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Where there’s smoke
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No, it’s not you or your smudgy sunglasses. There has been a definite haze over the Four Corners – and most of the Western U.S. – the last few days. And lest you have PTSD from our last local wildfires, you can breathe a sigh of relief, at least metaphorically. The current smoke blanketing our region is from wildfires burning in Oregon, Washington and Canada and is expected to keep skies hazy for the news few days, according to meteorologists and public health officials.
Of course, all this smoke does more than ruin a good vista. It can also wreak havoc on your lungs and outdoor exercise plans. Obviously, one way around this is to work out indoors, preferably in an air-conditioned gym or home. If you don’t have this luxury, working out in a “safe room” with closed windows and a HEPA filter is your next best bet, according to public health officials. (Maybe think of it like a hot yoga class.)
But what about driving in your car? Health experts suggest if you have to drive in smoky conditions, roll up your windows and set the vents to “recirculate.” As an added bonus, this can also help protect you from traffic air pollution and impromptu coal-rolling as well.
On the cover The wildflower display is still going strong in the La Plata Mountains in case you were wondering./ Photo by Alex Krebs
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And last but not least, you can always pull out those N95 (or similar) masks, if you’ve still got some lying around. A wellfitted mask or respirator can block the tiny particles in wildfire smoke, although the prospect of a long ride or run in one may not be too appealing.
Not sure if smoke has reached hazardous levels? In addition to the handy weather app on your smart phone, there are plenty of places to find current air quality readings including the monitoring sites page from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the EPA’s AirNow.gov, which can also be downloaded as an app. The resource also offers air quality forecasts. There are also third-party apps, such as Plume and IQAir, which use a combination of government air monitors and data from smaller air sensors.
Or better yet, sign up for air quality email alerts (www.colorado.gov/airquality/) from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to be notified when smoke, ozone or other air advisories are issued.
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New scenes from an old life
In August 1977, Elvis Presley made an appearance in the Navajo Nation. His blue suede shoes stepped into an IHS hospital room to visit shicheii, my grandfather David. At least, that’s what happened in my grandfather’s vision. I’ve been thinking about my grandfather lately. Though he died long before I was born, sometimes he’ll surface in my memory and maybe that means he’s also thinking of me. Before I continue, I must remind you that everything’s connected, so when I talk about my grandfather, I have to mention Elvis because he loved the King of Rock and Roll. In addition, I can’t talk about my grandfather without talking about the way radioactive colonization impacted his life. You see, everything’s connected, and in the Navajo Nation the mountains hold our hearts in protection, but I can’t talk about the openended beauty of Navajoland without talking about the settler-state terrors committed on the land. You see, everything’s connected because the ashes of empire haunt Indian Country, and to help raise his family, my grandfather lived and breathed that toxicity.
What I’m trying to say is that on the Navajo Nation, the frenzy of uranium mining in the mid-20th century left behind an aftermath of abandoned mines and tailing piles. And Grandpa David was a uranium miner for the KerrMcGee Corp. He worked at various sites throughout Navajoland, sometimes working too in Southwest Colorado. As a result of all that exposure to radiation, my grandfather developed a series of chronic health issues. He eventually quit mining and became a school custodian on the reservation, in Shiprock.
I have come to know my grandfather’s life only through stories and photos. Every detail I encounter brings him back to life in new ways.
My mom told me the story about Elvis visiting him in the hospital. See, when Grandpa David was a custodian, he suffered a major concussion that left him in a coma. This happened the same week Elvis died. My family remembers the nurses in the Indian hospital walking around mourning The King’s death. Days later, when Grandpa David came out of his coma, he already knew what had happened. He told my family he met Elvis in the other realm. Not long after that, Grandpa David too would take his last breaths.
These stories and details are committed to memory. I place them in the architecture of my mind where there’s a room I’ve built devoted to the
Team Human Powered Potential, which included Durangoans Brendan Cusick and Pat Morrissey, completed its 41-day quest to row 2,800 miles from California to Hawaii to raise awareness for Parkinson’s disease. Welcome back to civilization … or not.
So, we just had to ask last week what next in the presidential drama? Well, one old guy’s out and a much less-old woman of color is in. Things are looking up…
Konni, a dog who went missing in the San Juans during the 4th of July fireworks in Silverton, was re-captured alive and well nearly three weeks after her saga began thanks to some local doggie Samaritans.
grandfather I never met. On the walls are the sparse photos I have seen of him. In the few photos I know, my grandfather is usually staring into the camera with a serious expression. He looks formal: his hair is slicked back in a side part, and he’s often in a careful, serious pose. I can recall these images on command. Recently, my mom came across a new photo of Grandpa David. It’s a black and white picture from the 1976 yearbook for Shiprock High School, where he was a custodian. The photo shows my grandfather wearing a cowboy hat and a high-collar button-up shirt. He’s also holding a coffee cup. What I cherish most about this image is the way it candidly captures him smiling while looking off-camera. Seeing my grandfather smile in this new scene from an old life brings me a little closer to him. This scene adds more texture to his life. Because I know what’s happening internally and out of frame. I know there’s a cancer taking over his body from all those years in the uranium mines. I know he was only paid once a month as a custodian, and my grandmother had to weave and sell her own Navajo rugs to help make ends meet. I know the stories about all the strength and wisdom my grandfather carried, and I know he was a man who wanted the best for his family. I see all those traits in this picture. I see why Elvis would visit him.
