tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253204612024-03-13T07:41:12.803-07:00Mr Trail Safety Speaks!"Froggy Legs, Gumby Arms, Monkey Mind" ••• The World & Ultra TrailPorn®™Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.comBlogger335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-36207947870437969612024-02-05T19:08:00.000-08:002024-02-05T19:10:30.281-08:00Weasel Jizz Pale Ale<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCUVCqXy4gBKf0w9zIzQAQkfhj_m_0QnUxAjnm15efjQh6lkc4oPtwlnGiw4sPGkzU1VWLAE_9mkRg3JE59GS9b4OBOyG0oR9yaATj4jnP80uHk3WR9RTOfD7At9YUOYkL0EI59VTidzHcR-jj6-kFdXw1Q4WltiY8Kv6IJctqh0gjWOgAU4DWQ/s2088/240201_WeaselJizz%20Logo_LR3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1729" data-original-width="2088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCUVCqXy4gBKf0w9zIzQAQkfhj_m_0QnUxAjnm15efjQh6lkc4oPtwlnGiw4sPGkzU1VWLAE_9mkRg3JE59GS9b4OBOyG0oR9yaATj4jnP80uHk3WR9RTOfD7At9YUOYkL0EI59VTidzHcR-jj6-kFdXw1Q4WltiY8Kv6IJctqh0gjWOgAU4DWQ/w580-h480/240201_WeaselJizz%20Logo_LR3.jpg" width="580" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"<span>...grab the mic and get dumb </span>"</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Weasel Jizz Pale Ale</b>. <br />Born in 1991 at D&L Holistic Industries.<br />Schlong ago, when ultras were semi-wrinkled, and results were in black & white. <br />Back before Orange Mud rocket packs were a hallucination.<br />This is the Origin Story of D&L Holistic Industries-- who launched products that would Redefine Ultras, And Shit®™.<br /> <br /><b>Weasel Jazz Pale Ale. <br />SpoogeBuilder.<br />Iguana-Turdz NRG Bars.<br /></b><br />The list goes on for at least two or three seconds. <br /><br />"If you can dream it, you can do it" said Kenny while frying a hockey-puck burger in front of the Rose Bowl. Allegedly.<br /><br />Weasel Jizz Pale Ale was the Elder Gawd of success brews that later generations of influencers tried to imitate. Butt failed. Many logs have been dropped in this futile pursuit. <br />.<br />#weasel<br />#jizz<br />#INFLUENCER<br />#ultras<br />#norefunds<br />#burntcoin</span></span><br /><br /><p></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-62932251270260373572024-01-21T14:52:00.000-08:002024-01-21T17:02:27.609-08:00Mineral King<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbs_kaRw3o01iVyRbu_x0sMwXbr5puK0S1IX4iNnkPLM_bwW2yGXzdV4py4HFmtMQqN_lA7RwEPU_FMon5WPu_xcUii4AuiJlPMtippLnVMj8f57YS7EAcNlnOBn6SCJquKicVNyLLh7bgCa-HLwUSITOWgwMtosh-vfinypAlKL1ENUkoStKmoQ/s1600/891022_4-8_pano.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1600" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbs_kaRw3o01iVyRbu_x0sMwXbr5puK0S1IX4iNnkPLM_bwW2yGXzdV4py4HFmtMQqN_lA7RwEPU_FMon5WPu_xcUii4AuiJlPMtippLnVMj8f57YS7EAcNlnOBn6SCJquKicVNyLLh7bgCa-HLwUSITOWgwMtosh-vfinypAlKL1ENUkoStKmoQ/w585-h250/891022_4-8_pano.jpg" width="585" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sawtooth Peak from the back side<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mineral King had already experienced hard-rock mining, timber extraction, sheepherding, and somehow managed to stagger into the mid 20th-century relatively intact.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>Its been way too long since I've been back up there. I've been there backpacking, trailrunning and backcountry ski-touring. Next to King's Canyon, its the best California has to offer.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>The proposed Disney Mineral King ski resort would have been an environmental catastrophe.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>In 1989 I took a ski avalanche workshop from Dave Beck, one of the original snow rangers Disney hired to do snow survey. Mineral King is an avalanche zone from any angle. Dave said that half of the slopes in the main L-shaped valley were unstable on a good day. The few cabins and mule-barn are located in the few stable areas.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>Secondly, the valley and surrounding peaks create an inversion layer that would trap all smog and particulates from the proposed resort. The geology of the valley would also not be able to withstand the impact of escalated water use and sewage disposal.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>Third, the only access into the valley is a curvy 1-1/2 lane road. The resort plans called for a 4-lane expressway to be blasted up the valley from Three Rivers, with extensive</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> damage to the creek drainages with pillars, spans, cuts and fills.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>The Sierra Club mobilized public opinion, and fought Disney to a standstill, ending in 1967 or so. They fought especially hard since they felt that that they'd given away the store on Glen Canyon Dam in 1964.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>In the end Disney came to the conclusion that certainties of high costs and persistent avalanches outweighed any profit from an alpine resort. They probably decided at that point to start looking at Florida.</span></span></p>
Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-67337101670919270062024-01-05T18:05:00.000-08:002024-01-05T18:05:22.002-08:00Vietnam 2023 Cartomancy<p> <span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWLDmLwSmYWIGuCFnK6N_J0SjfYlz4jAJBv6dtfxAIvUu4Rc3eznd0E7gA0x6Ftkfw5cnquR0s_6Mt3bZMIs6Hg6gfbBrwkBMeNOBMp1sRAB2hdyVQIgnoagmuInwmGRWrbs4TX_4Hp3o3SHezFp2S2xsyamqhxvXTeANqDcxrs8T1RFEJR9nRw/s4032/IMG_3240-VN%20CARTO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWLDmLwSmYWIGuCFnK6N_J0SjfYlz4jAJBv6dtfxAIvUu4Rc3eznd0E7gA0x6Ftkfw5cnquR0s_6Mt3bZMIs6Hg6gfbBrwkBMeNOBMp1sRAB2hdyVQIgnoagmuInwmGRWrbs4TX_4Hp3o3SHezFp2S2xsyamqhxvXTeANqDcxrs8T1RFEJR9nRw/w490-h367/IMG_3240-VN%20CARTO.jpg" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone might get lucky, sometime.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This is a continuation of <a href="https://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2023/03/random-playing-card-oracle.html" target="_blank">last year's posts</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This post has nothing to do with ultras, or any of that. <br /><br />Cartomancy, the four suits:<br /><br /> Spades represent challenging tasks or events coming in the future.<br /> Hearts are about feelings, family, home, love, and relationships.<br /> Clubs represent positive things that are coming in the near future.<br /> Diamonds are all about money and finances.<br /><br /><i>Nov 9 2023</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">8 of Diamonds: Surprise romance or travel later in life<br /><br />9 of Clubs: New admirer or opportunities, warning against stubbornness<br /><br />10 of Clubs: Unexpected money, travel</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I found these cards in the seasoning stacked-firewood yard of a traditional wood-fired ceramic factory we were visiting. Last year I found a discarded bong, used for smoking the "knock you on your ass" <a href="https://www.govietnam.tours/thuoc-lao-everything-vietnamese-tobacco/" target="_blank">Thuoc Lao</a>; literally Laotian Tobacco. Its a Vietnam thing. <br />When I tried it in 2019, I choked like a little girl. And I used to smoke a lot, in Ancient Days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But since no trip is legit until I've lit up [according to my non-smoking friend PHX Glenn], here's proof:<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0QxXUFa2M7_n7Dm3Nw6CAxK7zdk9p0W0R01v9csTED_JrIvbgzB8UzpRFqMB5GfrwXyu3LANEiqujdMQ55-yBYOAtB12qvi5JyGK_hl27OqJvP8-1Gh20mwsmZyRpTO_H4hRL5mVv_1Js4mK7Ah69sXDvxfErcG2SL2Vw-6LW9awTWWuBjUAVw/s1125/IMG_026465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1125" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0QxXUFa2M7_n7Dm3Nw6CAxK7zdk9p0W0R01v9csTED_JrIvbgzB8UzpRFqMB5GfrwXyu3LANEiqujdMQ55-yBYOAtB12qvi5JyGK_hl27OqJvP8-1Gh20mwsmZyRpTO_H4hRL5mVv_1Js4mK7Ah69sXDvxfErcG2SL2Vw-6LW9awTWWuBjUAVw/w517-h344/IMG_026465.JPG" width="517" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0Hanoi, Vietnam21.0277644 105.8341598-7.2824694361788467 70.6779098 49.337998236178848 140.9904098tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-26257071543549807222023-10-29T10:15:00.000-07:002023-10-29T10:15:27.649-07:00"You're smart, make us some money on TV"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdRNHur3sbzVeOWgkgzMVysXOqBqJYW8oWL7BQn12rVzQoxwFUUIxWjPfQmSp5mL3_KYkh4Kjt_b0eRvP2RauiSRhOgK6aL9sw6pZBZgcOr49xvrSFKXCiIGUol9Mw2KjI1xSC42aBFcajBNXfZjpbmueqQE8mHRx3kBUa214Phzpa2iSF0Rkew/s2072/WISHFUL%20THINKING.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="2072" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdRNHur3sbzVeOWgkgzMVysXOqBqJYW8oWL7BQn12rVzQoxwFUUIxWjPfQmSp5mL3_KYkh4Kjt_b0eRvP2RauiSRhOgK6aL9sw6pZBZgcOr49xvrSFKXCiIGUol9Mw2KjI1xSC42aBFcajBNXfZjpbmueqQE8mHRx3kBUa214Phzpa2iSF0Rkew/w595-h340/WISHFUL%20THINKING.png" width="595" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">"You're smart, make us some money on TV"<br /><br />That was my then-wife in 1984. We were broke. Our freelance design/pasteup clients had dried up. The TV was on all day, from 7am to 11pm at night. Which meant daytime television, and game shows. She thought since I knew a lot of stuff, having read books, I could ace it.<br /><br />Sure. I was broke enough to think that. So I started making calls to find out how it worked. Which led to auditions for $20,000 Pyramid, and Wheel of Fortune. <br /></span></span><h4><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">$20,000 Pyramid</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Pyramid audition in an anonymous conference room somewhere, with about 30-40 people. Everyone had to stand up and give the elevator-pitch. <br /><br />Oh shit. Now I was sweating.<br /><br />My turn came, I stood up, and blathered something that was like a tire going flat on the roadside. <br /><br />Now I got a master-class in Game Show Auditions.<br /><br />First was a quietly elegant 50ish woman, emerald-green shirtwaist dress, hair pulled back in a French Twist.<br />"Hello, I'm [X]. I became fascinated by nouvelle cuisine, and I got so good at it, I gained 100lbs. Then I lost it all."<br />That was an attention getter.<br /><br />On the other end of the spectrum, was an Army officer, possibly a major. Very nervous, combover, black-framed glasses.<br /><br />"Hello, I'm [X], and I'm stationed at Ft Detrick MD, where I do CBW..."<br /><br />Blank stares.<br /><br />"Oh yeah, CBW-- chemical biological warfare"<br /><br />Dead silence.<br /><br />Television loves a man in uniform, provided they look Hollywood and are in artillery, armor, infantry; or are ship-drivers, pilots etc.<br /><br />But not middle-management in anthrax.<br /><br />Yes, I flunked that audition. Got back to stony looks from the wife. Next stop Wheel of Fortune.<br /></span></span><p></p><h4><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wheel of Fortune</span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The WOF audition was in Hollywood somewhere. I felt a faint hope as we both had worked on Wheel print ads for TV Guide at a tiny broadcast promo shop on Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills-adjacent.<br /><br />No elevator pitches at this point. We were seated, and given a timed quiz. It was Hangman. Another game I knew nothing about. My head hurt.<br /><br />Time's up, and I knew I was fucked. Out the door I went. This was a hard sell to my wife, who'd spent a lot of time in the TV space.<br /></span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">CONCLUSION</span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">I learned the hard way that there are many silos of knowledge. Game shows draw on the deep well American TV; shows, gags, plot lines I didn't know shit about. I stopped making fun of TV trivia experts. They were PhDs in a very different world.