Recently this past weekend on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I hiked Chautauqua trail in Boulder Colorado with two of my close friends. I’ve hiked Chautauqua multiple times before, but this time we decided to take a different trail to the top, one we had not hiked before. Chautauqua is managed by the City of Boulder Park and Recreation and holds a variety of different attractions such as hiking, camping, and picnicking. The trails zig-zag across the flatirons in different types of various routes to the top. There are not many human alterations outside of the trails and dirt paths. In some areas of the trail it is completely rock and boulder climbing which was not a human alteration. To get to the trailhead you must walk across a large hill covered …show more content…
It’s not a long drive to reach the hike depending on where you are located. The beginnings of the trails are located on the outskirts of town and with it being so close there were many people out enjoying the hike alongside us. At the beginning and simpler portion of the hike we saw a variety of people including families, college students, some senior citizen couples, and even a small group of fireman hiking to the top for some practice drills they were conducting. As we got higher up to the portions of the hike that were more complicated for children and older people we started seeing less people, and when we did run into others, they were normally around my age or a little older. At that point the people we saw were just as exhausted and out of breath as we were. The new trail that we were hiking did not offer a lot of other opportunities outside of hiking with the intent of reaching the top. There was no management that we ran into or saw during the hike besides the ranger cottage at the very beginning, but there were a variety of signs pointing directions to the different trails and even some caution wildlife
The Muckleshoot are a Native American tribe are a part of the Coast Salish people. their territory can be found located in Washington. They are recognized as the Muckleshoot Tribe, they are composed of generations of different tribal groups who inherited Puget Sound areas and occupied river drainages from the rivers confluence in Auburn to their reservations in the Cascades.
The mosh is an awesome place in Downtown Jacksonville; where everyone can learn some interesting facts about our city, how the body works , what animals are in the ocean and etc. I visited the Timucua Indian exhibit; I learned a lot of intriguing information that I didn’t know before. I learned how the Timucua Indians first came about, how the Indians lived and survived during this time period. This exhibit also showed me how the Indians looked and the way they did things. Being able to learn about the Timucua Indians is so fascinating to me.
Tulalip tribe is Indian tribe admitted by federal government, which is located on the Tulalip reservation in the mid-Puget Sound area bordered on the east by Interstate 5 and the city of Marysville. Tulalip tribe is a place where government allow the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skyimish, and other allied bands living in. the Tulalip tribe’s land cover 22,000 acres. The Tulalip tribe has abundant nature resources to supply their people’s normal life such as “marine waters, tidelands, fresh water creeks and lakes, wetlands, forests and developable land” ( who we are). Also, they have their unique language to communicate with their people which is Lushootseed –Coastal Salish. Because the traditional language should be extend, they have one master language
To add to the difficulty of the trails is the extreme elevation changes. The re are ironically enough thirteen climbs which result in more than 10,000 feet of climb per loop. This is obviously accompanied by an equal amount of descent. One runner described it as climbing 100 floors of stairs in your first mile, going back down on second mile and continuing this for twenty miles. The course amasses an average grade of over 20% and between 50 and near 100 percent grade on the abandoned trails and bushwhacking sections. The grade is the reason that the trails have been abandoned or not built in the first pace. Each climb bears a unique name which in many cases gives a good idea of their nature.
The Mohegan Indians are located in the southeastern part of Connecticut near the Thames River Valley in Uncasville, with a current population of approximately 1,000 members. All of the members are of Native American decent and were once associated with the Pequot tribe. "Scientific evidence shows the Native American presence in the area for 10,000 years, but the oral history begins with the beginning, when the Great Spirit created the earth" (http://moheganindians.weebly.com/). The first group of Mohegan’s was part of the Delaware tribe which was called the Wolf Clan, that settled in upstate New York. The Native languages of the Mohegan Indians are English and they also have their own Mohegan dialect, which is called "Algonquin dialect". In this Native language the name Mohegan means "People of the wolf", which fits the tribe perfectly as they were once a heterogeneous group in which the men went to war to protect their tribes and would also go hunting to put food on their families tables while the women stayed home to take care of the children and were horticulturist as they worked in the fields farming each day. Each individual played a major part in keeping the tribe together as a one functional unit.
Is Bill Bryson, the author of a Walk in the Woods, an Appalachian Trail hiker? To most people, the only type of AT hiker is someone who hikes it all at once, also known as a “thru hiker.” Bryson has hiked a large amount of the AT, along with Katz, and has come across many obstacles along the way. He has encountered a bear, obnoxious hikers, and especially harsh weather conditions. None of these hurdles have seemed to stop Bryson. They have reduced his progress but have not stopped him completely by any means. Critics have expressed their irritation with Bryson and his negativity towards all of the impediments on the trail. For example, one critic said, “As a hiker laying in a strategy to thru-hike the AT in a couple years, I was looking forward to a light and lively tale. Boy was I disappointed. Grumping about the cold, rain, mud, vermin, tourons, monotony, ugly people and places, and an inept hiking partner didn't let up.” (Anonymous: A Protracted Whine. Book review of A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. November 2, 2007) Although many tough critics do not consider him to be an AT trail hiker, he should be considered an AT hiker because he has hiked most of the trail and has written a best-selling novel to inform people of his long, vigorous journey.