It’s strange to say, but sometimes in my mind, my grandfather seems almost mythical. And yet he’s within reach through family stories. Those stories describe an iron-willed, working-class Diné father who also held close our people’s teachings and songs. Also, the engine driving my curiosity to learn more about shicheii stems from the ways I mirror him. I carry his name in my middle name. I have been told that my thick wavy hair resembles his. And one time my mother described her father as a gentle, patient person, and she said I resemble him because I have those qualities, and it twists my heart up a little to be a version of someone I never met, but I am in awe to be a chapter in his story.
Also, a smile offers up new possibilities within a story, so we must recognize the everlasting blessing contained within that joyous expression.
By that I mean, this black-and-white picture of my grandfather was taken about a year before his death. But the beauty of that image is the way it makes death retreat like a defeated army. I look at the photo and I see shicheii David basking in a golden moment, beaming a golden smile because he knows love transcends a lifetime.
– Kirbie Bennett
The planet set a record for hottest day twice in a row this week. According to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, Sunday was Earth’s hottest day. Then it happened again on Monday.
Apparently sharks off the coast of Brazil are high on cocaine, believed to be entering the ocean via wastewater. Great – now we’re all going to have to swim a little faster.
Smoke from massive fires in Canada and the Pacific Northwest reaching as far south as the Four Corners. Guess no one can catch a break these days.
Bandwagon?
Get on that thang.
As you know, Haliey Welch was walking down the street, someone from “Man-on-theStreet Interviews” asked Welch her go-to move in bed, and she responded, “You gotta give ’em that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thang.” Welch instantly became the most famous person on Earth because she sounded more cogent than most presidential candidates. Welch has since made a mint selling “Hawk Tuah” trucker hats. She’s also been dedicating herself to charity and is a paid spokesperson for PetSmart, which makes sense, because they sell pet food for hawks, too.
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Watering down Wilderness
As pressures on untrammeled lands grow, so does need to keep them sacred
by Kevin Proescholdt
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed.”
– Wallace Stegner
The goal of the Wilderness Act, now celebrating its 60th birthday, was to set aside a small proportion of public land in America from human intrusion. Some places, the founders said, deserved to be free from motorized, mechanized and other intrusions to protect wildlife and wild lands.
But now, a handful of mountain bikers have partnered with a senator from Utah to gut the Wilderness Act.
This June, the Sustainable Trails Coalition, a mountain biking organization, cheered as Sen. Mike Lee, RUtah, introduced a bill (S. 4561) to amend the Wilderness Act and allow mountain bikes, strollers and game carts on every piece of land protected by the National Wilderness Preservation System. Stopping these intrusions would require each local wilderness manager to undertake a cumbersome process to say “no.”
The U.S. Congress passed the Wilderness Act, and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law on Sept. 3, 1964, to “preserve the wilderness character” of 54 wilderness areas totaling 9.1 million acres. Today, this effort has become a true conservation success story.
The National Wilderness Preservation System now protects more than 800 wilderness areas totaling more than 111 million acres in 44 states and Puerto Rico, making it America’s most critical law for preserving wild places and the genetic diversity of thousands of plant and animal species. Yet, designated wilderness is only 2.7% of the Lower 48 and still a little less than 6% of all American lands if Alaska is included.
The protections of the Wilderness Act include a ban on logging, mining, roads, buildings, structures and installations, mechanized and motorized equipment, and more. Its authors sought to secure for the American people “an enduring resource of wilderness” to protect places not manipulated by modern society, where the ecological and evolutionary forces of nature could continue to play out mostly unimpeded.
Grandfathered in, however, were some grazing allotments, while mining claims were also allowed to be patented until 1983. Many private mining claims still exist inside designated Wildernesses.
Sen. Lee’s bill is premised on the false claim that the Wilderness Act never banned bikes, and that suppos-
edly, the U.S. Forest Service changed its regulations in 1984 to ban bikes. But bicycles, an obvious kind of mechanized equipment, have always been prohibited in Wilderness by the plain language of the law. (“There shall be…no other form of mechanical transport.”) The Forest Service merely clarified its regulations on this point in 1984 as mountain bikes gained popularity.
Unfortunately, bikers in the Sustainable Trails Coalition are not the only recreational interest group that wants to weaken the Wilderness Act. Some rock climbers, for example, are pushing Congress to allow climbers to damage Wilderness rock faces by pounding in permanent bolts and pitons rather than using only removable climbing aids. In addition, trail runners want exemptions from the ban on commercial trail racing in Wilderness. Drone pilots and paragliders want their aircraft exempted from Wilderness Act protections, and recreational pilots want to “bag” challenging landing sites in Wilderness.
The list of those seeking to water down the Wilderness Act is growing.
Most of these recreational groups say they support Wilderness, understanding how important it is when most landscapes and wildlife habitats have been radi-
One of Colorado’s most iconic Wilderness areas, The Maroon Bells, outside Aspen. As an increasing number of user groups, from mountain bikers and climbers to pilots and paragliders seek to carve out their piece of the Wilderness pie from the Wilderness Act’s original intent, it’s more imperative than ever to keep strong protections in place./Photo courtesy Mark Cummings, The Wilderness Society
cally altered by people. At the same time, they want to slice out their own piece of the Wilderness pie.
Must we get everything we want in the outdoors?
Rather than weakening the protections that the Wilderness Act provides, we could try to reinvigorate a spirit of humility toward wilderness. We could practice restraint, understanding that designated wildernesses have deep values beyond our human uses of them.