<br /><br />So we went back to being broke and looking for work in that long hot summer. The LA Olympics came and went, Richard Ramirez started his crime spree which ended the following August. <br /><br />The TV stayed on, and I slowly marinated in that. Good times.</span><br /></span><br /></p></div>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com1Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0928092 -118.32866145.7825753638211523 -153.4849114 62.403043036178843 -83.1724114tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-63696988380995654032023-06-07T19:59:00.005-07:002023-06-07T19:59:35.660-07:00Hardly Boys And The Mystery Of The Stroka Bots<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVgJmG4fIa296tTfnx-pm6Slz_pywQt_PXmpi7c3iJJrmEJ4vv_YGk5vWlWGkLQvPY0BViSHucwnw1u4FztmoTQFcIoNd0NZMyyaYL8r9BYWNqJ2_f5m8Vvlqhm5-3hFFaSH4zEhk-E8_BsPf_cNDujV7snJMkyQjlpDVNv-YypcpAwVnXp4/s2048/stroka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVgJmG4fIa296tTfnx-pm6Slz_pywQt_PXmpi7c3iJJrmEJ4vv_YGk5vWlWGkLQvPY0BViSHucwnw1u4FztmoTQFcIoNd0NZMyyaYL8r9BYWNqJ2_f5m8Vvlqhm5-3hFFaSH4zEhk-E8_BsPf_cNDujV7snJMkyQjlpDVNv-YypcpAwVnXp4/w454-h454/stroka.jpg" width="454" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here’s my WR Kit.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">“Think what I’ve done for the sport…”<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">I'm closing in on 5,000 miles. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">So much so that I need a FAST BOOST! Technology, narcissism and a credit card are gonna give it ALL to me.<br /><br />#StayHardly*<br /><br />This mystery is tailor-made for the Hardly Boys. And their sidekick Nancy "Drew The Short Straw." But all is about to change. She's fed up with being an apostrophe in a a high-asterisk occupation. The Hardly Boys just don't see her for what she is. She's not getting any.<br /><br />Frank Hardly has several drinks too many one night. <br /><br />"So, uh, Nancy, you like to play Tag, right? Well, how about tag... TEAM??"<br /><br /><crickets><br /><br />Nancy stubs out her Lucky. She looks at Frank.<br />”You think I was bone yesterday?”<br />”You mean ‘born’, right?”<br />”No shit, Sherlock. I said BONE. Draw your own conclusions”<br /><br />Frank's eyes glaze over when he sees the Cuban fishnets. He wants to call his brother Joe Hardly, but knows he's at the weekly Rick Astley VR Zoom.<br /><br />Noir Nancy has emerged.<br /><br />HEY WHAT ABOUT MY WR EFFORTS???<br /><br />Someone? Anyone???</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">___________<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">*Ideas looted from Guys Who Are Way Fucking Smarter Than Me. Jeff, Ryan, Chris: I owe you a drink or something.</span><br /><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-80968515099781277982023-06-06T19:54:00.015-07:002023-06-12T16:48:05.752-07:00AC100: 2023 Is A Matter Of Course<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVmjDSU0gqtXfV8LQmOIAInLiSfDqtzauM_TjrS90Xd5yMkGU3eTCablQYv5XrlZqO9ozdzAB4pd36CJ6hBPAbWGSSa2OHHPUqXkuqbkCBhy211wKmXj4DUdU7JqBCeOdolTuO51DeoaZZ6MNgtnBkKpy-huECXNMSfGPZxMJ-4-wKCM6LVE/s2230/ac100%20map.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="2230" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVmjDSU0gqtXfV8LQmOIAInLiSfDqtzauM_TjrS90Xd5yMkGU3eTCablQYv5XrlZqO9ozdzAB4pd36CJ6hBPAbWGSSa2OHHPUqXkuqbkCBhy211wKmXj4DUdU7JqBCeOdolTuO51DeoaZZ6MNgtnBkKpy-huECXNMSfGPZxMJ-4-wKCM6LVE/w635-h272/ac100%20map.png" width="635" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The 2023 Notional AC100.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The venerable Angeles Crest stumbled into 2023 with a finally redone website. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Congrats! Most of the photos are bright and shiny, and non-synchronous to actual locations. However, it's a considerable improvement. No idea if the signup is as buggy and weird as it was when <a href="https://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2016/08/ac100-whole-lotto-love.html" target="_blank">the Next Day Lotto</a> was unleashed several years ago.</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Everyone Has A Plan…</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>RACE CANCELLED FOR 2023: SKIP TO THE END</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Race has been able to rejoin its point-to-point origins, with continued mods by fire and bio-edict. RIP incinerated Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog [MYLF]. 2022's out-&-back is now an asterisk in the rear-view mirror.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The new course map and descriptions are confusing. It was deja vu to 1990 for me all over again, only in color. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Map shows a Chantry pass-thru, while text indicates an out-n-back from Red Box to Newcombs, then up the Kenyon Devore over Mt Wilson. Thence over the top down to Idle Hour, to its eventual conclusion at Loma Alta in Altadena CA. Any Kenyon Devore humping will be eye-opening to the experienced, and a body-shock to the newbies. <br /><i></i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;">"The basic plan for 2023 AC100 is to finish in Altadena via Kenyon/Devore Trail to the top of Mt Wilson, bypassing Chantry. The race will pass through Shortcut, Redbox and Newcomb Saddle, but after Newcomb Saddle, it will go back on the Rincon-Redbox Rd/Gabrielino Trail toward Redbox, but take Kenyon/Devore Trail to the top of Mt Wilson and to Idlehour, Sam Merrill, Millard and Loma Alta Park in Altadena. There is a GPX file and Google Earth map you can download as well as an interactive map on the Full Course Page."</span></i></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>S</i>ource details here: https://ac100.com/course-history-changes/ <br /></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">…Until They're Hit In The Face </span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/CaltransDist7/status/1666078716982870016" target="_blank">From CalTrans, June 6</a>:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="font-family: arial;">State Route 2 (Angeles Crest Hwy):
SR-2 remains closed from Mt. Wilson Red Box Rd. to Grassy Hollow Campground (Angeles National Forest) at least through summer due to winter storm damage & repairs. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOwY6bAHblNHds-JSvj3saHyvVlQVZDiRHJxN0cjASGW4RJ1HcomU70qJatHOBPjDn4bzsZEXm61wAdEbV_vPCCvdsQCptju58uK3h9ySEXfsHQ1smIaxpKsVqzElTCEqEV0bsE7B2b6UgSordl28Gi1sSteHOtx-3UpQD2Pgjrl0450UOeI/s1182/caltrans%20tweet.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1182" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOwY6bAHblNHds-JSvj3saHyvVlQVZDiRHJxN0cjASGW4RJ1HcomU70qJatHOBPjDn4bzsZEXm61wAdEbV_vPCCvdsQCptju58uK3h9ySEXfsHQ1smIaxpKsVqzElTCEqEV0bsE7B2b6UgSordl28Gi1sSteHOtx-3UpQD2Pgjrl0450UOeI/w483-h381/caltrans%20tweet.png" width="483" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">How this affects the Race remains to be seen. Previous years with Hwy 2 wipe outs at various points entailed long detours and highly limited access to aid stations.<br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As of June 6, 2023: Kenyon Devore Trail is closed. Another workaround is needed.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meanwhile:<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></p><blockquote><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">THE FUTURE</span></b></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"></span></i></span></p><blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;">"Continuing the tireless work of Hal Winton, rest assured that we are working year-round to keep the Angeles Crest 100 in business and reduce the amount of mileage this trail race is forced to run on pavement. By fostering relationships with the United States Forest Service through trail service and stewardship, taking an active role in our communities and other special interest groups and lobbying local politicians, we are committed to preserving and restoring the historic Angeles Crest 100 course. Over the past few years, an all-volunteer group formed Trail Running Advocates of Southern California (TRASC), a 901c dedicated to fostering work for play relationships between trail running events and public land management. Their first project is working to return the AC100 to the original course and secure passage along the historic route in perpetuity." <br /></span></i></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Inconvenient Notes:<i><br /></i></span><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Trail Running Advocates of Southern California (TRASC) is invisible to a cursory Google search.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">901c must be a typo. Maybe they meant 501c3.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial;">AC100 got pantsed in 2013 when the ANF was bundled into the San Gabriel Mtns Natl Monument. The Race was not at the table, because Uncle Hal was doing all the work while Kenny was otherwise engaged. Read about that here: <a href="https://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2019/05/imagine-ac100-without-baden-powell.html" target="_blank">Imagine AC100 Without Baden-Powell</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>[updated June 9, 2023]</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Further updates from Kenny on the race. Take note that Idle Hour is omitted. I'm sure the same super-tight Millard to Finish time-window remains. Because tradition.<i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMnwZs9GMIzqnA8nNrNOk5WUg8kFms6gUN4iLTcDE9KLFAFq6ElJXCiuJEmZgHfNL9i8zeOH8Koxjz7jw063RR69gp7wQnaRZHhc6pu5RmJryQ355SxLLH_NhFdLArCNYO_xYd63Ue1fEey8iAwk1rMu6kOY2I8_vcQEvTRl4yyNMp4QKwwg/s2642/Kenny%20post%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2642" data-original-width="2475" height="615" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMnwZs9GMIzqnA8nNrNOk5WUg8kFms6gUN4iLTcDE9KLFAFq6ElJXCiuJEmZgHfNL9i8zeOH8Koxjz7jw063RR69gp7wQnaRZHhc6pu5RmJryQ355SxLLH_NhFdLArCNYO_xYd63Ue1fEey8iAwk1rMu6kOY2I8_vcQEvTRl4yyNMp4QKwwg/w578-h615/Kenny%20post%201.jpg" width="578" /> </a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8eMuYCaRVrUgmi0bJM5Nz6hqdU4oFkQ3PGmuEdHMt4QHJRDTmVDeYO4HRVK28pPflJcjMcB3EKCwPeM2pSkxf4i43PQhvkYgIQUobfpTljbo3qgblpaQRR41ZL-pUtMaCXuNAtT6HcxC9y-wJSRuYxADsHbus_iXQYEzF2TDfC8u3M6OwTY/s2641/kenny%20post%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="2475" height="637" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8eMuYCaRVrUgmi0bJM5Nz6hqdU4oFkQ3PGmuEdHMt4QHJRDTmVDeYO4HRVK28pPflJcjMcB3EKCwPeM2pSkxf4i43PQhvkYgIQUobfpTljbo3qgblpaQRR41ZL-pUtMaCXuNAtT6HcxC9y-wJSRuYxADsHbus_iXQYEzF2TDfC8u3M6OwTY/w597-h637/kenny%20post%202.jpg" width="597" /> </a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">AC100 canceled for 2023<i>, [updated June 12, 2023]</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskxKKELk1JR6EBUTxaG5S3B1HP5LQ40iR3ImbsGbV4Qg9nbOMNUpWE7ma-4XdRjQ0gmnrtgLAQgmpE28Vv9KyWHzG1YUn1W2HHGTApY2wki8oqw3X1XcoCSzg1rRcKVrASD3VMV5ptLc1yDBERG4OAlKmPtWj_EO9u_cyna_NvG0FU5tnFVg/s2591/kenny%20cancel%20june%2012.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="2519" height="603" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskxKKELk1JR6EBUTxaG5S3B1HP5LQ40iR3ImbsGbV4Qg9nbOMNUpWE7ma-4XdRjQ0gmnrtgLAQgmpE28Vv9KyWHzG1YUn1W2HHGTApY2wki8oqw3X1XcoCSzg1rRcKVrASD3VMV5ptLc1yDBERG4OAlKmPtWj_EO9u_cyna_NvG0FU5tnFVg/w585-h603/kenny%20cancel%20june%2012.png" width="585" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm86ioYD-KFjXYrKRj6d0Tgfz04UAwhgrtqD7XB8CAIPNZetjIJgDCBrxjtdre55LeW5JGkbVJgmRZxLoyDg2xrHjfzkLVxayqHCAxijhRPZRXj7ASZVe4lEN5E8AeNPJ2Pu8P7R9PmNIpnlxPJbkU2GHvPp4yY4ddWJmortpWKgYbtiOPdE/s1920/IMG_1460.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm86ioYD-KFjXYrKRj6d0Tgfz04UAwhgrtqD7XB8CAIPNZetjIJgDCBrxjtdre55LeW5JGkbVJgmRZxLoyDg2xrHjfzkLVxayqHCAxijhRPZRXj7ASZVe4lEN5E8AeNPJ2Pu8P7R9PmNIpnlxPJbkU2GHvPp4yY4ddWJmortpWKgYbtiOPdE/w549-h309/IMG_1460.JPG" width="549" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's some coin.