{"id":5215,"date":"2011-04-14T20:46:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T01:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=5215"},"modified":"2011-05-08T08:10:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T13:10:57","slug":"why-we-hike-a-challenge-to-the-hiking-blogosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2011\/04\/14\/why-we-hike-a-challenge-to-the-hiking-blogosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we hike: a challenge to the hiking blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s “why can’t I stop hiking<\/a>” was huge hit among the hiking twitterati<\/a> so I figured I’d expand on that theme with a challenge to everybody in the hiking blogosphere to post a short “why we hike” essay (if you post to twitter<\/a>, add the hashtag #whywehike ). The trick here is to make it something off-the-cuff, the first thing that pops into your head, so you don’t have time to over-think it. Give yourself 15 minutes to write it, five minutes to double-check your work, then post. <\/p>\n

\"Turtle<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s mine: <\/p>\n

In California, I hiked every weekend for five years without seeing a single turtle. Then in North Carolina I saw two in the same weekend. <\/p>\n

I stopped for awhile watch one do its turtle tae-kwon do. A turtle hasn’t got many moves, what moves it has, happen very slowly. I marveled that something which moved so slow could somehow be alive in a world of so many fast, hungry predators. But having a hard shell for a skin makes up for a lot. <\/p>\n

A turtle doesn’t bother trying to run way. It just sucks itself up into its shell and hopes for the best. I walked away thinking yeah, that guy has all he needs to get by in these woods. A half-mile down the trail I noticed something flattened round to the ground. Sure enough, it was a turtle shell. <\/p>\n

Tough enough for everything but a careless example of our species. I mean, what else could stomp that sucker flat? <\/p>\n

So that’s not really why I hike. But it’s why I’d rather<\/em> hike. <\/p>\n

* If you’re not a twitter subscriber, you can still see what others have said by clicking on this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s “why can’t I stop hiking” was huge hit among the hiking twitterati so I figured I’d expand on that theme with a challenge to everybody in the hiking blogosphere to post a short “why we hike” essay (if you…<\/p>\n

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