Meanwhile, in response to growing demand for mountain biking trails, the Bureau of Land Management invites more than a million mountain bikers each year to ride its thousands of miles of trails. And the U.S. Forest Service already has a staggering 130,000 miles of motorized and nonmotorized trails available to mountain bikers.
Do mountain bikers and others pushing for access really need to domesticate Wilderness, too?
Let’s cherish our Wilderness heritage, whole and intact. We owe it to the farseeing founders of the Wilderness Act, and we owe it to future generations.
Kevin Proescholdt is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He is conservation director for Wilderness Watch, a national wilderness conservation organization headquartered in Missoula, Mont. ■
Fixing the real problem
The City is spending more than $400K to install temporary bulb-outs at two intersections on lower Main Avenue to judge their efficacy for two months. My first question is, why are they spending this money when there are two newer neighborhoods that have bulb-outs existing right now in the flesh: Three Springs and Twin Buttes?
I suggest City staff go to these bulb-outs and see for themselves the tire marks where vehicles have driven over them by cutting corners too tight. There are many tire marks on all the bulb-outs creating an unsafe situation. This action would have cost a couple of dollars in gas rather than $400K.
My next question is, what is driving the “Next Step” to modernize downtown sidewalks and intersections when the existing infrastructure has worked well for decades? I suggest City staff go downtown at any time and witness families walking up and down main street with no problem. You will also notice older couples doing the same thing with no problem either. I maintain that you should not fix something that doesn’t need fixing, especially when the fix will cost tens of millions of dollars if not more.
My third question is, why not take those tens of millions of dollars plus the in-lieu parking fees collected from Colorado Bank and other businesses that were to be earmarked for a future parking structure and do just that – build a parking structure? The
parking structure has been discussed for decades and never acted upon. Now is the time to act. This would solve the problem of city, county and downtown business employees parking on Third Avenue and streets east of Third and encumbering those property owners with a problem they didn’t create. This would fix a problem that has needed fixing for decades.
– Gerald Weis, Durango
Freedom or despotism?
America is at a crossroads. We are about to decide whether we continue as a democracy or live under a dictatorship.
The Heritage Society is working with Trump on Project 2025, a 900-page document outlining how he can transform our republic into an autocracy: https://tinyurl.com/ytec2w64
The plan is for Trump to take partisan control of the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Commerce, the FCC, and the Federal Trade Commission, and to replace all civil servants with people whose only qualification is loyalty to him.
Project 2025 explains how Trump can deploy the military for domestic law enforcement by invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807. It offers a blueprint on how he can jail his political opponents, take over local law enforcement, and end the separation of church and state.
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In an Orwellian twist, they even want to purge terms like “reproductive rights” from all laws and federal regulations.
What can we expect if Trump gets re-elected?
• A nationwide ban on abortion and contraception
• A repeal of civil liberties and workers’ protections
• Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
• Cancellation of healthcare for 45 million Americans
• A dictatorship on Day One
If Trump gets back in office, he’s not leaving. How can we prevent this? By voting Democratic up and down the ballot.
We can argue about policy differences later. Right now, the choice is between freedom and despotism. Many before us have fought and died for our liberty. All we have to do is vote.
– Philip Riffe, Hesperus
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A radical idea
“Rural is Rad” hopes to kickstart outdoors-oriented small-town
by Ilana Newman / The Daily Yonder
In Colorado, a new online database hopes to bring attention and collaboration to rural businesses, primarily those in the outdoor industry.
Rural is Rad was started by Kelly Mazanti, TJ Smith and Robin Hall, who all own small businesses based in rural Colorado. They discovered a shared interest and mutual frustration over growing businesses in rural communities.
The group met last in Durango last August during West Slope Startup Week, a conference that brings together startups based in the Western Slope for networking, lectures and discussions. They wanted to build something that would bring together rural brands in the outdoor industry and create a space where customers could find these brands in one place.
“We have to support each other because I have found that the people who live in these (rural) places are the most courageous and creative people that I’ve ever met,” Mazanti said.
Mazanti runs Buttnski, an apparel brand based in Summit County that specializes in fleece shorts to keep butts warm while on chairlifts and during other winter outings. She sees her role as a business owner in the community as a way to support economic development in a rural county and contribute to a thriving community.
“As a founder, my goal is to build this headquarters of operation for Buttnski in Summit County so that we can employ people and contribute to economic development and become not only an industry hub in our community but also a place where we can help develop how this community grows,” she said.
Rural counties with outdoor recreation opportunities can attract more residents who have more money than non-recreational rural counties. However, recre-
businesses
ational economies also tend to have lower wages and can drive up housing prices, which pushes lower-income people to other areas.
Mazanti hopes that Rural is Rad can connect rural business owners and communities to help solve challenges like this.
It can be harder for small brands and businesses in rural communities to gain traction. Rural small business owners struggle with the lack of access to financing, broadband speeds and increasing cost of doing business, among other things.
The Rural is Rad database hopes to address this by bringing rural brands to a larger audience outside of their home communities.
The State of Colorado has a plethora of opportunities for rural businesses through its Rural Opportunity Office including the Regional Resiliency & Recov-
ery Roadmaps Program, the Rural Data Dashboard, and the Rural Technical Assistance Program
“I think if I was trying to do this in any other state, I wouldn’t have this kind of support or the type of resources and community around me,” Mazanti said.