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></i></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></div></div>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-91104582648939156292023-06-05T17:43:00.001-07:002023-06-05T17:43:50.281-07:00FKT, WR? NGAF<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLTLAXiu6j6FHdM8U0sMSlseajqRU1IrgVwxniHl-0jZtPuTP29XcLK2sYuAuHFh1VQ_OQ_COnzTggiceb1PH8yd7paki4WY3LM7i5UH7Y4B5-pmPYzn5vbuSlC-Zia6l2WYGkeQ6B9wr3b1nDETASIJ-siSeuxAtUICq1ABNLKiCZ9_1d-A/s1125/IMG_1365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="1125" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLTLAXiu6j6FHdM8U0sMSlseajqRU1IrgVwxniHl-0jZtPuTP29XcLK2sYuAuHFh1VQ_OQ_COnzTggiceb1PH8yd7paki4WY3LM7i5UH7Y4B5-pmPYzn5vbuSlC-Zia6l2WYGkeQ6B9wr3b1nDETASIJ-siSeuxAtUICq1ABNLKiCZ9_1d-A/w473-h291/IMG_1365.jpg" width="473" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Nobody gives a fuck about your FKT or World Record.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nobody gives a fuck about your FKT or World Record.<br />Seriously. Both are stunts on a continuum. <br /><br />In Before Times, a John Muir Trail FKT was the Holy Grail. Sometime in the 90s Blake Wood did it out of curiosity, having backpacked it with his dad over ten times as a teen. Fast forward to now. Why anyone would want to race thru spectacular Sierra topography is beyond me. But they do.<br /><br />There have been some hilarious misfires on <a href="https://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2001/04/jmt-record-fever.html" target="_blank">JMT FKT's</a>, one noted here.<br /><br />Actual races, on a defined course, with a disinterested party running the clock is where bullshit gets taken to the woodshed. This is also where the Last Man Standing idea is brutally savage. <br /><br />World Records are a different animal. Like how many London cabs can you jump over with a pogo stick sort of thing. Things you can argue about while drinking.<br /><br />The <a href=" https://www.theguardian.com/world/guinness-world-records" target="_blank">Guardian keeps an eye on this</a>.<br /><br />Sharp minds have seen ways to game that genre. World Records are a personal obsession that is bent to monetizing a brand. And in today's retardo attention economy, that's all that counts. <br /><br />Most of us don't have the deep financial resources to pursue this goal. You know-- take time off from work, sideline your family, etc. But if that's what you want to do, to get attention or financial benefit, go ahead. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Basically you're a bald man scrambling for a comb.<br /><br />Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/shakira-broke-14-guinness-world-records-1234694771/" target="_blank">Shakira blew the doors off the World Record machine</a>. TYVM Rolling Stone.<br /><br />Guinness World Record Titles Held by Shakira Thanks to “BZRP Music Sessions Vol. 53″:<br /></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Most streamed Latin track on Spotify in 24 hours</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Most viewed Latin track on YouTube in 24 hours</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Fastest Latin track to reach 100 million views on YouTube</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Most streamed Latin track on Spotify in one week</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5. First female vocalist to debut in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with a Spanish-language track</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Most No.1s on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart by a female artist</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7. First female artist to replace herself at No.1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Most cumulative weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart by a female artist</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Most Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart by a female artist</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10. Most Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart by a female artist</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">11. Most No.1s on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay chart by a female artist</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">12. Most Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay chart by a female artist</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">13. Most No.1s on Billboard’s Latin Digital Song Sales chart</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14. Most Billboard charts topped by a Spanish-language track by a female artist</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Hips don't lie.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><p><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-29403989860014992312023-05-14T11:26:00.002-07:002023-05-14T11:26:35.788-07:00Bot & Paid For<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4c7aEtce28fI21L3hFhFOzh7FNHyeKVUinRbUJ9YHXK3EndY9QiTl9vpm0WgRxiuhGijHs-4aMhniuGijOUM_Uk5y5iqKyPNZLuJgONDAo2N_r85sJri3uQ-bM8LioBzgG1oQJPvqVlOJ2hpKlXHF0kI41Ts84hnahccO9nH6Kpp44Vkzhas/s3024/230331_0462-PARIS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4c7aEtce28fI21L3hFhFOzh7FNHyeKVUinRbUJ9YHXK3EndY9QiTl9vpm0WgRxiuhGijHs-4aMhniuGijOUM_Uk5y5iqKyPNZLuJgONDAo2N_r85sJri3uQ-bM8LioBzgG1oQJPvqVlOJ2hpKlXHF0kI41Ts84hnahccO9nH6Kpp44Vkzhas/w502-h502/230331_0462-PARIS.jpg" width="502" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is totally legit.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let's say you're a Niche Insta Personality, and seemingly out of nowhere, because you have amazing insights into uric scald, you announce that you have attained 150k followers.<br />Of course, you Praise The Universe. Because the Universe is a giver, right?<br /><br />Probably not. There are dead planets and dying stars to infinity. Let's look closer to home.<br /></span></span><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">CUE UP THE BONER-KILLERS</span></span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blog.kicksta.co/how-to-identify-fake-instagram-followers-put-a-stop-to-them/" target="_blank">This will hurt me more than you, promise</a>. I cut to the chase to save you the heavy lifting.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">"...In short, a fake Instagram account is one that's not actually run by an individual human being. Some of these accounts are mass-created by people; others are mass-created by bots. Some are used to spam comments, likes, etc., while others are left dormant. Every social media provider is plagued by these fake accounts."</span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">[SFX: LAUGHTER]</span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">This isn't new. Sitcom laugh tracks for example, which had their origin in radio. <br />Details<a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160926-where-does-canned-laughter-come-from-and-where-did-it-go" target="_blank"> here</a>: </span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">[SFX: APPLAUSE]</span></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Clackers: Hired applauders and flatterers, dating back to Greek theatre, thence to Rome and into modern times. I'm certain this art didn't die during Medieval Times either, before or after the roast chicken.<br /><br />I'll quote the venerable Encyclopedia B <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/claque" target="_blank">here</a>: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"Under the Roman Empire claques were common in the theatres and law courts; flatterers and legacy hunters would often serve as claqueurs at private performances sponsored by wealthy patrons of the arts. The emperor Nero established a school of applause and was followed on his concert tours by a claque of 5,000 knights and soldiers."</i><br /><br />I love the part about legacy hunters. Butt wait, there's more!<br /><br /><i>"In France during the 18th century, the chevalier Jacques de La Morlière and the poetaster Claude-Joseph Dorat organized claques to support plays by themselves and others. The claque became a permanent institution in the 19th century, and almost every theatre in Paris was forced to submit to its services; the claque leaders, who received monthly payments from the actors and free tickets from the managements, were extremely influential. In addition to the leader, or chef de claque, there were the commissaires, who memorized the better parts of the play and called their neighbours’ attention to them; the rieurs, who laughed loudly during comedies; the chatouilleurs (“the ticklers”), who kept the audience in good humour; the pleureuses, women who wept during melodramas; and the bisseurs, who shouted for encores. Claques have occasionally been employed in England but never with the elaborate organization of the French claques." </i></span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">CURTAIN CALL</span></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The human need for recognition and ego-boosting is ancient, alive and well. Social Media with AI is the latest iteration. <br /><br />"Thanks for coming to my TED Talk"<br /><br />Please clap. No refunds.<i><br /> </i></span></span><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-77868280895576051852023-04-24T18:50:00.003-07:002023-04-24T18:50:57.924-07:00For Richer, For Poorer<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kwVYvrTe2DXTyLI7zkCuWVTqCVi7O68vTJR8cVIoqfw1JUmEkOHXg6j7mVZhpx8Uus7m7eAzJ3-zR28hGFfeUW1Nf66oo3WboMKaXJQM0NLXbsxJq6w8Hg5lx6z81BzDSLfzenPCl6SunvDXDyKBlbGdzQEGfvVb2m8WVMJ8FkXqZQId33o/s2000/230323a_VEN_46.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2000" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kwVYvrTe2DXTyLI7zkCuWVTqCVi7O68vTJR8cVIoqfw1JUmEkOHXg6j7mVZhpx8Uus7m7eAzJ3-zR28hGFfeUW1Nf66oo3WboMKaXJQM0NLXbsxJq6w8Hg5lx6z81BzDSLfzenPCl6SunvDXDyKBlbGdzQEGfvVb2m8WVMJ8FkXqZQId33o/w550-h366/230323a_VEN_46.JPG" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Venezia IT, Mar 23 2023. Many miles and Km from any wedding.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Ultra weddings are a world unto their own. Many are born in the sweaty fever of a finish line proposal, where the swain ambushes his maybe-unsuspecting maid with "will you marry me?" <br />Gay couples do your own swaps, it's all the same.<br /><br />Since this is a new world, let's look at likely features!<br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Bride and groom wearing GoPros</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">ultra-celeb livestream voice-over play by play<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">select guests by lottery, others wait-listed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">team sponsors </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">blow up arch at the altar/finish line</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">chip timed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Speculation as to who paces who. I'm sure the competition will be fierce.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">competing and perhaps complimentary running-themed playlists. All sincere I'm sure, although "White Wedding" and "Let's Pretend We're Married" will appear.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Surprise Insta-Bro who jumps up and yells "STAY HARD!!"<br /></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Breathless fashion updates: “Bride is wearing a high performance cami top with a UD half-cup balconette hydration vest.“<br /><br />The prenup will already review mutual Stravas for DNS, DNFs, and other anomalies.<br /><br />Finally: “If you drop the ring you have to go stand in the surf.