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Leptospirosis and You

Leptospirosis and You

According to Wikipedia: “Leptospirosis (also known as field fever, rat catcher’s yellows, and pretibial fever among other names) is an infection caused by corkscrew-shaped bacteria Leptospira. Symptoms can range from none to mild such as headaches, muscle pains, and fevers; to severe with bleeding from the lungs or meningitis. If the infection causes the person to turn yellow, have kidney failure and bleeding it is then known […]

Trips for Kids

Trips for Kids

It was 1986 when Marilyn Price was bicycling up Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco when she realized that the inner city kids she was working with, had never seen the city from above, never done much physical activity and were constantly stuck in a concrete jungle. She wondered how these kids might be able to […]

Nordic Walking

Nordic Walking

If you are going for a walk, take your trekking poles along and make it a Nordic Walk. Nordic walking, a term first defined in 1979, adds upper body exercise to normal walking through the proper use of trekking poles or specially designed poles just for Nordic walking. The special poles typically have a strap […]

November Project – A Fitness Movement

November Project – A Fitness Movement

November Project™ is a free fitness movement started by Bojan Mandaric and Brogan Graham in Boston.  The movement involves loosely knit groups of people from all walks of life and all physical conditions that get together to exercise.  A 60 minute event might involve warm-ups, calisthenics, running, jogging, walking, stair climbing and more, all presented in a […]

Biophilia vs Biophobia for Your Kids

Biophilia vs Biophobia for Your Kids

Edward O. Wilson defined biophilia as “the urge to affiliate with other forms of life”.  He suggested that people are born with an instinctive bond with other living systems.  Most kids love animals – Wilson says that’s instinctive.  We like to think of biophilia as finding the joy in nature – ‘affiliating with other forms of life’ sounds […]

A Slacker Activity – Slacklining

A Slacker Activity – Slacklining

I seem to be continually finding outdoor activities I didn’t know existed.  Tightwire walking is common in the circus, but becomes an extreme sport when practiced between skyscrapers.  We hear about these events from time to time, but slacklining is new to me, although I suspected it was just walking on a not-so-tight wire.  Not  quite. […]

Nine Tips for Surviving in Bear Country

Nine Tips for Surviving in Bear Country

Reports indicate that black bears are coming out of hibernation early this year in the northwestern states and as far east as Yellowstone National Park.  This is probably due to the relatively mild winter and what is shaping up as an early spring.  There even seems to be enough food available in some places that […]

Stress, Anxiety and The Solace of Nature

Stress, Anxiety and The Solace of Nature

People search everywhere for health and for natural remedies to bring it to them.  There are all kinds of natural remedies for stress and anxiety and they typically arrive in the form of a capsule of one powdered herb or another.  However, the wild comfort and solace of nature is increasingly being shown to be […]

Take the GimmeFive Challenge

Take the GimmeFive Challenge

Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the #GimmeFive challenge as part of the fifth anniversary of Let’s Move! Ms Obama is challenging everyone to #GimmeFive things they are doing to eat better, be more active, and lead a healthier life. The White House has already seen people from across the country join in — from eating […]

Determination Can be Deadly

Determination Can be Deadly

There is no way I can know what was in Kate Matrosova’s mind as she set off to climb The Presidential Traverse that would take her to the peaks of Mounts Madison (5,367 feet), Adams (5,794 feet), Jefferson (5,716 feet) and Washington (6,288 feet) on the Sunday of President’s Day weekend.  The New Hampshire peaks aren’t huge by standards […]

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