She sees collaborations with everyone from the statewide governmental organizations and nonprofits like Startup Colorado to small-town chambers of commerce as vital for the success of the Rural is Rad movement. “Colorado is an example, and it’s a great place to start this kind of a movement,” she said.
Rural is Rad plans to host events and workshops for business owners. The second Rural is Rad week is scheduled to start on Small Business Saturday (Nov. 30). The week will highlight rural brands and offer consumers a way to support rural small businesses during the holiday
shopping season.
“We can utilize that directory yearround to point people toward these to discover new brands. But then during Rural is Rad shopping week, which happens once a year, that can be an opportunity to further promote these smaller, more unique brands and founders that people may never have heard about,” Mazanti said.
Currently, Rural is Rad’s database features 17 brands from jewelry makers to backcountry bathroom kits to campgrounds. Brands and service providers can join Rural is Rad by filling out a survey on the website.
Mazanti hopes to expand the database to eventually include all of rural America.
This story was produced with support from the LOR Foundation. LOR works with people in rural places to improve quality of life. Ilana Newman lives in Mancos. ■
Small business owners and founders of “Rural is Rad,” from left: Robin Hall, Kelly Mazanti and TJ Smith. The three met last year at the Western Slope Startup Week in Durango. The goal of the group is to bring together rural brands in the outdoors industry and to create an online space where customers can find them./Courtesy photo
Getting out of Dodge
Northeastern summer roadtrip opens new horizons
by Jon E. Lynch
Greetings all. This month’s “Kill Yr Idols” – like this past May’s – is coming from afar. I left Durango in late June, have been in New England since early July and dipped into a very rural part of Canada for the better part of last week (including near-record setting humidity indexes – YIKES). It has been refreshing to see other similarly small destination towns at what seems to be the peakest of peak tourist/traveler seasons from the visitor perspective. It’s been a minute since I’ve crisscrossed the country with the throngs, and even longer since I’ve been truly disconnected from the masses, technology, etc. There’s nothing like coming back to seemingly seismic shifts in world happenings and further political upheaval and disarray. Harumph. I liked it better when I had no way of knowing current affairs. I miss the utter obliviousness that comes with digital detachment. Needless to say: I highly recommend unplugging for even a few days.
The trip has been mostly devoid of live music. Wilco hosted its now-annual Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, mass., near the Vermont border, just a highway exit or so from me. Seeing Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Nick Lowe and Los Straightjackets, Iris Dement, Dry Cleaning, Wednesday, and many more was indeed tempting. However, I lacked the bandwidth. I forfeited catching Soul Glo and Upchuck in an art space/pop up by a few days in Portland, Maine. Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings are still an outward possibility, but I’ve been happily preoccupied with connecting with friends, old and new.
I say mostly devoid because I serendipitously happened upon the premiere of the Dawnland Festival of Arts and Ideas while in Bar Harbor, Maine, on the campus of College of the Atlantic on Mount Desert Island – and if all goes as I hope it will – I’ll never miss it again. From the Abbe Museum press release, “This unique multi-day event is an evolution of our popular Abbe Museum Indian Market (AMIM) and Native American Festival that featured invitation-only Native arts markets and performances … and will also spotlight conversations by Wabanaki and other Indigenous leaders on some of the biggest questions of our time, including climate, democracy and food systems.” Whoa. This was unexpected, to put it simply.
It was honestly, and surprisingly, transformative. In between quick dips in Frenchman Bay, just off the Atlantic, I caught partial sets from the Penobscot Burnurwurbskek Singers and Navajo/Hopi radical-folk singer JJ Otero. I was treated to a sweltering set – both literally and figurativelyfrom Tuscarora singer and vocal performer Jennifer Kreisberg, who’s onstage authenticity was as engaging and powerful as her music. The highlight came in the final hour of the festival with Nipmuck flautist Hawk Henries. It wasn’t just his playing. It was his total reverence for his quiver of handmade flutes and his onstage rapport, welcoming warmth and storytelling. It was his genuinely interested conversation with the audience. His self-effacing, dad-adjacent jokes and the total and tonal dynamic of his spirit. If you had suggested the impact he – and the festival on the whole – had on me prior to
Tuscarora singer and vocal performer Jennifer Kreisberg, who recently performed at the serendipitously transformative Dawnland Festival of Arts and Ideas in Bar Harbor, Maine. The festival was put on by the Abbe Museum, which furthers greater understanding of and support for Wabanaki Nations’ heritage and cultures.
the experience, I may have balked. If there is a second annual Dawnland Festival of Arts and Ideas – and I truly hope there is – I will do whatever I can to go back.
But I digress. As I was grappling with the direction to take this column, it started off as a piece on concert/festival etiquette – which oddly and abruptly riled me as I got more into it. It morphed into an explanation and dissection of the road trip iPod Shuffle game, then swerved into an unanticipated, rambling travelogue of sorts. Good thing I have a crack team of editors and proofreaders. You can, of course, hurl topics at me for the coming months. I may or may not take your suggestions, but I ask you to send them my way anyway. You never know (I certainly don’t.) And, as always, reach out with questions, comments and gripes. Especially the gripes. KDUR_PD@fortlewis.edu ■
Kiss my asterisk
Riders who dare thumb their noses at pro cycling’s strict code of conduct
by Jennaye Derge
On June 6, French cyclist Julien Bernard was racing the time trials at the Tour de France when he stopped for a moment to kiss his wife and young son. Nothing to write home about except that he got in trouble for it.