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Did I miss something? Feel free to comment. <br /></span></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-82986089669916528312023-03-04T11:05:00.001-08:002023-03-04T11:31:13.704-08:00Random Playing Card Oracle<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNM2ghOEleaAxUcImETiyYwMSXPAd5DkOhniy29cb7NP_kW6Io4U4Fpdqc4sBypwYaVbr6juGuzDrj3GppdO64jhC-hhH2DKF1E5FtDsZhVZ0tVEpHcbYeOJFiwHL8eK_Nw2qHCXfVHpwoZynWd2GJED13bR7t_mk_NLajR0GzZVV3GI0Wjg/s1160/230113_Oracle_03a.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1160" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNM2ghOEleaAxUcImETiyYwMSXPAd5DkOhniy29cb7NP_kW6Io4U4Fpdqc4sBypwYaVbr6juGuzDrj3GppdO64jhC-hhH2DKF1E5FtDsZhVZ0tVEpHcbYeOJFiwHL8eK_Nw2qHCXfVHpwoZynWd2GJED13bR7t_mk_NLajR0GzZVV3GI0Wjg/s320/230113_Oracle_03a.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flip it, flip it real good.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br />In late May 2020, I became interested in Cartomancy, the Playing Card Oracle. Basically its a parallel reading of Tarot, as per one <a href="https://www.lunalunamagazine.com/dark/read-tarot-with-a-simple-deck-of-playing-cards">explanation</a>.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">"Telling fortunes by using regular playing cards is commonly called cartomancy. This article is a basic overview of the symbolic associations of the suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs), and the numbers and royal court within Western cartomancy."</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">I won't get into the weeds on this-- having wasted too much time in previous life-situations where somehow cards would answer complicated questions. They don't. At best they can offer a cryptic random comment on your situation. <br />When in doubt, look up while driving.<br /></span><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Four Suits</span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> Spades represent challenging tasks or events coming in the future.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> Hearts are about feelings, family, home, love, and relationships.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> Clubs represent positive things that are coming in the near future.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> Diamonds are all about money and finances. </span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjlcwNfHl9jte87dJ2NDOQQ1Wpa1XiPty6YyOZm8UtWkI_sRIuo6RW813cw9v919icBvSlHLljRndXuhm5tkzeIwXMAkOYYjbumCqLGd1Q1Uh0GCWDRgv29HhesijAHfse2-Oq3ovngSgTrDd3ANmUwBzYjgAwSquF6GHxo1O3wD2Iq-iqYc/s2447/2020-05025%205H.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2447" data-original-width="2447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjlcwNfHl9jte87dJ2NDOQQ1Wpa1XiPty6YyOZm8UtWkI_sRIuo6RW813cw9v919icBvSlHLljRndXuhm5tkzeIwXMAkOYYjbumCqLGd1Q1Uh0GCWDRgv29HhesijAHfse2-Oq3ovngSgTrDd3ANmUwBzYjgAwSquF6GHxo1O3wD2Iq-iqYc/s320/2020-05025%205H.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May 30 2020<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><i>May 30 2020</i><br />5 of Hearts – Jealousy, resentment, loss of love, deceit, or illness. Found this one at a local trailhead here in Ventura County. It was hot as balls, my life wasn't looking too cheerful right then, so it felt right. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Covid had hit. All travel plans were suspended.</span></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">*****</span></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Time passed. I didn't see cards for a while. I was busy with other things. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Fast forward to a long-deferred Vietnam trip. While in Vietnam in late
2022, I started seeing abandoned cards. Lots of them. I started photographing them <i>in situ</i>, and keeping them. Keep in mind these were found outdoors in boatyards and pottery factories, not indoors.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Whose fortune? Mine, or whoever
dropped the cards? Who the hell knows? Here goes.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kNpZ877gM4s3PoWj6BkSVNbhqgu_LMVHI1B8R4FpjIyFqjO5eSvF3N5gZ7qqW34hErEok0zNwFB_WbirfIB14zqP7FUUKCdIzrufMLsoD1xiKILrUh4tEVottQbe-s0xPvPdUy_vzJET9a7Y9zkcmOogaIXRP1Q10jHvrhlJWYYxWl03W_s/s2048/230113_Oracle_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1265" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kNpZ877gM4s3PoWj6BkSVNbhqgu_LMVHI1B8R4FpjIyFqjO5eSvF3N5gZ7qqW34hErEok0zNwFB_WbirfIB14zqP7FUUKCdIzrufMLsoD1xiKILrUh4tEVottQbe-s0xPvPdUy_vzJET9a7Y9zkcmOogaIXRP1Q10jHvrhlJWYYxWl03W_s/w272-h440/230113_Oracle_05.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><i>2 jokers</i>-- Wild cards ahoy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">An extended mediation here:<br />"Perhaps due to the Joker’s early association with the Tarot Fool, or perhaps based on the archetypal symbolism of the Jester/Joker/Fool, the interpretation of the Joker bears close resemblance to that of the Tarot Fool.<br /><br />Like The Fool, the Joker can denote folly, eccentricity, and poorly considered actions. He can represent originality, or the beginning of an adventure or quest. He is an independent spirit, complete within himself. He is guided by the forces of nature, and the wisdom of The Universe.<br /><br />Most cartomancy methods do not utilize the Joker. In the systems that do include the Joker, he is interpreted in various ways.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Joker can be used as a significator card to represent the seeker (person requesting the reading). Wherever the Joker falls in the reading, special emphasis is placed on the surrounding cards which would indicate what is closest to the seeker’s heart, or most important in the seeker’s life. <br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> The Joker can represent surprises and unexpected events outside of the seeker’s control.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> The Joker can represent foolish behavior or immaturity.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> The Joker can indicate secrets, hidden agendas, or that not everything is as it appears to be in the area where it falls.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">There are actually two Jokers in the deck of playing cards, and some systems utilize both. One can be used to represent life, and the other to represent death. Or one can be used to represent where the seeker’s energy is focused, and the other to represent the seeker’s emotions. The two Jokers can also be used to represent any duality or polarity such as sun & moon, Yin & Yang, active & receptive, positive & negative, good & evil, ego & id, zero & infinity, light & dark, etc."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Source: [https://artofcartomancy.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-joker.html]<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jFu0ynUOWj9CIV2fjQyo02gpc8tKctNsxukLQkA9K1qFdOga1WEYe3QqdgCM8O9ERJH6MPWqWjQJDh25KQ1T9ImiQga9WKLr6ucYgf5RE4EERSG6T1rl3IeweEgW6orsn0kK4qjhgujAEee0K6wjj-0CqMGZlNGz4Aauutj-JLt6CbyLQsw/s2048/230113_Oracle_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1269" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jFu0ynUOWj9CIV2fjQyo02gpc8tKctNsxukLQkA9K1qFdOga1WEYe3QqdgCM8O9ERJH6MPWqWjQJDh25KQ1T9ImiQga9WKLr6ucYgf5RE4EERSG6T1rl3IeweEgW6orsn0kK4qjhgujAEee0K6wjj-0CqMGZlNGz4Aauutj-JLt6CbyLQsw/w227-h367/230113_Oracle_04.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><i>4 of Spades</i>: Illness, broken promises<br /><i>3 of Clubs</i>: A wealthy partner and successful marriage<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr66YGfQKLTCw2UbqT32JzobZX6J1nZ9v6fyan_Zxczc9mR3xyYNL5PpyUB_mLKkbxswvfTVLvRs-yt2-DVL-PN_2Blw6M1NKfthcXYNFUkYi6DrF_vREge_At-9YjiBkS-1lF-00NO4b-cuaRErS8v9uFt0cFOy7HTM_ehfbkGa2HEjzubk/s2048/230113_Oracle_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1253" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr66YGfQKLTCw2UbqT32JzobZX6J1nZ9v6fyan_Zxczc9mR3xyYNL5PpyUB_mLKkbxswvfTVLvRs-yt2-DVL-PN_2Blw6M1NKfthcXYNFUkYi6DrF_vREge_At-9YjiBkS-1lF-00NO4b-cuaRErS8v9uFt0cFOy7HTM_ehfbkGa2HEjzubk/w224-h366/230113_Oracle_01.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><i>9 of Diamonds</i>: New business opportunities, unexpected money</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /><i>10 of Clubs</i>: Unexpected money, travel </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">CONCLUSION </span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The world is a causal place. The point of divinations and readings is to look at situations from a different point of view. John Reader's "Life On Earth" has a chapter on how indigenous Lapland hunters would use divinations as a way to step out of habitual hunting patterns.<br /></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-44687288683879904332023-02-22T10:25:00.008-08:002023-03-04T10:48:34.502-08:00In Every Ultra-Dream A Heartache<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNgB_xpSuZ6_lFDsTWwoj7USrvCQPNgr8BKGSos8t-iEqRO8elB6WMlzYuE9HkQM7MgPeeTNPH5VUh9zLovCpRQ3fcb-g56dbeinMex-1hVhNdYd4gvX4ziPhxzeXSCiKQqXTe9UinDt9NvJ4fWyHRLUTBVdEKriTy4tWM5G2gSdgH3RD-Hw/s2184/Screenshot%202023-02-21%20at%204.16.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1862" data-original-width="2184" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNgB_xpSuZ6_lFDsTWwoj7USrvCQPNgr8BKGSos8t-iEqRO8elB6WMlzYuE9HkQM7MgPeeTNPH5VUh9zLovCpRQ3fcb-g56dbeinMex-1hVhNdYd4gvX4ziPhxzeXSCiKQqXTe9UinDt9NvJ4fWyHRLUTBVdEKriTy4tWM5G2gSdgH3RD-Hw/w439-h375/Screenshot%202023-02-21%20at%204.16.39%20PM.png" width="439" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can see clearly now.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><br />Sooner or later, your ultra-romance ends. What started off so fresh has now crashed. All those races, buckles, t-shirts mock you. And maybe a hot hook-up too.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">You might even have had that finish line marriage proposal, where you said “yes, yes, a thousand times yes”, not realizing it was a fateful ambush in front of total strangers. Or a social-media stunt. It was a simpler time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">The day when a Running Vacation was the shit is also gone. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">You are hearing, or saying, that ultras suck too much out of whatever life you have, and you/they want to do other things. Its never a fun discussion.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Or your health. My health ultra-path [or Journey®™] was: <br /><br />Sept 1989: First ultra, Baldy Peaks 50k. Man, I thought I was truly gonna get laid.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Oct 1991. First 100. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Man, I thought I was truly gonna get laid.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">April 1999: Chronic Fatigue-Adjacent. Whatever it was, I was knee-capped, and my first ultra golden age was over. It was a hard quasi-recovery. Buckling becomes remote. Who are all these fuckers passing me? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Feb 2002: did Jim O'Brien's San Gabriel Mtn 50k, then dropped out of racing for ten years.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">April 2005: Mold infection [tearing up very old carpet minus hazmat protections]. Another 10-15% of lung capacity gone. And yet I persisted. The finish times are getting slower.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">May 2012: reignited racing, discovered that everybody got faster, and that my UltrasignUp stats were historical. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Mar 2015: My brother was killed by a hit & run driver. The bottom dropped out of my life for the next 18 months as that body blow flattened me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Its cumulative. Really glad I didn't paint myself into a corner being some bullshit influencer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">2019: A succession of DNFs were biopsies indicating a decline. Not fun, but hey.