In the Great Planes of America there was a tribe of Indians known as the Arapaho Indians. There is little documentation as to when or where they came from but it is known they were in many different places in the Midwest including Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kansas and Colorado. The Arapaho Indians were nomadic people who survived on hunting buffalo and gathering. This tribe was greatly changed when they were introduced to horses. The horses provided them a new way to hunt battle and travel. The horse became the symbol and center of Arapaho nomadic life: people traded for them, raided for them, defined wealth in terms of them and made life easier.
The book, The Trail, takes place on a portion of what is called the Appalachian Trail. From start to finish, the Appalachian Trail is roughly 2,200 miles in length, and starts in Springer Mountain, Georgia, and ends in Mount Katahdin, Maine. For Toby’s specific portion of the hike, he was hiking 400 miles from his grandma’s home in Norwich Vermont, to Mount Katahdin, which is one of the 4 trailheads. Throughout the Appalachian Trail, there are things called shelters, in which people that are hiking the trail can stay at. These shelters provide warmth, food, and company, which are all things that a majority of the hikers are craving. Not
Savages, Injuns, and Redskins are all names that have destroyed the honorable opportunity to be called an Indian. The Algonquian people, people that belong to the North American Indian family, in the Blackfoot (Blackfeet) tribe lived in present day Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, and Canada. Even though in the early years they farmed, they are known for hunting buffalo mostly (Ditchfield 5). There are four closely related tribes that come together to form the whole Blackfoot tribe. There is the Northern Blackfoot (Siksika), The Bloods (Kainai), The Poorly dressed or Piegan (Pikuni), and the Blackfoot (8). The Blackfoot was a widespread tribe that dominated the Great Plains. The regions ranged (north to south) from Alberta, Canada to parts
The Lakota are a Native American tribe also known to other tribes as the Sioux. They are part of a brand of seven tribes that speak three different dialects the other two being Dakota and Nakota. Historians are not sure were the Sioux languages speakers originated from, but they think that this tribe started out in the lower Mississippi River then later on migrated to the Ohio River. After 1720 the Lakota branch of seven council fire split down into two major sections, the Saône moved to Lake Traverse an area on South Dakota, North Dakota- Minnesota border, and the Oglála-Sičháŋǧu occupied the James River. However by 1750 the Saône and Oglála-Sičháŋǧu both moved to the bank of Missouri River. Crossing to the Missouri
going for a hike in the Cascade Mountains, but when you arrive at your destination
The Navajo creation involves four worlds. In the first world the First Man and the First Woman became known. In the second world it is much like the story of the Garden of Eden in the bible. The First Man and First Woman get banished to the third world where they begin to procreate. Finally in the fourth world they decide to settle down with help of the wind God. The Navajo people are the largest recognized tribe in the Southwestern United States. This tribe consists of 300,048 enrolled tribal members as of 2011. The Navajo Indians are also known as Dine, meaning “the people”.
It’s the year 1838 and the Cherokee Indians are being forced out of their homeland onto land west of the Mississippi River. With no choice but to relocate, the Cherokee Indians are obligated to leave everything they have worked for behind and embark on a long journey to Oklahoma that would ultimately kill many of them. This is what we know today to be the “Trail of Tears” (Byers).
It was a warm sunny day in Tucson, Arizona, day three of our summer vacation. Me, my dad, my step-mom, and my sister had planned a hiking trip to Sabino Canyon. My dad and step-mom loved the outdoors and were very experienced with hiking, but however, my step-mom has horrendous Rheumatoid arthritis. Unlike me, my sister kept to herself and is not very fond of hikes nor is she big into nature. Once we got there, I unloaded my backpack out of the car and the rest of my family did the same. Our planned destination were the Seven Falls which was originally planned to only be about a four mile hike all around trip. However, we shorty figured out it was eight miles in total, but we were up for the challenge.
On a hot day towards the beginning of September, I decided to go on a hike. I went with a friend by the name of Tyler, both 16 at the time, on a hike to the top of Bridal Veil Falls found in the Spearfish canyon. We planned on going rock hounding, which is a hobby of ours. Another main focus of ours was to experience the beautiful waterfall in a unique way. Unlike everyone else looking up at it from ground, we would get to see the waterfall’s source and watch it rush over the edge. With our hiking packs full of tools and water for the hike, we took off not expecting what was to come.