The UCI (the International Cycling Union – the governing body for cycling races) fined Bernard $223 for the kisses, and on top of that the Union said, out loud and to the world, that the fine was for “unseemly or inappropriate behavior during the race.” And, get this, “damage to the image of the sport.”
The image of sport, it seems, is to be heartless and cold on the inside so you can be fast and aerodynamic on the outside. Emoting is for losers. Showing affection is for dweebs. Oh, and also your socks have to be a certain height and your helmet needs to be one of five UCI authorized helmets.
Nevertheless, the group of highbrowed men (mostly) took what could easily be a nice moment of humanity and ruined it, all for the sake of an image.
Bernard’s response though is what brings us together. He offered a backhanded apology on social media and dared the UCI to keep shelling out the fines: “Sorry to UCI Cycling for having damaged the image of the sport,” Bernard wrote on X. “But I am willing to pay (the fine) every day and relive this moment.”
Which, in my opinion, is the correct response. His obvious sarcasm (at least in my mind) gives me wind beneath my wings. I’ve never cared so deeply for a UCI newsworthy moment as I did when I read his social media response.
It’s not every day that cyclists get to fight for the image of their soft humanness – where they get to publicly show off the love they have for family and friends instead of showing off stats, air sends and bloody scrapes. He redeemed the “image” of the sport by staying true to his human side.
In 2022, ultra bikepacker Lael Wilcox had to fight a similar battle when she earned the FKT (fastest known time) for the Arizona Trail Race 800. An already difficult race, Lael set a new course record by riding 827 miles of technical singletrack through the desert in nine days, eight hours and 23 minutes. She beat the previous record by more than two hours, but then the AZT race director put an asterisk on her FKT. He deemed her record invalid and tarnished her efforts all because Lael’s wife, Rue, was documenting her ride with a camera. The big argument – which I have tried to read and listen to from every angle – was that Rue was providing Lael with tiny droplets of love dopamine, just by being nearby, therefore helping Lael ride faster, longer. They said that Rue was emotionally supporting Lael even though she was hiding in bushes and taking photos, and that Rue provided Lael with enough emotional support to help her break the record by two hours.
Two hours. The powers that be think that having a loved one hiding nearby can cause a cyclist to ride faster by two hours.
That’s a lot of hours. Must be a lot of love. We can’t have that.
I’ve heard similar sentiments from other bicycle races: you can’t ride near your friends; and you can’t have a loved one meet you on the course to cheer you on. Two of my own friends just finished racing the Tour Divide, and they had to start the race, and ride the race, apart from each other so they couldn’t provide each other with little emotional dopamines. In fact, any time any of my friends race, I’m almost afraid to send them a supportive text message in fear that I’ll disqualify them.
This mentality propagates throughout all of cycling and has clearly created an image of every man (or woman) for themself – to each their own. Vying for love and emotional support is weak, and if you receive it, you’re cheating. Showing softness and kindness on the trails is absolutely, out of the question, asking for punishment. You will probably be fined and you will probably get an asterisk. You will be ruining the image.
This spring, though, Lael (along with Rue, and a bunch of their friends) set out to challenge that image. She is currently attempting to break the Guinness World Record for circumnavigating the world by bicycle, and
Ultra-bikepacker Lael Wilcox, left, and wife, Rugile “Rue” Kaladyte. After being DQ’ed from an FKT in the Arizona Trail Race 500 for receiving “emotional support” from Rue, Lael has embarked on a quest to break the world record for fastest time circumnavigating the globe by bicycle (and with emotional support)./Photo courtesy The Radavist
any keen eye would see that – just like Bernard did to the UCI – Lael is giving a bit of a backhanded “f-you” to the AZT race director.
She has made her record-attempt message perfectly clear: that she wants to ride around the world with friends. Anyone and everyone is invited to join her, and every day on social media she posts her route so that whoever wants to can ride with her. And they have. Rue has recorded and taken photos of people riding, laughing, sharing stories, sharing pie and waving Lael on toward her next goal. Humanity has center stage; dopamine is the star of the show.
This is a Guinness World Record after all; much friendlier than those guys hypothetically sitting around a hypothetical table making rules about sock lengths and being near family members.
The only World Record stipulation for Lael is that no one can ride in front of her, so she isn’t drafting anyone. However, her friends can be there, her family can be there, she can comfortably emote and get little love dopamine droplets. She can hug people, receive water when she needs it, and she can even take a moment or two to stop and give kisses to her wife, Rue.
Jennaye Derge is the director of Bike Durango, an organization that advocates and educates about cyclist safety. To learn more, go to www.bikedurango.org. ■
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Freedom riders
Cycling nonprofit gets older Coloradans back out enjoying outdoors, life
by Nell London
“Oh my gosh, I'm free again.”
That’s what Barb Lotze hears from older people as they glide through Littleton’s Hudson Gardens in “trishaws” – sturdy e-bikes with passenger seating up front – provided by the nonprofit she founded. She says it takes them back to their first time riding a bike.
“People laugh and they smile,” Lotze said. “That was the first time you had freedom. You didn't have to have Mom and Dad in the car. It was that wind in the hair.”
Wind in the hair is what Cycling Without Age Littleton promises to anyone who can’t pedal themselves. The movement started in Copenhagen and has expanded globally, with most chapters offering rides to older people.
When Lotze founded the Littleton chapter, she expanded the mission to include younger people with physical disabilities. Still, a large percentage of passengers in Littleton are older. The chapter has more than 100 volunteers and offered 2,400 rides last year, all free of charge.
