Science takes a hike

[morningstar2651]

Hey everyone, let's take the advice of one of our fellow posters and go hiking!

I'm thinking of making another attempt at Longs Peak. It's been 10 years since the last attempt and I wasn't able to summit due to high winds making the ascent too dangerous to attempt.

 

[AV1611VET]

Hey everyone, let's take the advice of one of our fellow posters and go hiking!

I'm thinking of making another attempt at Longs Peak. It's been 10 years since the last attempt and I wasn't able to summit due to high winds making the ascent too dangerous to attempt.

Awesome pictures! Lead the way!

 

[juvenissun]

Hey everyone, let's take the advice of one of our fellow posters and go hiking!

I'm thinking of making another attempt at Longs Peak. It's been 10 years since the last attempt and I wasn't able to summit due to high winds making the ascent too dangerous to attempt.

Where is the science?

 

[ErminlindaRika]

I'd love to go hiking but we don't have magnificent rocky mountain ranges where I'm from. It's more lush tropical rainforest covered mountains & I can't go on my own.

 

[morningstar2651]

Awesome pictures! Lead the way!

Thank you for the inspiration. I'm an Eagle Scout and was involved in scouting since I was in Tiger Cubs. I've had some great experiences hiking, and a lot of people these days are missing out. They drive everywhere and camp in RVs. They never see the beauty of the world first-hand because they're too detached from the world.

We experience the world differently when we walk through it, and we see all the details we would have missed if we had been travelling inside a car at 70 miles per hour.

Where is the science?

Take a cue from Darwin and bring a journal with you. Write down your observations. Bring a camera - you're going to see some really cool stuff. Science doesn't just happen in a sterile lab. Get out and experience the world. Call it field work if you must.

I'd love to go hiking but we don't have magnificent rocky mountain ranges where I'm from. It's more lush tropical rainforest covered mountains & I can't go on my own.

You should never hike alone. Always use the buddy system and tell people where you're going and when you'll be back. Don't go hiking unprepared, and stay on marked trails until you have some orienteering experience. You can find great places for hiking on google.

I grew up in Iowa, where there were no mountains. Hiking through thick forests can be even more challenging than hiking up mountains. Anywhere you hike, you're bound to see something beautiful - something worth observing. That alone is reward enough.

 

[Tinker Grey]

Beautiful pics.

 

[metherion]

It is to easy to get caught up in forums and in labwork to go out and explore stuff.

Thank you very much for the beautiful pictures, sometimes to properly explore the beauty of nature it helps to see the beauty of nature.

Metherion

 

[AV1611VET]

I'm an Eagle Scout and was involved in scouting since I was in Tiger Cubs.

Good for you!

Are you in their Learning for Life program?

 

[morningstar2651]

Good for you!

Are you in their Learning for Life program?

Nope. This is the first I've heard of it. I haven't been involved with a troop since I moved to Arizona.

This looks like a really good program - thanks for letting me know about it.

 

[AV1611VET]

Nope. This is the first I've heard of it. I haven't been involved with a troop since I moved to Arizona.

This looks like a really good program - thanks for letting me know about it.

You're welcome!

 

[Jamin4422]

We experience the world differently when we walk through it, and we see all the details we would have missed if we had been travelling inside a car at 70 miles per hour.

When I was growing up my dad was always in a hurry to get to where we were going. It took me a long time to figure out that there is a lot to see between here and there. Sometimes the trip is better then the destination.

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

Sounds like a great idea to me...gonna have to do it on backcountry skis or snowshoes now, all the more fun!

 

[TemperateSeaIsland]

I normally hike around the Snowdonia national park and Anglesey coast, for the most part a very different landscape your pics. Very nice though, would like to do some of the appalachian trail some day.