Posted on 08/15/2015 3:07:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
On a warm, sunny Sunday morning, a hiking group gathers in the parking lot of Saratoga, Calif.’s, Sanborn County Park. Folks are decked out in hats, backpacks and hiking boots. Some carry poles, others water bottles in preparation for an 11-mile hike through the redwoods.
But whether they’re seasoned hikers or newcomers to the Great Hikes Plus One club, they’re all here for two reasons: They want to socialize while doing something active outdoors. Then afterward, there’s a picnic at a Santa Cruz Mountains winery nearby.
It’s a powerful incentive.
The Bay Area is a haven for hikers. Google “Bay Area hiking groups” and more than 1.4 million results turn up. There are casual groups, independent clubs and Sierra Club affiliates. And then there are the groups, like Great Hikes Plus One, that organize via Meetup, the website that helps like-minded enthusiasts find each other.
Meetup accounts for about 140 active Bay Area hiking groups. You can hike the stairways of San Francisco, join the Sleep Late and Hike Meetup in Palo Alto, or get fit with the Well Walkers in Orinda. While most of the gatherings focus on just the hike, Great Hikes Plus One adds a foodie and social element.
The group was started by Patty Kamysz, an avid hiker who had tried other hiking Meetups, but felt frustrated. “You’d go and you’d be with these people on a beautiful hike, and then it’s over and they go to their cars and leave,” she says. “I just felt like something was missing.”
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Wine first..think about walk later.
WHINE.
Mr. Mercat does two evening bike rides per week. Begin and end in the parking lot of a bar. Must replace essential bodily fluids.
>Hiking Plus Wine Hits the Spot
said the grizzly bear
What a great idea, destroy your kidneys, liver, knees and hips at the same time.
No beer drinkers allowed?
but have fun in the process.
How does moderate consumption of wine destroy the liver and kidneys?
Same way walking a few miles once in a while destroys the knees and hips, I guess.
My favorite place to just chill out is the Lost Oak Winery in Burleson. This thread is right up my alley.
When the weather cools a bit, I’ll get back into walking more. Can’t run any more because the jarring is likely to cause detached retinas, which are annoying.
I never cared much for wine, but a good cold beer is perfect after a few miles of walking.
I was curious about that as well.
Is there proof that is true?
What about bicycles and beer? In that order, of course. I just did a ride today that’s all about those two things (Tour De Fat). I think about a million people showed up for it.
That what is true? That I never cared for wine? You’ll just have to take my word for it. About the retinas? That’s what my eye doctor tells me (because I was very nearsighted, thus my eyes are longer than normal, so the retinas curve more sharply and detach more easily), and I’m inclined to take his word for that. Also, one of my brothers was also very nearsighted and ran a lot for years, and has had at least two retinal detachments in the past few years.
No, is their proof that walking a few miles a day destroys knees and hips?
I should add that people with normal vision, and therefore normal retinal curvature, aren’t at increased risk of retinal detachment from ordinary activity such as running. I personally have not yet had a detached retina. Apparently they’re easy to repair these days, but I’d still rather not.
No, of course not. It would actually help prevent joint deterioration. I was just poking a bit of fun at an earlier post.
wait till you poke someone’s eye out with that sense of humor.
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