She researches the older brain's ability to grow and learn, something called "plasticity.”
“We are finding that the brain is more plastic than we thought before,” she said. “We are on a very optimistic side here, that the brain is definitely changing and even an aging brain can induce this plasticity."
Her research has shown that exercise gives the older brain a boost. And Burzynska posited that getting out and being social helps.
“It’s a rejuvenation of the soul ... I can’t walk the distances anymore ... so this just means the world to me to be able to get out.”
– Bonnie Douglas, 84
Colorado’s population is aging – the number of people in the state who are 65 and older will increase by 35 percent over the next decade. Research has shown that older people are prone to suffer from isolation, which can lead to poor health and cognitive decline.
But Aga Burzynska, director of the BRAiN Laboratory at Colorado State University, said that decline is not inevitable.
“I think it's like this feedback loop, right? That if you are more motivated, if you're surrounded by people, if you try something new, it gives you that kick to keep going. So I think we need to make sure we find this in our lives,” she said.
That's where Cycling Without Age Littleton comes in. “Our whole goal is to break the isolation barrier and to get people out in nature enjoying wind in their hair and each other,” Lotze explains.
A recent outing started with a birthday cake for rider Bonnie Douglas, who turned 84.
Douglas was an equestrian when she was younger. She said she signs up for a ride with Cycling Without Age whenever she can.
“It's a rejuvenation of the soul. The apartment that I live in, I don't have a balcony,” she explained. “And I can't walk the distances anymore. I can walk short distances, but it’s not getting out on
the trail. And this just means the world to me to be able to get out and have this activity.”
Another passenger, Pat Allan, 88, has spotted deer, birds and even eagles while out for a ride. “I would never be able to see any of that, because when I am walking at my age, my eyes are glued to the ground. Because I cannot afford to fall,” she said. “So this is such freedom.” For more from Colorado Public Radio, go to www.cpr.org. ■
Colorado Matters host Chandra Thomas Whitfield, left, interviews Bonnie Douglas while Reed Killam pedals at Hudson Gardens in Littleton on June 27.
/ Photo by Nell London, CPR
Thursday25
Free Community BBQ presented by Southwest Center for Independence, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Memorial Park, 2901 E. 3rd Ave.
Durango Fiesta Days, 1 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
Durango Green Drinks, hosted by the Sustainability Alliance, 5-6 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Ska-B-Q with music by High Altitude Blues., 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Trivia Night, 5-7 p.m., EsoTerra Ciderworks, 558 Main Ave.
Live music by Leah Orlikowski, 5-8 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave.
Concert Hall at The Park presents Beatlegras, 5:30 p.m., Buckley Park, 1250 Main Ave.
Live music by Rob Webster, 5:30 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Durango Poetry Event Open Mic Nite, 6 p.m., Create Art & Tea, 1015 Main Ave.
Author Event and Book Signing with Debra Van Winegarden and Thomas Holt Ward, authors of La Plata Mountains guide book, 6-8 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
Live music by Adam Swanson, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Live music by Jeff Solon Jazz, 6-8 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1330 Camino del Rio
The Mysto Really Big Magic Show, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.
Drag Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Friday26
Volunteer Seed Collection at San Juan National Forest, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m., San Juan National Forest. Sponsored by the Colorado Native Plant Society. For info: conps.org
Durango Fiesta Days, 1 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
Live music by One Stan Country Band, 5-8 p.m., Serious Texas BBQ South, 650 S. Camino Del Rio
KSUT’s Party in the Park featuring Bee Taylor and The Brass Queens, 5:30 p.m., Buckley Park.
Live music by Ben Gibson Duo, 6 p.m., The Weminuche Woodfire Grill, 18044 CR 501, Vallecito
Live music by Patrick Crossing, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Live music by Adam Swanson, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Friday Night at Fox Fire, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms Winery, 5513 CR 321, Ignacio
Live music by Mike Testa, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
“Bravissima!” presented by Music in the Mountains, 7 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
The Mysto Really Big Magic Show, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.
Durango Dancing VFW Friday Dance, 7-10 p.m., VFW Post 4031, 1550 Main Ave.
“I Hate Hamlet” presented by Durango Arts Repertory Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
Live music and DJ, 8 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-12 noon, TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St.
Ignacio Fiesta Days’ Family Olympics, 10 a.m.3 p.m., ELHI Community Center, 115 Ute St., Ignacio
Volunteer Seed Collection at San Juan National Forest, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m., San Juan National Forest. Sponsored by the Colorado Native Plant Society. For info: conps.org
Durango Fiesta Days, 1 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
Live music by Dustin Burley, 5-8 p.m., Serious Texas BBQ S, 650 S. Camino Del Rio
Live music by Matt Rupnow, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Live music by Adam Swanson, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Live music by Carute Roma, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Live music by The Black Velvet duo including Nina Sasaki & Larry Carver, 6 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave.
“TAKE3,” Music in the Mountains pops concert, 7 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
“I Hate Hamlet” presented by Durango Arts Repertory Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
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Durango Fiesta Days, 1 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
Ice Cream Social, benefiting the Animas Museum and La Plata County Historical Society, 1-3 p.m., Gable House, 805 E. 5th Ave.
