From the web – October 28th

A select carving of outdoors news, shenanigans, chuckles, and items to ponder for Oct 28th.

From The Indestructables

• Want to own a trail town? Looks like Campo, CA is up for sale! Own a piece of trail-famous PCT lore.

• No surprise to anyone who swung a Pulaski, but without volunteer workers, the state of our NPS units and the trail would be much different indeed.

• “Coloradans have effectively been training bears how to misbehave on a massive scale. And wildlife officials have had enough” This article might be about Colorado in particular.  But that article easily applies to any area that is seeing a surge in population and conflicts as we move into areas with a large bear population.
  

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• Looks like ATVs will NOT be allowed in the Utah NPS units on November 1st after all. Kudos to Park Superintendent Kate Cannon of the SE Utah group for saying “NO” and holding her ground.

Razr in Moab

• “‘The perfect combination of art and science’: mourning the end of paper maps.’ Digital maps might be more practical in the 21st century, but the long tradition of cartography is magical”

  

• Who needs to hike the Appalachian Trail?  Instead, you can now walk this famous path virtually! The developer hopes to develop PCT and CDT versions, too. Get yer cyber Triple Crown!,

From Shutterstock

• “Thru-Hikers Got Kicked Off a Plane Because They Smelled”  Now shown in the article? The hikes in question posted to a hiker forum. They wore the same clothes they wore for several months hiking. Yeesh. Puffies, in particular, get some nasty trail funk. Nylon shell and seldom washing means some terrible odors. Pro tip: Go to Wally World or Tar-zhey after your hike and get some inexpensive clean clothes. It is what I did after Utah and the GDT; I had some clean clothes ready after New Mexico, too. Also, baking soda and vinegar do wonders on the clothes when washing them, too.

From Gear Caster

• From Nathan W. Pyles. Tents are magical!

• Trump loses legal challenge to shrink Bears Ears National Monument in Utah

• “Lyme Disease vaccine set to become available soon, as first trials successfully passed”

From Wikipedia

• And, finally, some hope for the future?

 

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I feel better about the future of our wild places.

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