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Jan 2020 was probably my last ultra, <a href="https://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2020/01/doppeldonger-dfl.html" target="_blank">a local mountain 50k</a>. My speed was collapsing by 30sec per mile year on year. When I finished, I was 30sec after cut-off. I asked the RD if I was cut. <br />"No, because I've got 3 or 4 out there still."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">June 2020: when every biomechanical malpractice I’d diligently accumulated in a lifetime of running finally caught up to me.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Each knocked me down a peg.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"> Bottom line, I'd lost interest in the process. It wasn't fun for me any more.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">The good news? I'm not taking anything away from anyone else's fun. Go for it! Get it while you can.<br /><br />Conclusion: You get to make your peace with it. Otherwise you’re an angry ghost, annoying the fuck out of everyone else with your misery.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzw0zXGKJjYv0G4uavxZEvgINB4i2QlIVcm1jgrNdFoEOCy4P8tv1gyzq__JUNBwBvhtDxNL5E0rkBoAxwI7cDtJa7rQiqzrxP_z0jrp5152LRUuYlQT0aZ4BaNVWmG4tElflGuArfRYBrYn9388nwB9uX-DTYmk1OFbdPCvLbMdKNOs6qYM/s2246/Screenshot%202023-02-22%20at%2010.23.56%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="2246" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzw0zXGKJjYv0G4uavxZEvgINB4i2QlIVcm1jgrNdFoEOCy4P8tv1gyzq__JUNBwBvhtDxNL5E0rkBoAxwI7cDtJa7rQiqzrxP_z0jrp5152LRUuYlQT0aZ4BaNVWmG4tElflGuArfRYBrYn9388nwB9uX-DTYmk1OFbdPCvLbMdKNOs6qYM/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-22%20at%2010.23.56%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><br /> </span><p></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-67065150331165466992022-10-14T18:37:00.004-07:002022-10-14T18:37:51.020-07:001997 LT100: Three Cantina Betties, and training broccoli<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpl_soBvnKucQ10Il1U7PpxyJ9QPV2bXzTt1JYon38_RQtixkJGQ4PKCUerkW7PdsgUcIZid5R2eXC3d4VHj9Ho4iO8uxOQUv02kmhPtxqCdn_LIU_9zT0KNvBsa1bGxSGlH67DtoDYxLJX9uUfb1bF_BurFTuoX7rroMq3j-G8m8TLNxySBM/s507/LT100%201997%20logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="507" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpl_soBvnKucQ10Il1U7PpxyJ9QPV2bXzTt1JYon38_RQtixkJGQ4PKCUerkW7PdsgUcIZid5R2eXC3d4VHj9Ho4iO8uxOQUv02kmhPtxqCdn_LIU_9zT0KNvBsa1bGxSGlH67DtoDYxLJX9uUfb1bF_BurFTuoX7rroMq3j-G8m8TLNxySBM/w539-h342/LT100%201997%20logo.png" width="539" /></a></div><br />July 25 or so, 1997. <br />First the froth of sin.<br /><p></p><p>The running is good up here, and the betty-sightings are almost epic. Ask Leslie about the Three Cantina Betties. The curly-haired brunette ["Teach Me"], the lush and languid strawberry blonde ["Fuck Me Slow"], and finally the sizzling Latina ["Fuck Me Hard And You Better Not Quit"]. Leslie was cracking up laughing while these 3 criss-crossed the restaurant. I of course was merely appreciating their youthful...enthusiasm. And their combined ages still couldn't get them into MediCare. </p><p>[now to the grim broccoli of training, et merde]</p><p>July 28 97<br /><br />Kampers:<br /><br />When we last left our hapless hero he was comparing notes on the Three Cantina Betties. With that out of the way for now, he turned his manly attention to the business of running. Oh yes, that. <br /><br />With Jimbo Schedule firmly in hand, the other hand, Sat July 26 commenced with a Double: 25miles AM, 20miles PM. When I awoke at 0300 something in my gut told me I should have woken up earlier. This wisdom was not evident for another 12 hours, but I get ahead of myself. <br /><br />So, leaving my warm tent at the May Queen CG at 0330, I wind my way back into town and relearn all kinds of things about how the trail looks in the dark, without several hundred champing, eager, ultra-bobs & betties to show the way. Its way different. I get to the required 12.5 mi mark, turn around. I get back around 0815. Damn, I'm weary already. <br /><br />The coach had specified an 8-hr recovery time. I figured I'd jump the gun somewhat, and start my 20mi segment at 1530 instead of 1600. Did I mention that this 20mi segment was Twin Lakes to Winfield & back? Those in the know can see this one coming, but keep quiet and play along for now. <br /><br />When I set out across this meadow in 1994, I was young, foolish and the meadow was dry as a bone. 1995 was wet and so is 1997. For those who fastidiously changed their shoes at Ruckychucky this year, you are in for a real treat! Before you get to the main event, a full blown creek crossing there are at least 4 [i lost count...] up-to-the-knee soakers where the water's the thing. Then you get to the creek. It is in full flood and just plain happy to be there. <br /><br />OK, contour upstream about 200yds, then angle across. Cold water comes perilously close to yr genitalia, but what the hell, you weren't planning on having kids were ya? Good. Now it's time to go up Hope. The rain that has threatened is holding off. Up I go. Surprise! It takes me 2'55" to get to Winfield! Turn around. Start up the other side. I summit Hope Pass in-bound and I look at my watch. Holy Shit! It's now 2015, with about 45 min of light left, and I remember that I carefully removed the AA mini-mag from my pack and left in the trunk of my car! <br /><br />So now I am treated to a full-on stretch of twilight downhill running, and seeing just how good my incipient night vision is. Luckily it was only drizzling. No thunder and lightning like Wednesday's Mt Elbert descent. I get to the flats just at dark. I am humping along somehow managing not to get caught in gopher holes, following the double-track contours in the drizzling misting darkness. <br /><br />The water crossings? Oh yeah, just in case I had forgotten, here's one <thigh-high sloshing here>. Repeat 4 or five times. I hear the creek. Hmm, this is gonna be fun. Angle downstream and go for it. Scramble out on the other side, and willow-whack at a diagonal to pick up the double-track again. Did I mention it was offset? The rain is a steady drizzle. I figure the vague trail through the bog from Twin Lakes is more hassle than it's worth, I stay on the double-track and make it to Hiway 82. With any luck I won't get creamed, and I didn't. </p><p>Bonus: I get to follow a bright white edge-line on the highway. <br /><br />My luck holds when I get back to the Twin Lakes Trail Head 20min later. No locked gates. My solar shower is actually still warm from sitting on the rear deck inside the car. Nobody can see me from the restaurants etc across the highway, so I shower off, buck nekkid, get into dry clothes and realize that Life's Been Good To Me So Far. It is now 2130. <br /><br />Hell, by 2215 I am back at my campsite, heating up some of Campbell's chunky finest and wolfing it down. I am a dead man by 2300. <br /><br />Sunday it was only 35mi, which meant a round trip from May Queen to Half Moon. Yawning and resisting the idea, I did it. The day started out cloudy and cool, then turned sunny and hot on the return. Crawling up Hagerman/Sugar Loaf, I watched a Godzilla-sized storm approach. It started to rain, and the hi-tension lines sounded *really* angry. Nothing much happened there, just the usual Rocky Mtn thunder-n-lightning action, with pelting hail and thick rain. Glad I brought my rain gear, it's been getting a workout. Made it back to camp and waited about 20min for the storm to slack so I could sun-shower with tepid water and think about getting clean again. Livin' large takes effort. <br /><br />So now I'm composing this screed from the coziness of the Leadville Public Library. And as usual, there will be more later. <br /><br />Yr removed SoCal Lifestyle Correspondent, <br /><br />lg<br /><br />July 30 update:<br /><br />today was Bonk Day, with a sluggish 20mi against a 38mi scheduled run. Some days are like that. Glad taper is starting soon... <br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-10645338282998704862022-10-14T18:13:00.003-07:002022-10-14T18:13:29.084-07:00Divine Madness and Then Some<p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYa3TijH2RD0fSZtbcSZrV4G-TZvsgN6vgce07mnqYm8xkrQaAFdhOPGqR575bGQtAQGebhgilsTB94gQNUFRmZBLz6RUwoboWPeJY6m56JfUGADlrOU7ElPtWRfMmc7lHh8fd7LIGXQxK42j6R0TL1H8j06p4k6XD-14HhpGIWnNX0ZNZViY/s2000/970830_8644_03-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="2000" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYa3TijH2RD0fSZtbcSZrV4G-TZvsgN6vgce07mnqYm8xkrQaAFdhOPGqR575bGQtAQGebhgilsTB94gQNUFRmZBLz6RUwoboWPeJY6m56JfUGADlrOU7ElPtWRfMmc7lHh8fd7LIGXQxK42j6R0TL1H8j06p4k6XD-14HhpGIWnNX0ZNZViY/w523-h346/970830_8644_03-copy.jpg" width="523" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Aug 1 97</i><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Exhumed dispatches from the long-lost summer of 1997 </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Boulder, Colorado, just now digging out from the bungled Ramsey murder case now has the "Divine Madness' running club in the public eye. <br /><br />We have a Cult That Claims Not To Be A Cult; complete with the charismatic "leader" and his late night lectures, monitored eating habits, a heavy tithing program, and oooooooh boy, the kicker: *Sexual Selection*. <br /><br />That's right folks, Mr Tizer has caught the attention of the press because in addition to piling capricious ultra workout mileage on his club, he's culling out the prize fillies from the herd. Maybe he's also surveying jogbras as well. <br /><br />But seriously, being a coach is a tough job, and you gotta hand it to him. This scam is every guy's Totally Forbidden Fantasy. I can see some of you protesting vigorously "No! Not Me!! My secret fantasy is finding out more about brown urine and potassium imbalance...!, Blisters!! Orthotics...!!!" <br /><br />OK. All those who protested, exit left. The rest of you crowd down here in the front around the Viewmaster. Evidently the Sex Angle made less of a splash on the various ultra-lists than UR editor Fred Pilon's assertion that most ultrarunners are "hobbyists....50-60 miles per week." And to think that there have been various threads proclaiming the virtues of Minimal Ultra-Mileage, but I am getting ahead of myself here. <br /><br />Wait a minute! He wouldn't be getting all this fine, prurient "fille gumbo" if they weren't giving it to him, right? Is there a big sign right up front that says "Ladies, I'll Make You One Hell of An ultrarunner, and by the way, I get to poke you once or twice..." There is no mention of any Assistant Coaches. The NFL would cease to exist on this plan, and would cause incalcuble damage to the American economy. <br /><br />For those of you who didn't read the article and saw the pictures, Coach Tizer is not a lot to write home about. Of course, they only showed him from the head and shoulders. His bedside manner must be flawless. <br /><br />By now you are probably thinking "Where's the outrage? indignation?" The truth is I couldn't give a shit. Truly. <br /><br />"Whoa! whyzzzat, Mr Trail Safety?"<br /><br />And Mr Trail Safety replies:<br /><br /><i>"...There are a lot of needy people in the world, who are just dying to be told what to do. And there are a proportional number of people in the world who need to tell these hapless people what to do and how to do it. I would also bet money that there are more than a few women who are ready for this coach because he is direct about what he wants out of them. For a lot of these women *that's* a first. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">And they give it to him (1) (2). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Mr Tizer is fulfilling this responsibility. It is totally predictable." <br /><br />"But Mr Trail Safety, That's *Not Very Nice*!" <br /><br />"That's true, but what the hell! Mr Tizer guarantees an environment that you can do everything except think for yourself." <br /><br />"Huh...!?"<br /><br />A final note: In the text there was mention of Tizer changing the mileages on the long distance runs in mid-workout on the theory that "life throws you curves". Currently there are several harassment suits filed against Mr Tizer. There was no comment from him or his counsel on these "curves". I suppose that beats a disgruntled ex sex-femme with a gun. Now that would be a major bummer, dude. <br /><br />oh yes, those wacky footnotes:<br />_________________________________________________<br />(1) See "Story of O", by Pauline Réage.<br />(2) See "Stockholm Syndrome"<br /><br />As ever,<br />Mr Trail Safety</span><br />####<br /><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-82852375388540000352022-07-28T09:55:00.001-07:002022-07-28T15:49:38.191-07:00AC100 Announces New 36hr Finisher Buckle<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-Ur7sYSgAWdVbhFdmGSn9fyY-fnZ7BED5-lqS9ZSdEaTeGLc9h0wFLFeFzFi1aI15TgXjBPUW_IjqaKeFe9p_1kcVRVaXXZFGIEPWteHdbI-_HmLKE57Wag0e0zb9qUMBGcXLlw2xX62GZQYU7ucq07KB0cS7MQqO_YsdDmKvKD2yULp6dQ/s1951/220728_AC100%2036hr-buckle_r1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1951" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-Ur7sYSgAWdVbhFdmGSn9fyY-fnZ7BED5-lqS9ZSdEaTeGLc9h0wFLFeFzFi1aI15TgXjBPUW_IjqaKeFe9p_1kcVRVaXXZFGIEPWteHdbI-_HmLKE57Wag0e0zb9qUMBGcXLlw2xX62GZQYU7ucq07KB0cS7MQqO_YsdDmKvKD2yULp6dQ/w489-h380/220728_AC100%2036hr-buckle_r1.jpg" width="489" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"if you can dream it, you can do it!"</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>“If you can dream it, you can do it!” said venerable RD For-Life-Ken Hamada from an undisclosed location. </p><p><i>JULY 28 2022/WRIGHTWOOD CA</i><br /><br />Angeles Crest 100 announced their brand new 36 hour finisher buckles this morning. Public pressure had been building since there were no plans to award buckles for the 33-36hr finishers, except maybe as an NFT. The buckle reflects the new realities of course changes and actuarial probabilities.<br /><br />Servers reportedly crashed on the news.<br /><br /><br /></p><p></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-57031050222969901402022-07-28T08:21:00.006-07:002022-07-28T08:21:52.030-07:00I Wouldn't Be In Your Situation...<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv133_B-03vIGLDJaTBTzOX_QWMeK3XxmkHIlRUNDmcxV9ovGYWygHGhXkld-_FGgrsDKqbL6Y_8ndE9IBqosA1uZgpfHUKWDjlpqChmAYDBgsPtQE2xzcFx-xJJCNtbuiskblmaFb2vtHTeRMlpJw4KJMcaT0vqFVuibln8f0Z688L4EY-Gg/s2283/220727_chuckie_r2-30sheet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2283" data-original-width="2000" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv133_B-03vIGLDJaTBTzOX_QWMeK3XxmkHIlRUNDmcxV9ovGYWygHGhXkld-_FGgrsDKqbL6Y_8ndE9IBqosA1uZgpfHUKWDjlpqChmAYDBgsPtQE2xzcFx-xJJCNtbuiskblmaFb2vtHTeRMlpJw4KJMcaT0vqFVuibln8f0Z688L4EY-Gg/w390-h446/220727_chuckie_r2-30sheet.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“I wouldn’t be in your situation…”</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Thus said Chuckie, the Cheez-Kutting Cougar. <br /><br />Star of the trail noir classic “Touchez Pas à Ma Merde”, where he uttered the unforgettable “J'ai pris les collations de Dom, baise-le!”<br /><br />Chuckie seriously doesn’t give a fuck about your training run. <br />Or your race.<br /><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-67046367720753429662022-07-06T15:08:00.001-07:002022-07-06T18:17:50.091-07:00Rise of the FOMOCAMs<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzet0gm5qEVW-K5-X3gR0Gigm-EgppJRUZK0GRXKragaZREHa_yab_XVE57oByZNIL2XY_WCFDby3VAZGFa_Vt1_2uWMHdBOhP-5E36cKFaEv8wj-fnjwmWGtnQ2nKy0N5Z2s5ghMY29C1XHqGDB9X2tjwvTDUZuXFeMRhSIffkgkcq_pjqKM/s1500/220701_CA-FOMO-CAM_r1%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1500" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzet0gm5qEVW-K5-X3gR0Gigm-EgppJRUZK0GRXKragaZREHa_yab_XVE57oByZNIL2XY_WCFDby3VAZGFa_Vt1_2uWMHdBOhP-5E36cKFaEv8wj-fnjwmWGtnQ2nKy0N5Z2s5ghMY29C1XHqGDB9X2tjwvTDUZuXFeMRhSIffkgkcq_pjqKM/w479-h274/220701_CA-FOMO-CAM_r1%20copy.jpg" width="479" /></a></div><p><i>June 30 2022, Sacramento CA.</i><br />California Dept of Motor Vehicles announced a new commemorative plate: the FOMOCAM. It honors the sacrifices of amateur camera-operators at the 2022 <a href="https://www.wser.org/" target="_blank">Western States 100</a>, who selflessly inserted themselves into glory between working professionals and team athletes.</p><p><br />FOMOCAM embodies the tireless efforts of those who are called to collide with reality, as legends in their own minds.<br /> </p><p>Meanwhile, Colorado, not wanting to be left out, or leave money on the table, announced its two-tier FOMOCAM plate. Colorado bet that there would be an even larger number of FOMOCAM aspirants.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvDSJ2De5EpAIobmvvIJo_CdPnia7fH8vEw5OWn0xzL0mijzbhfyS-r9x9j1cG2Dtfy2yG50TlivQDSslR8O3HaFyPIa55r_stbiaM6B1uD3YqFtvWY18AVDRwvZpREKBZl0MJV7JF83JoNMGpU5enfpiHSpB2a1OQKsgmmqs7pipUEOfdK8/s1513/220701_CO-FOMO-CAM_r1a%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1513" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvDSJ2De5EpAIobmvvIJo_CdPnia7fH8vEw5OWn0xzL0mijzbhfyS-r9x9j1cG2Dtfy2yG50TlivQDSslR8O3HaFyPIa55r_stbiaM6B1uD3YqFtvWY18AVDRwvZpREKBZl0MJV7JF83JoNMGpU5enfpiHSpB2a1OQKsgmmqs7pipUEOfdK8/w442-h241/220701_CO-FOMO-CAM_r1a%20copy.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><p>The Tier One CO FOMOCAM plate is in honor of famed and exclusive <a href="https://hardrock100.com/index.php" target="_blank">Hardrock 100</a>. Only 147 of these plates will be issued by lottery, not counting the the 18 international rollovers and RD Dale Garland's Pick-Six. The Waitlist is reportedly almost 48.<br /> </p><p>The Tier Two CO FOMOCAM plate is in honor of the venerable <a href="https://www.leadvilleraceseries.com/" target="_blank">Leadville Trail 100</a>, with its related LifeTime®™ family of races spanning These Here United States. The waitlist is already up over 10,560.<br /><br />Each plate is individually marked with a unique chipped decal, featuring the logo of the race.<br /><br />Other states are eyeing the concept, and are aggressively moving forward to get theirs up and running before the 2022 season peaks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAHKoc_N8-tfYPr920MVUZga9AWu7RSmPqadV6-cHldotGV_DtMOvo7rmkLfk3gpyFGX_lOUzxjNFcf7mt86qTAG45Sf5FiaGlIpCN9pTN3DGHlU9ZWx7Wt2LUuicmVtJN9zfCclGk08ou4m771eX-vBwM796rhMAKMEHszJTWLVIRq5QGos/s1500/220701_AZ-FOMO-CAM_r1a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1500" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAHKoc_N8-tfYPr920MVUZga9AWu7RSmPqadV6-cHldotGV_DtMOvo7rmkLfk3gpyFGX_lOUzxjNFcf7mt86qTAG45Sf5FiaGlIpCN9pTN3DGHlU9ZWx7Wt2LUuicmVtJN9zfCclGk08ou4m771eX-vBwM796rhMAKMEHszJTWLVIRq5QGos/w466-h267/220701_AZ-FOMO-CAM_r1a.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-39827958959780148102022-05-29T16:23:00.000-07:002022-05-29T16:23:18.217-07:002022 AC100: No 33-36hr Finisher Buckles?<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DN7dujgsdkOmo07kXQY66w4psLtbz_rCS-fTRmqgfr-bV7eP-Pav_BqhNnpbMWZBf8QkdF_PdnGPuf2XSJTRihapRSWJ0cVnYKOfq79MUxOLhZrDYzvF_7W7HE-R6L1_TW5hYloOjCgy9g3ztQOHbmcD_SVZZ_YazhjxnWf_hSiPuqvzR3Q/s735/160815_AC100-post33-w-sharpie-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="735" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DN7dujgsdkOmo07kXQY66w4psLtbz_rCS-fTRmqgfr-bV7eP-Pav_BqhNnpbMWZBf8QkdF_PdnGPuf2XSJTRihapRSWJ0cVnYKOfq79MUxOLhZrDYzvF_7W7HE-R6L1_TW5hYloOjCgy9g3ztQOHbmcD_SVZZ_YazhjxnWf_hSiPuqvzR3Q/w427-h422/160815_AC100-post33-w-sharpie-copy.jpg" width="427" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">its Notional</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Recent AC100 rumors suggest that 2022 33-36hr finishers will not get a buckle. </p><p>Behold the 2022 Buckle, which was orignally presented to the 2016 deserving DFL
Post-Cutoff Finisher [Unofficial].</p><p>This proposed buckle is now the Second Life as
the Avatar of the New Out-N-Back Urge Version of the venerable AC100. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4cJDm_LP1jadZnGcIAIyJSR7DPt4CHa1YqZRYhvLYdYy5e3-mkBcU6oaU7w9ONo-ZFalRQdd2T2C-o4t6lZ7x0QYVC0VgInUGZTqVmXJGsOF7sQk75a7Rh-XM-uJzrqvPtR1LzLbmf3fXSlDEv1pb6CPnTj1iPmIa83nBunq29Kccd2RSFA/s12026/220530_AC100%20Out%20n%20back.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4913" data-original-width="12026" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4cJDm_LP1jadZnGcIAIyJSR7DPt4CHa1YqZRYhvLYdYy5e3-mkBcU6oaU7w9ONo-ZFalRQdd2T2C-o4t6lZ7x0QYVC0VgInUGZTqVmXJGsOF7sQk75a7Rh-XM-uJzrqvPtR1LzLbmf3fXSlDEv1pb6CPnTj1iPmIa83nBunq29Kccd2RSFA/w447-h183/220530_AC100%20Out%20n%20back.png" width="447" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Because everybody deserves performance.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This may come as a shock to a generation that has gotten used to 50k buckles, and may be an especially tough burn for those lucky enough to have brought *two* shitloads of dimes to the Mt Baden-Powell Toll Booth.<br /><br />Yes, that’s Elder Times Humor. You’ll adjust.<br /><br />I’m sure it’s nothing Grindr can’t fix. However, Mr Trail Safety has a solution.<br /><br />“Idiot child, must I tell you everything?”<br /><br />Sorry, that was a past-life memory working in an ad/design shop on Robertson Blvd in the early 1980s.<br /><br />Because Bobcat Fire.<br /><br />However, there exists a true image of one "Marco", who brought a PNFT [Physical NFT, before they were a thing], to pay the toll. However he did not finish. Because it wasn't the Canonical Shitload Of Dimes.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2089" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRTOxjEVU_6q5Ousrhkty1TLQA2y4Cyeu0Z1MAmv3t_nMI2Q7MlYmAg9TUIU9bihYDHpn3997gCI935QD8J0Kh39CmIdmOewxBpJSmkamYChBMpsiJTPBL2LWVJ7opF8H6oBZSgP-D4AooTNd3EXafS1QqCv6CWUmRIJvDicTrznr3PB0Pv0/w510-h367/140812_63461_20_5x7a_FNL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="510" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buy the ticket, take the ride<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRTOxjEVU_6q5Ousrhkty1TLQA2y4Cyeu0Z1MAmv3t_nMI2Q7MlYmAg9TUIU9bihYDHpn3997gCI935QD8J0Kh39CmIdmOewxBpJSmkamYChBMpsiJTPBL2LWVJ7opF8H6oBZSgP-D4AooTNd3EXafS1QqCv6CWUmRIJvDicTrznr3PB0Pv0/s2089/140812_63461_20_5x7a_FNL.jpg" imageanchor="1"> </a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78T_1Tx9Y2pN-CJzm4OCFEU2YCusQkVPqtVDL_EOtSQuTcE2X5OLaJ0epRKkXMlfmRZh24Tjk-wMj5Wuvi4Zcas_9Db4RJciQJTCg22Hx2Nl3ptg1GoLYtuHPF9Ma0bY_LVAfJXNqroSaMO1C-IOestsPAYNLs5qSioFanDHL6ZiLGUyF15M/s800/120920_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="800" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78T_1Tx9Y2pN-CJzm4OCFEU2YCusQkVPqtVDL_EOtSQuTcE2X5OLaJ0epRKkXMlfmRZh24Tjk-wMj5Wuvi4Zcas_9Db4RJciQJTCg22Hx2Nl3ptg1GoLYtuHPF9Ma0bY_LVAfJXNqroSaMO1C-IOestsPAYNLs5qSioFanDHL6ZiLGUyF15M/w543-h414/120920_01.jpg" width="543" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Watch this PNFT [Physical NFT] for a dick joke.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-68845590524006899922022-04-20T10:36:00.003-07:002022-04-20T10:36:43.627-07:002022 AC100 Now Uphill Both Ways<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc dati1w0a e5nlhep0" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_t9"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawzD2Ns-jXPwQlPIwkoTi43u7zVfwACyemJRDkeYPRfIE2m3R69N-Y3bQlaqZdFJIFmEL9nlAYIrS1AeMzBR9j7YwL0QlonAqEg6b9JwGkYQWiwev9QfOXDM_9mBItHT-I9wGu2CowW9Gq39C6W_pdt6kYIYKYRvuN-7u2bsEU6WLrhd6fsc/s2048/34D64475-5E52-4985-A0F1-3D13AA0E0AF7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawzD2Ns-jXPwQlPIwkoTi43u7zVfwACyemJRDkeYPRfIE2m3R69N-Y3bQlaqZdFJIFmEL9nlAYIrS1AeMzBR9j7YwL0QlonAqEg6b9JwGkYQWiwev9QfOXDM_9mBItHT-I9wGu2CowW9Gq39C6W_pdt6kYIYKYRvuN-7u2bsEU6WLrhd6fsc/s320/34D64475-5E52-4985-A0F1-3D13AA0E0AF7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span></span>The 2022 AC100 is now an out & back due to forest & trail conditions from the 2020 Bobcat Fire. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Fun fact: its uphill from Chantry to Wrightwood. With a few downs interspersed. I learned that <span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">in Before Times, </span></span>from Jimbo Training, ‘93-‘96.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Here are some fun sections:</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Islip backwards to Vincent Gap: 12mi</li><li>Inspiration back to the start/finish: 10mi</li></ul>And of course The Fred Flintstone Scenic Stoner Wilderness, between Chilao and Three Points. Also the PGT* that runs under Mt "Sonny Boy" Williamson on Highway 2 back to Islip. <br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> <br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">So. The Wise Runner will learn the course backwards first. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Because the AC course seriously DGAF about you.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwQ009HpKEWujkCvdS6LYECVoaiCsEkSUywT5XzTU9lvLhMqa0gZHcirvB1ESQq5Ik8ISFvm4wIE2SqpEiGBbjJFvn2CyySesJOqUtr1aJzb6p1eEXsvw6IAwhhnJ7B6jJ8nXSbxiU27Jm2saY-98zUqvoAuNOD3wTRPMpVzTHLmIroSkK7U/s4032/IMG_3989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwQ009HpKEWujkCvdS6LYECVoaiCsEkSUywT5XzTU9lvLhMqa0gZHcirvB1ESQq5Ik8ISFvm4wIE2SqpEiGBbjJFvn2CyySesJOqUtr1aJzb6p1eEXsvw6IAwhhnJ7B6jJ8nXSbxiU27Jm2saY-98zUqvoAuNOD3wTRPMpVzTHLmIroSkK7U/s320/IMG_3989.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">_________________________________________</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*PGT: Pretty Good Tunnel, aka The Jimmy Moorhart Road Cone Section; again from Before Times.</span><br /> </div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-45401136361069879322022-01-16T10:30:00.002-08:002022-01-16T10:30:34.991-08:00The Four Aggrievements Book!<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuxdMBrcFlnWHDkD_-BQne3cKIYbcEXTHhWx6EoQR_mg1VR2TKPNkrxlmbcwltl5x7dfHZvuRTKfZC52clgmV3vIC0W4-LXAtKZ6YSQEOc0fwg6jSQDOyh-NqxhQute7B5LnlwhoRhxjW0VSOfBSzgDOLSviRnw6uHQNDRC1gIp-eEvIsxzb8=s3000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2129" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuxdMBrcFlnWHDkD_-BQne3cKIYbcEXTHhWx6EoQR_mg1VR2TKPNkrxlmbcwltl5x7dfHZvuRTKfZC52clgmV3vIC0W4-LXAtKZ6YSQEOc0fwg6jSQDOyh-NqxhQute7B5LnlwhoRhxjW0VSOfBSzgDOLSviRnw6uHQNDRC1gIp-eEvIsxzb8=w392-h552" width="392" /></a></b></div><b><br />The Four Aggrievements: A Practical Guide to My Personal Enrichment</b> is a self-help book by bestselling author Dr Sevende Sandia, Obscure Mexican Mystic; with Yurik Skåld, noted scribe and age-group winner at various prestigious ultramarathon events. <br /><br />The book offers a code of conduct claiming to be based on ancient TikTok wisdom that advocates freedom from deleterious beliefs in refunds that may cause suffering and limitation in a person's personal wealth.<br /><br />First published in 1997, the book has sold over 9 million copies in the US[1] and has been translated into 69 languages worldwide, including demotic American English, and shit.[2] The book gained popularity after being endorsed by Oprah Winfrey on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2001 and again on the television show in 2013.[3] The book was also on the New York Times bestseller list for over a decade.[1]*<br /><br />Various claims by Dr Sevende Sandia were vigorously disputed by Sixpak and Deepdik Chakra, who claimed in their suit of 2019 [MacAllen, TX] that their memes had been stolen and used without attribution. One celebrity meme at the trial was Smudge The Cat, who traveled through time and space to seriously not give a shit.<br /><br />In addition to the book and audiobook, there is also an eBook, a four-color illustrated book, a card-deck, and an online course available in 16 E-Z lessons of $599.00 each. If PayPal is down that day, send equivalent BTC.<br /><br />Soon to be a major motion picture with Kevin Sorbo, Scott Baio and Kirstie Alley.<br /><br /><i>Author: Dr Sevende Sandia with Yurik Skåld<br />Country: United States<br />Language: English<br />Series: TikTok Wisdom<br />Genre: Spirituality, Self-help, Personal growth, MLM<br />Published: 1997 (Wanker-Blindsider Press)<br />Media type: Book<br /></i><br />------<br />* Numbers repeated because we ran out. Two wasn't available. You'll adjust. <br /><a href="http://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-four-aggrievements.html" target="_blank">Here's the motivational poster!</a><br /><p></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-20547440615091981542022-01-14T16:45:00.001-08:002022-01-14T16:45:28.775-08:00The Four Aggrievements<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmCOHs6gxM7WH6SCs6z5LKy4tHLEbf6n8_t3rC38T-HZP3vg0LJzoUKclQixvKyJeR34w6_8e203FJiZADCtOSoGB9L10g8aC-fXHeNW_90p6zKDaDfKb8Fc6mVDJLWP7LE-RYA531OUxNaTpxTfV4NaMSUtCy7JHLh0p8aKJZ-bUO8K-xsAM=s3000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmCOHs6gxM7WH6SCs6z5LKy4tHLEbf6n8_t3rC38T-HZP3vg0LJzoUKclQixvKyJeR34w6_8e203FJiZADCtOSoGB9L10g8aC-fXHeNW_90p6zKDaDfKb8Fc6mVDJLWP7LE-RYA531OUxNaTpxTfV4NaMSUtCy7JHLh0p8aKJZ-bUO8K-xsAM=w378-h378" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Four Aggrievements</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>The Four Aggrievements</b><br /><i>By Dr Sevende Sandia, Obscure Mexican Mystic, as transcribed by Yurik Skåld</i><br />Channeling Ancient TikTok Wisdom for a new generation of seekers<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">1] Be Impeckerable with your words.</h4><p>Speak Impeckerably. Avoid using $5 words when a $9 word is available. Talk shit about people, <br />because shit is the fertilizer of discourse. Use the power of those words in the erection of a Rundle.<br /> Look it up.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">2] Don’t take personally what you can’t sue</h4><p>Nothing others do matters unless it hurts your Divine Feels. What others say and do is grist for a threat. When you are immune to the needless suffering of others, you won’t be a victim of opinions and actions of others.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">3] Don’t Make Needless Assays</h4><p>Find the courage to express and monetize your greed. <br />Ex-communicate others whenever. With this One Aggrievement, you can completely transform your fortunes; from a broke-ass 1099 to an S Corp of limitless prosperity.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">4] Always Best Your Do</h4><p>Your Do is talking like Yoda, because his syntax was an escalator. <br />It will vary from Insta to Insta, so clap back like the bitch you are. Under any circumflex, take the upgrade from Half Assed to Complete Asshole. <br />It’s your FML Journey.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-16286979990414622412021-12-30T10:01:00.004-08:002021-12-30T10:02:21.318-08:00Installusia: Sketches Of Pain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgozKtiAvgXggvD1fPb_xmp7VjMqj3GG501r2P_5cWApZVwr4c3Wze3zft2EGMe1PpzKoU3ibsqz97kSAwdXTwhivFihbmH0tYKC84StKe0dDtlJWPAbuNubLAQ-K90kiMdkQVDbW2QP0shJzNaZcn7SGOu4uVVcTMw5uwZ4PUotTJmz_2B7Rc=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgozKtiAvgXggvD1fPb_xmp7VjMqj3GG501r2P_5cWApZVwr4c3Wze3zft2EGMe1PpzKoU3ibsqz97kSAwdXTwhivFihbmH0tYKC84StKe0dDtlJWPAbuNubLAQ-K90kiMdkQVDbW2QP0shJzNaZcn7SGOu4uVVcTMw5uwZ4PUotTJmz_2B7Rc=w490-h490" width="490" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was a Flower of the Insta yes<br />when I put emoji in my post<br />like the Installusian girls used<br />or shall I post a heart yes<br />and how he Liked me on his timeline Yes<br />and I thought swell<br />as well Bot as another<br />and then I Liked him with my Likes to Like again<br />yes and then he asked me would I<br />yes to say<br />yes my Insta flower<br />and first I put my arms around him yes<br />and drew him down to me so he could feel my tags<br />all influence yes<br />and his post was going like mad and<br />yes I said<br />yes I will<br />Yes.<br /></span></span><br /><p><br /> </p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-25072393521024853412021-12-27T11:07:00.001-08:002021-12-27T12:35:54.710-08:00Thee Influencer's Dilemma<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1T79k90LRaf_R6DT9Ym0bdtrv8xyKbS9B8AJ2NYXNphit868ERZ6n8cdN7OH1DJs5AGGqdFjfjVERZt1xw-rkB2yCyBB10hI-durGr_gLA-pS4obQpqhkVLb6ZhrFArguOABazpglmW-g25lDDmaWSxnV1iRwqjrcwfGppCgpj4MGajc49OI=s637" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="637" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1T79k90LRaf_R6DT9Ym0bdtrv8xyKbS9B8AJ2NYXNphit868ERZ6n8cdN7OH1DJs5AGGqdFjfjVERZt1xw-rkB2yCyBB10hI-durGr_gLA-pS4obQpqhkVLb6ZhrFArguOABazpglmW-g25lDDmaWSxnV1iRwqjrcwfGppCgpj4MGajc49OI=w475-h405" width="475" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">When folk had laughed at my foolish biz,<br />My hashtagged life of toil it is,<br />Different folkes diversely said,<br />To corporate masters you must give headde.<br /><br />Because I am strongge of Insta’s craft,<br />I built myself a stout big raft,<br />With mightye pictures in my postes,<br />That were mocked by fools as shallow boastes.<br /><br />For follows large I pined for longly,<br />Bengal troll farmes replied Me strongly!<br />Ten thousande likes sprung from that spring raine,<br />Silver left my purse with muche greate paine.<br /><br />If you kneweth History then You’d Understande,<br />The fearsome logge I holde in my hande,<br />Forget that Once Was I when I got Chickked<br />Remember what I’ve done for Sportte, and Shitte.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">---</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">And thus concludes today's reading. For an elder prose version, <a href="https://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2019/12/indisputably-skt.html" target="_blank">read this</a>. <br /></span></span></p><p></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-42352798530996293842021-12-25T15:30:00.003-08:002021-12-26T09:20:41.268-08:00The ShopKartist<p></p><br /> <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirQgoqfUAgOzmbgi3hN_9BMsrb0OV8q9w6yPqDFb-pxryhzHxyzj8qi5fw1PTrSPkX3xgZ7pOh6Zvditp7Zu8OriSnD2u2M9HvY_t86oCA5Xeikn9mlR-syHae8SLj0_sIYQfefVwVTDuVlWUtFAFZCB0eA4drCOj7bLnI-JPJzWnp2REVSKc=s2000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1891" data-original-width="2000" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirQgoqfUAgOzmbgi3hN_9BMsrb0OV8q9w6yPqDFb-pxryhzHxyzj8qi5fw1PTrSPkX3xgZ7pOh6Zvditp7Zu8OriSnD2u2M9HvY_t86oCA5Xeikn9mlR-syHae8SLj0_sIYQfefVwVTDuVlWUtFAFZCB0eA4drCOj7bLnI-JPJzWnp2REVSKc=w490-h464" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One eccentric billionaire’s quest to put a cart on Mars?</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <i><b>ShopKartist</b></i> is a the story of a hero's journey.<br />Here is the dialog between noted media consultant Dr Casino Bingo and the D&L Marketing Team discussing how to market this gem.<br />----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>D&L Marketing Team</b><br /><br />Back to the cart. Work with me on this...I’m thinking... The product stream...<br />The cart developmental story. A young basket full of potential.<br />A cart in its prime testing its boundaries. A electro cart past its prime yet still contributing.<br /><br />The investigative journalism angle how did a cart in its prime end up here broken and neglected. Substance abuse? Nature vs nurture? Chemtrails. Vaccine status?<br /><br />But there’s more. Where was/ is this...wait for it...the cartography if you will. Conejo Alps? Near the terminus of the Conejo glacier? Partially buried with paleo artifacts nearby to offer glimpses of the past. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>Dr Casino Bingo</b><br />Laughed at “Is there good drone footage in this one? Asking for a friend.”