Live music by Alison Dance Duet, 12-2 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
“I Hate Hamlet” presented by Durango Arts Repertory Theatre, 2 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
“Bouquet of Sound” Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra Concert, 5 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
Live music by Ben Gibson, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Live music with the Blue Moon Ramblers, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Monday29
Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
“The Occupation of the American Mind,” free film screening hosted by The Durango Palestine Solidarity Coalition, 5:30-8 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E 3rd Ave.
Live music by Adam Swanson, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Live music by Leah Orlikowski, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Singo with Devin Scott, 6 p.m., Grassburger South, 360 S. Camino Del Rio, Ste. 300
Comedy Showcase, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Tuesday30
Durango Fire Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Fire Station 1 Training Room, 142 Sheppard Dr.
The Stillwater All Stars and Seven Sharp 11 perform, 6 p.m., Three Springs Plaza, 151 Heritage Lane
AskRachel Rachel for veep, Mix Master 550 & soap scumbag
Interesting fact: The Talking Heads song “Road to Nowhere” is, in David Byrne’s words, “a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom.” Ah, an anthem for our times.
Dear Rachel, Big news with Biden stepping down and Kamala Harris stepping up. The buzz is going to be, can she beat the Big T, and who’s her running mate? We’ll see on the first one. But on the second, I have this sneaking suspicion that she’s going to choose you. Will you accept? What will you bring to the table? Can we count on you to lead this great nation as a reliable number two?
– Punch Your Ticket
Dear Fellow American,
I have absolutely no qualifications to be a vice president, which might make me the best candidate for the job. You’re right that I am under consideration. If elected to run for election, I promise to read most of the Constitution with my own eyes to understand what I’m standing for. And then I will stand for it. Except for the things I cannot stand for. You can count on that. Can I count on you in return?
– Dem nuts, Rachel
Dear Rachel, Well, we finally got the Bridge to Nowhere done. Hey, it goes somewhere, south into New
Hospice Nurse Lola Montano presents to Rotary Club of Durango, 6-7 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.
Live music by Nina Sasaki & Dan Carlson, 6-8 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Live music by Adam Swanson, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Live music by Sean O’Brien, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
“Sundaes on Tuesday with Music for Dessert,” Music in the Mountains Chamber Concert, 7 p.m., River Bend Ranch, 27846 US Hwy 550
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Live music by Ben Gibson, 5 p.m., Balcony Bar & Grill, 600 Main Ave Suite 210
True Western Roundup, 5 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
Animas City Night Bazaar, 5-8 p.m., Animas Alley, 2901 E. 3rd Ave.
Six Dollar String Band performs for the Community Concert Series, proceeds benefit Stillwater Music, 5-7:30 p.m., The Powerhouse, 1333 Camino Del Rio
Mexico. We know that much. So, let’s rename it. How about the Cork Screw to the South. Pathway to Enchantment, South Mix Master. You got some ideas? Or you could have a contest for a new name. You know your stuff on the Highway to Hell and Back.
– Road Hog
Dear Street Pig,
Why change the name at all? It still leads nowhere. Hey-oh! I know, we all like to pick on New Mexico, which wishes they were Colorado cool. But New Mexico isn’t all bad. I met a NM driver once who didn’t even run into me. And it’s true that Albuquerque’s elevation is actually higher than Denver’s. I’m pretty OK with taking the Front Range down a peg or two with that knowledge. But still, that road ain’t going anywhere you want to be.
– Dead end, Rachel
Dear Rachel,
Do you have any tips and tricks for cleaning the shower really fast? It’s the chore my wife and I both hate most. We divvy up everything else just fine, but we avoid the shower like the plague. Which it probably carries by now, because we clean it so seldom. Like, if there was a Roomba for the bathtub, I’d buy it. Thought maybe you’d have some suggestions, either for getting it done or else for dodging it.
– 3/4 Bath, 1/2 Ass
SW Sierra Club Social meeting, 5:30 pm, Carver Brewing back patio, 1022 Main Ave.
Word Honey Open Mic at the Animas City Night Bazaar, 6-7:30 p.m., 81301 Coffee House and Roasters, 3101 Main Ave., # 1
Author Event and Book Signing with Colleen Miniuk author of “So Said the River,” 6-8 p.m., The Rochester Hotel, 726 E. 2nd Ave.
Live music by Adam Swanson, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Live music by Terry Rickard, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Open Mic, 7 p.m., EsoTerra Ciderworks, 558 Main Ave.
Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr.
Ongoing
“Light the Way,” art by Clint Reid, thru July, The Recess Gallery, Studio &, 1027 Main Ave.
Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com
Dear Fractionally Helpful, I would say hire some help! But I realize that is not attainable for everyone. So I recommend either you or your wife decide to run for president. You’ll get a Secret Service detail, which if I understand correctly means they have to do basically anything you ask them to, in order to ensure your safety. Can’t risk a contendah slipping and falling on some soap scum! For the good of the country!
– Pop your bubble, Rachel
“The Return of the Force,” art exhibit exploring the influence of “Star Wars” on Native artists, FLC’s Center for Southwest Studies. Thru August.
