderness Act of 1964 defines wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is absent.” The American idea of wilderness did not exist, it had to be created.
Indigenous people have always been a part of the land. We’ve always existed in spaces that American history has written us out of. National Parks were created on Treaty Lands. ‘Great’ American conservationists fought to preserve their idea of wilderness— which meant Indian Removal by any means. This meant dishonoring treaties.
This art is meant to start a conversation. Profits from this shirt design will go toward our efforts to travel with our Indigenous relatives in Peru. In the midst of the government shutdown National Parks are being desecrated. Indigenous homelands are being desecrated. But is it any wonder when we consider how these lands came to be known as public lands in the first place? To move forward we must acknowledge this sad and violent history. We need to take a deeper look at ‘Great American Heroes’ like John Muir. We must no longer be complicit in the erasure of Native peoples from these spaces. We must Rethink the Wild. #rethinkthewild #johnmuir #johnmuirtrail #nationalparks #knowthehistory link to shirt in bio.

Serra Bahçebaşi ( @bahcebasi355 )

Set the record straight: John Muir is undeserving of his title as “grandfather of the outdoors.” His legacy is racist and facilitated the forced removal of Indigenous peoples from their homelands. Despite indigenous communities still thriving and speaking their truth to this day, John Muir is constantly lauded as a hero of nature. This needs to stop. Thank you indigenouswomenhike for your constant labor and education! Everyone go buy this shirt! Link in bio! 🌲 #Repost indigenouswomenhike ・・・ The Wilderness Act of 1964 defines wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is absent.” The American idea of wilderness did not exist, it had to be created. Indigenous people have always been a part of the land. We’ve always existed in spaces that American history has written us out of. National Parks were created on Treaty Lands. ‘Great’ American conservationists fought to preserve their idea of wilderness— which meant Indian Removal by any means. This meant dishonoring treaties. This art is meant to start a conversation. Profits from this shirt design will go toward our efforts to travel with our Indigenous relatives in Peru. In the midst of the government shutdown National Parks are being desecrated. Indigenous homelands are being desecrated. But is it any wonder when we consider how these lands came to be known as public lands in the first place? To move forward we must acknowledge this sad and violent history. We need to take a deeper look at ‘Great American Heroes’ like John Muir. We must no longer be complicit in the erasure of Native peoples from these spaces. We must Rethink the Wild. #rethinkthewild #johnmuir #johnmuirtrail #nationalparks #knowthehistory link to shirt in bio.

11:24pm 01/19/2019 0 3

JMT Day 10 of 19, Over Muir Pass and down Evolution Valley and Evolution Meadow (15 miles): We stayed remarkably warm sleeping at 11,000 ft and woke up with only a short climb to the top of Muir Pass. The rest of the day would be downhill! The beautiful stone hut known as #MuirHut is located at the top of #MuirPass. It was windy outside but inside the hut it was calm and peaceful. The descent after Muir Pass included Evolution Basin, one of my favorite spots of the trip. The white granite, green grass, and sapphire lakes gave Evolution Basin a unique beauty. After passing through Evolution Meadows and forging Evolution Creek we met a British couple that said we could likely get a cabin for a night at Muir Trail Ranch the next day when we picked up our resupply package. The possibility of having an actual non dehydrated meal, comfy bed, and hot shower the next day encouraged us to hike a few extra miles to minimize the time it would take us to get to our resupply the next day. We ended up camping below tree line at a comfy spot next to a fork of the San Joaquin River.

Erik M ( @the.hiking.salemander )

JMT Day 10 of 19, Over Muir Pass and down Evolution Valley and Evolution Meadow (15 miles): We stayed remarkably warm sleeping at 11,000 ft and woke up with only a short climb to the top of Muir Pass. The rest of the day would be downhill! The beautiful stone hut known as #MuirHut is located at the top of #MuirPass . It was windy outside but inside the hut it was calm and peaceful. The descent after Muir Pass included Evolution Basin, one of my favorite spots of the trip. The white granite, green grass, and sapphire lakes gave Evolution Basin a unique beauty. After passing through Evolution Meadows and forging Evolution Creek we met a British couple that said we could likely get a cabin for a night at Muir Trail Ranch the next day when we picked up our resupply package. The possibility of having an actual non dehydrated meal, comfy bed, and hot shower the next day encouraged us to hike a few extra miles to minimize the time it would take us to get to our resupply the next day. We ended up camping below tree line at a comfy spot next to a fork of the San Joaquin River.

Sierra Nevada

11:17pm 01/19/2019 3 199

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