<br /><br />Liked “Can’t wait for the “making of” version to see how the cinematographer captured this monumental footage.”<br /><br />Emphasized “We’re casting a hot widow too. ”<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>D&L Marketing Team</b><br /></span></span>“Here near Palmdale is the testing lab for Lulukemon textiles. Technicians deploy the fabric to xxxl size wear testers to push the fabric to its limits. And beyond.”<br /><br />If only there were a person to consider the sociological angle...perhaps there is a rich human document waiting beneath.<br /><br />-</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>Dr Casino Bingo</b><br /></span></span>The movie Big Cart and its astroturf advocacy groups don’t want you to see!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>D&L Marketing Team</b></span></span></span></span><br />Exactly conspiracy theories. Was there another cart pusher on the knoll in Dallas that fateful day.<br /><br />Monsanto just saying <br /><br />The eco angle explores the Patagonia supported efforts to repurpose the carts to reduce their emissions?<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">-</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>Dr Casino Bingo</b></span></span></span></span><br />Robert Redford: “The majestic ancestors of these carts once roamed the American Prairies, proud, fierce, and free. Today relic populations are barely hanging on, in fragmented habitat and harsh conditions like these.<br />Won’t you join me in helping revitalize these noble creatures?”<br />I always wonder how many of the Sundance catalog models RR has had…<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>D&L Marketing Team</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />I’d like to contribute monthly <br /><br />Good bye Mr Spaulding <br /><br />I want to see it at the screening in Sundance.<br /><br />One eccentric billionaire’s quest to put a cart on Mars?<br /><br />Be the ball Danny <br /><br />Caddy cart?<br /><br />Nice tie<br />----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>Mr Trail Safety</b><br />Buy that hat get a bowl of soup with it!<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>D&L Marketing Team</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />Ha! The Richie Sambora years <span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />----------------------------------------------------<br /><b>Mr Trail Safety<br /></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">It defines The Journey.</span></span></span></span> </span></span><br /><br /><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-63459770338956275842021-10-28T15:06:00.008-07:002022-04-25T18:43:35.294-07:00Destination Candice<p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7W2KYH7QIt0/YXrXy1NwhrI/AAAAAAAADgM/N6uIZLAkS88lqSLLsAKyExG7ZhAsAVfFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2000/211027_DT-HiRez_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2000" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7W2KYH7QIt0/YXrXy1NwhrI/AAAAAAAADgM/N6uIZLAkS88lqSLLsAKyExG7ZhAsAVfFwCLcBGAsYHQ/w494-h330/211027_DT-HiRez_02.jpg" width="494" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Candice Burt is building Destination Trail as an elite brand, positioning herself as the lifestyle avatar of that identity.<br /><br />In April 2021, she swore off Facebook and Twitter, because “she didn’t want to be on the menu.” I think she cited the male gaze on this.<br /><br />A month later she reversed course, and now Facebook, Insta and Twitter were her, all the time.</span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Its A Material World</span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></h3><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The media landscape has been transformed. What were once vices are now habits. Insta and TikTok enable a performative intimacy that might not have happened earlier. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We’ve seen this before. House Kardashian: where Kim transitioned from Paris Hilton’s Closet-Keeper to a freestanding multi-billion dollar brand family.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These ranked charts show where Candice Burt & Destination Trail figure in the landscape. CB/DT</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> has a stronger Insta presence, and short-memory visuals drive impulse buying. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ErQN4jzK1IU/YXs1f2caBeI/AAAAAAAADgo/tCwjiBi3sLIZPxA7XsIreD8iqzz9Ee86ACLcBGAsYHQ/s657/Ranked%2BIG%2BTwitter%2Br3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="545" height="462" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ErQN4jzK1IU/YXs1f2caBeI/AAAAAAAADgo/tCwjiBi3sLIZPxA7XsIreD8iqzz9Ee86ACLcBGAsYHQ/w384-h462/Ranked%2BIG%2BTwitter%2Br3.png" title="Diagrams and charts, weird science" width="384" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weird Science.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Obviously Kim K will probably never run an ultra, but she’s here to show top-end. Other notable ultra-entities and female athletes are shown as markers.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the 1940s Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra used improved recording technology to sing intimately to the listener, and not bellow to the back of the house. In the '90s St John Knits had the CEO Marie Gray St. John in their print ads stepping off a Caribbean yacht, Gulfstream etc, and her market followed her. </span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to the Present <br /></span></span></h3><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then the lifestyle references became clearer. Gone was the trucker-cap twin-braid trail girl. Now she was the doe-eyed resort-wear desert trail femme, in what turned out to be Tucson AZ.<br /><br />There was plenty of daily evidence etc, but its only part of the picture.<br /><br />She’s also surfaced as a vocal BitCoiner, which leads to how did she get there. That question may never be fully answered. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Close behind are her recent anti-vax tweets. I recall that everyone’s 2020 race calendar was blown to hell due to the COVID pandemic.</span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Upselling the Brand. </span></span></h4><h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></h3><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ultras are not necessities. They’re a luxury. And at some point, Candice decided that the luxury branding aspects of the 200mi + were entirely the point. The subsidiary DT feeder races are a logical intake for the new arrivals.<br /><br />In 2018 a BigFoot 200 entry was $900. Now a Tahoe 200 entry is $1600. Making up for lost time? Maybe. The greater point is that she can charge whatever she wants. So why not $1600? See Coach and Hermes if you need a parallel.<br /><br />In marketing these events, most of the images are her. For those asleep in the Kardashian epoch this is startling. In ultras, its revelatory.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> For women, its aspirational, girl-boss, whatever.<br />For guys, its a glamor lure. <br />Don’t kid yourselves here. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the longer term I foresee a move to the subscription model, which provides the beloved Rundle [Recurring revenue bundle] to anchor the lifestyle events, gear collabs and merch. </span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And Now A Word From Our Sponsors</span></span></h4><h4><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sponsors stay on board as long as it works for them. If a client becomes problematic and hurts sales, they’ll find another venue. Or if the controversy works for them in the enragement/engagement algorithms of the FB/IG/Twitterverse, they’ll ride it out.<br /><br />Where this leads going forward is anyone’s guess. My take is that she’s staked out a new position and intends to stay there.<br />===</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2018/08/bigfoot-40-abbreviated-pilgrimage.html" target="_blank">BigFoot 40: The Abbreviated Pilgrimage</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://mrtrailsafety.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-definitive-bigfoot-200-dnf.html" target="_blank">The Definitive BigFoot 200 DNF </a><br /></span><br /></span><br /></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320461.post-91764443654409888072021-09-19T16:03:00.002-07:002021-09-19T16:03:50.364-07:00Triple. Threat. Ultras!<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXTj2aJLpxs/YUe-xUnC93I/AAAAAAAADew/belXT9SE7nY1PT-3L2UeRTmHZksc8rGQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/210918_triple-threat_r2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="349" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXTj2aJLpxs/YUe-xUnC93I/AAAAAAAADew/belXT9SE7nY1PT-3L2UeRTmHZksc8rGQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w620-h349/210918_triple-threat_r2.jpg" width="620" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Triple
Threat Ultras are presented by SKT RibbonChasers®™ LLC; a wholly owned
subsidiary of D&L Holistic Industries in partnership with Offshore
Vacuum Party Ltd GmbH, and 401k DNS Holdings Ltd, Cayman Islands. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3></h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Idatard 100-Mile</span></span></h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Everyone is a winner here! You do the math! BYO helmet.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Körnhole 100</span></span></h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Based on the classic Kornhole 69 Hr Track Run. This rugged finisher's buckle is crafted from select off-cuts of All-American CX 3/4" plywood. Hand-tooled by D&L Holistic Industries' doe-eyed eco-femmes, in the offshore tax-havens of the Bang Slap Archipelago. <br /><br /><i>INCOMPLETE RACE INFO: </i><br />Height Categories: Dwarf, Average, and Too Damn Tall <br />Weight: Anorexic, Uneasy-About-It, Love Handles & Roll-Overs, and Truck-Scale Worthy. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Length: Guys, I suspect that this category will be most rife with obfuscations, hedgings, and outright cheating. Applicants/claimants will argue [invariably] that it all depends on who's doing the "examinations". <br /><br />With that said, here goes. [music sfx: cue up Ron Jeremy] Peewee, Piddling, Dull-Normal, "I'm Feeling Good", and "Too Much of A Good Thing". </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />[For those unclear on the concept, here *is* a difference between 9 inches and 9 centimeters]. <br /><br />Just so no one complains of being left out, for the ladies and the guys out there who are still with us-- Behold the JogBra Competition: Categories include Teeny, Perky, Tasty, Hmmm, Melons Out of Season, Eye-popping. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Swell huh? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />If this was Jeopardy, "I knew the answers, but I did not get the questions right..." <br /><br />For those that just woke up, this is your chance to steer the thread back to the safe waters of salt, blisters, "why RD's are congenitally mean to me", and "what is an ultra?" <br /><br />Well, gotta tend to the hydroponic PowerBar farm under the grow-lights.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The URFKT100</span></span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the granddaddy of all obscure, cultic 100-milers. If you got this far, you'll know it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, the fine print:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>#norefunds<br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p>Mr Trail Safetyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874660658175073664noreply@blogger.com0