PEDESTRIAN ADVOCATE Mark Fenton is coming to Spokane to present a free community meeting “Walking to the Future,” on Tuesday, September 29, 6:30PM, at the Lincoln Center, 1613 N. Lincoln St. An expert in “healthy community design”—the convergence of public health and city planning — Fenton is a renowned public speaker and hosts the PBS […]
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As part of the nationwide Adopt-A-Crag Day, North Idaho College’s Outdoor Pursuits is hosting an Adopt-A-Crag climbing crag cleanup Saturday, Aug. 29 at Q’emiln Riverside Park in Post Falls. Cleanup begins at 8 a.m. Volunteers will receive free food and giveaways from location recreational outfitters in the afternoon. Volunteers will help refurbish trails, dispose of
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The following letter to the editor was submitted in response to “Blowing off Hiking Ethics and Safety: How To and Not To” by James P. Johnson in OTM’s July issue. I enjoy reading articles in your magazine, and in “Last Page” of the July issue was an article by James P. Johnson, entitled Blowing off
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With car-free camping, adventure begins when you leave your front door. Here are 5 Spokane-area destinations to arrive by bike, bus, or hike.
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The groundbreaking ceremony of the Centennial Trail in 1989 marked a new chapter for spokane recreation, and a new vision for most of the Spokane River. The freshly paved ribbon of asphalt, albeit incomplete, initiated a swell in jogging, Rollerblading and bike riding in the Spokane area. In the same year as the Tiananmen Square
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Grant Wencel, the City of Spokane’s first Bike/Ped Coordinator, worked as a landscape architect for 20 years before pursuing a master’s degree in city planning. He comes to Spokane from Bend, Oregon, having worked for the past two years as a City of Redmond city planner. He sat down for an interview with OTM after
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The Washington State Trails Association is doing some outreach to the Spokane area. They have some cool trail work parties coming up. Here’s the details on their upcoming Spokane meeting: Get to Know the Washington Trails Association Thursday June 25, 7-8 P.M. at REI Find out about WTA’s Hiking Trail Advocacy and Trail Maintenance Work
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The Spokane Regional Health District and Inland Northwest Trails have produced some great new walking maps of Spokane neighborhoods available for free in libraries and also online. Here’s the scoop: New maps highlight our area’s many walking routes Free maps designed to get people out and active SPOKANE, WA –The Spokane Regional Health District has
The second day in Iran was the worst for me. It started with a poor choice of clothes. My yellow, shear, short-sleeved vintage shirt with mother-of-pearl buttons is one of my favorite warm weather shirts. But I didn’t realize how see-through it was until I wore it in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where men
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They say that with the Seattle Sounders, the world’s game has come to Washington, but soccer is not the only “new” sport in the region. Spokane TrailQuest, formed in fall of 2007, has brought Mountain Bike Orienteering to the Northwest. This bike scavenger hunt event is popular in Europe and around the world, but so
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