Upcoming
Carve Wars, Fri., Aug. 2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Purgatory
First Friday Art Crawl, Fri, Aug. 2, 4-7 p.m., various locations, downtown Durango
Rocky Mountain Uke Fest, Fri, Aug. 2, 7 p.m., various venues, downtown Durango
“As You Like It,” Shakespeare in the Park, Aug. 6-7, 6-8:30 p.m., Anesi Park, Blair St., Silverton
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FreeWillAstrology
by Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries singer-songwriter Lady Gaga has written many songs, both for herself and other artists. She has famously declared that some of her most successful songs took her just 10 minutes to compose. They include “Just Dance,” “Poker Face” and “Born This Way.” According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, you could be rising to Lady Gaga levels of creativity in your own sphere during the coming weeks. And I won’t be surprised if your imaginative innovations flow with expeditious clarity, like Gaga at her most efficient.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): During the winter, some animals hibernate. They enter a state of dormancy, slowing their metabolism. Other animals enter a similar state during the summer, conserving energy when the weather is hot and dry. It’s called estivation. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, many of you Tauruses would benefit from a modified version of estivation in the next couple of weeks. It’s a prime time to recharge your energy through deep relaxation and rest.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The English word “amphibian” is derived from the Greek term amphibios, which means “living a double life.” The original meaning of the English word was “combining two qualities; having two modes of life,” though eventually it came to be used primarily to describe animals that function well on both land and in water. You Geminis are of course the most amphibious of all the astrological tribes. You can feel at home in a variety of situations. This may sometimes stir up confusion, but I see it as one of your greatest potential strengths. In the coming weeks, I hope you enjoy it to the maximum. It should serve you well. Wield it to take advantage of the sweet perks of versatility.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I dreamed an elephant appeared at my house and stuck its trunk through an open glass door. I pushed the animal away, then closed the door. But after I woke up, I was sorry I had done that in my dream. What was I afraid of? The elephant posed no danger – and may have been a good omen. In some cultures, elephants in dreams and visions are symbols of good luck, vitality, long life and the removal of obstacles. So here’s what I did. I dropped into a meditative state and reimagined the dream. This time, I welcomed the creature into my home. I gave her the name Bea-
trice. We wrestled playfully. Amazingly, later that day, a certain obstacle in my waking life magically disappeared. The moral of the story: Welcome the elephant.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some bamboo species grow quickly – as much as 36 inches per day. I suspect your capacity to blossom will display a similar vigor in the coming weeks. You may be surprised at how dramatic your development is. I’m hoping you will be acutely focused on channeling your fertility in positive ways. Don’t recklessly gamble, for instance. Don’t pursue connections with influences that are no good for you. Instead, decide what areas of your life you want to be the beneficiaries of your growth. Choose the beauty and power you will encourage to ripen.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): For months, we saw crows pecking on the roof of our house. Why? It was mildly annoying, but seemingly no big deal. Then one night, their small, regular acts of mayhem climaxed in an unexpected event. Rain began to fall around 8 p.m. It was constant, though not heavy. At 9, the ceilings in five rooms began to leak. By 10:30, our house was flooded. We managed to rescue most of our precious items, but the house was damaged. We had to find a new place to live. I don’t expect anything nearly this drastic to befall you, dear Virgo. But I do encourage you to check to see if any small problem is gradually growing bigger. Now is a favorable time to intervene and forestall an unfavorable development.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Two Scottish veterinarians researched the health of rhesus monkeys that are compelled by human handlers to dance on the streets of Islamabad, Pakistan. When I first learned about this, my response was, “Wow! Don’t those doctors have anything better to do?” But later, I decided I admired the doctors because they were motivated by compassion. They found the monkeys were under severe stress, and their work will ultimately lead to better treatment of the monkeys. In accordance with astrological omens, I advise you to seek out comparable ways to express altruism in the coming weeks. By engaging in noble and idealistic acts, you will attract good fortune into your sphere.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you place any limits on how deep and expansive you allow your yearnings to be? Are you ever worried that you desire too much and are at risk of asking for too much? If you answered yes to those questions, Scorpio, I will give you a
temporary license to rebel against your wariness. In accordance with astrological rhythms, I authorize you to experiment with feeling the biggest, strongest, wildest longings you have ever felt. Please note that I am not advising you to immediately go out and actually express those longings to the hilt. For now, I’d like you to simply have the experience of entertaining their full intensity. This will be a healing experience.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will never guess the identity of the strongest animal on the planet. It’s not the gorilla, tiger or elephant. It’s the dung beetle, which can lug loads that weigh 1,141 times as much as it does. The equivalent for you would be to pull six double-decker buses crammed with people. I’m happy to inform you that although you won’t be able to accomplish that feat in the coming weeks, your emotional and spiritual strength will be formidable. You may be surprised at how robust and mighty you are. What do you plan to do with all that power?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): By age 35, you have already shed over 50 pounds of skin. The flesh that covers you is in a constant state of renewal. In the coming weeks, I expect your rate of regeneration to be even higher than usual – not only in regard to your skin, but everything else. Here’s a proviso: Renewal and regeneration are always preceded by withering or dwindling. To enjoy the thrill of revitalization, you must allow the loss of what was once vital but is no longer.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The term “death march” refers to a long, difficult, boring trudge in bad weather. Let’s use this as a metaphor for your life. I believe you have recently finished your own metaphorical version of a “death march.” Any minute now, you will begin a far more enjoyable series of experiences. Get ready for an entertaining meander through interesting terrain in fine weather. Be alert for unpredictable encounters with inspiration and education.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Alex Larenty gives massages to lions at the Lion Park near Johannesburg, South Africa. They especially love foot rubs. Even Jamu, king of the local beasts, rolls onto his back so Larenty can get a good angle while caressing and kneading his paws. I bring this to your attention, Pisces, because it’s a good metaphor for the unique power you will have in coming days: a knack for dealing with wild influences and elemental powers through kindness, affection and service.
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