Using All Fours, part 1
This skills program is part 1 of our look at the science and skills, myths and fact around trekking poles. Is hiking with poles a trendy gimmick, or a valuable skill? Steve talks to Julianne Abendroth-Smith of Willamette University in Salem Oregon. She’s a biomechanics professor studying the physics of hiking, and how hiking with various poles and walking sticks affect the body. Steve talks to Jayah Faye Paley, an author and educator, and co-host of an educational DVD, POLES for hiking, Trekking & Walking. Jayah’s web site, Adventure Buddies, provides more information about her educational products and services. We’ll hear more from Julianne Abrendroth-Smith and Jayah Faye Paley in part two. We’ll find out Jayah’s techniques for using poles, and about what science says about those techniques. Show number 86 [MP3 format; length 9:55; 2,399,454 bytes] Show number 86 script JOIN NOW — We need your support to make future programs possible.
Lassen National Park, part 2
This wild places program is part one of a visit to Lassen Volcanic National Park. It’s been called a little Yellowstone because of its wilderness and its volcanic features. We hear from Steve Zachary, the park’s education specialist, about some of the most interesting features of the park’s wilderness areas. He mentions the Cinder Cone, the Fantastic Lava Beds, and Boiling Springs Lake. Jean Higham, our normally silent co-writer and co-editor, provides a trip report on her four day hike in the backcountry. A map and pictures of her trip are available on the photo album link, below. Jean’s hike was relatively easy, and she never got more than a few miles from the road. You don’t have to get very far into the wilderness to have an extraordinary experience. If you want to plan a trip to the backcountry of Lassen Volcanic National park, you’ll, of course, want to start with this PDF map. Then you’ll want to contact the park to arrange for a wilderness permit. You can apply for one in-person, by phone, or online. Show number 97 [MP3 format; length 9:57; 2,396,558 bytes] Combined shows number 96 & 97, high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 18:57; 18,203,887 bytes] Show number 97 script Show number 96 & 97, combined script Photo album JOIN NOW — We need your support to make future programs possible.
Pilates Exercise: C-Spine Stretch
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Listening to Parks, part 1
This wild places program explores sounds in national parks. Do you go to parks for the peace and quiet? Should you expect peace and quiet at national parks? Steve starts out in a relatively remote campground in Yosemite National Park, and discovers some noises he wasn’t counting on. He interviews two campers, Maria Mustanen and Bill Garcia, about how they feel about man-made noise in parks. Steve interviews Kurt Fristrup, a scientist for the Natural Sounds Program of the National Park Service. Kurt explains the mission of the Natural Sounds Program, and how they monitor the parks for noise pollution. He plays clips recorded by their audio measuring equipment, which they place in remote locations in the parks. Kurt mentions the park service’s Night Sky Program, which we covered in our Wilderness at Night, part 1 (#13) and part 2 (#14). So what have Kurt and his colleagues found out about noise in parks? How can you help their efforts, and collect sounds for yourself? We’ll explore those questions in part two. Show number 89 [MP3 format; length 9:50; 2,361,460 bytes] Show number 89 script JOIN NOW — We need your support to make future programs possible.
Pilates Exercise: Single Leg Stretch
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Advanced Pilates : Heels to Gluts
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Advanced Pilates : Single Leg Lift
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Bay Area Wilderness Training, part 2
This outings program takes us on a Wilderness Leadership Training course offered by the non-profit group, Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT). This part 2 of 2 is a follow-up to our original program on ethnic diversity among wilderness users. Steve meets a diverse group of teachers, counselors, and other youth workers on the trail just outside of Yosemite National Park. He talks to: Roger Miller, executive director of BAWT. Hector Nuño, a volunteer youth counselor from San Jose, California. Judy Kuang, a youth coordinator for the Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco. We also hear from: Katie DeClercq, a program assistant for the Norcal Mountain Bike Racing League in Kellie Meehan, camp director for the Presidio Community YMCA in San Francisco, California. The entire WLT class singing. If you’re a teacher, youth counselor, or other youth development professional in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, BAWT’s Wilderness Leadership Training can teach you all the skills you’ll need to take at-risk and under-privileged youth out on life-affirming wilderness adventures. You can help BAWT with their work by participating in Climbing for Kids. A program that provides you gear and gets you up a major mountain in exchange for your fund-raising assistance. Show number 92 [MP3 format; length 9:59; 2,399,400 bytes] Combined shows number 91 & 92, high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 21:26; 20,592,533 bytes] Show number 92 script Show numbers 91 & 92 combined script Group Picture, opens in new window [JPEG format; 835x768 pixels; 273,041 bytes] JOIN NOW — We need your support to make future programs possible.
Reprise: Keeping Bears Hungry
This skills program is a look at the arms race between campers and bears in Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. How should you protect your food from bears? This is a reprise of our show number 48, first presented on June 29, 2006. We include excerpts from interviews with Tori Seher, the wildlife biologist in charge of human/bear management at Yosemite National Park, and Laurel Boyers, the Wilderness Manager at Yosemite. They talk about the history of keeping bears from camper’s food in the Sierra Nevada, and the destructive effect that human food has on Yosemite’s bears. They also give advice on dealing with bear encounters. You can find out more about bears in the Sierra Nevada and the site SierraWildBear.GOV, which is jointly operated by the park service and the forest service. Show number 94 [MP3 format; length 9:55; 2,383,824 bytes] Show number 94, extended version [MP3 format; length 11:09; 5,361,265 bytes] Show number 94 script JOIN NOW — We need your support to make future programs possible.
