The ultimate Natural walking stick wood - Oregon Hikers
2009年4月27日 · One of my hobbies is making walking sticks / hiking sticks from trees or shrubs. Most species provide wood strong enough, since I'm not using these as pry bars. The most important part seems to be the weight or whether the wood does something wierd. Japanese maple provides a gorgeously interesting wood pattern, but it's much too heavy.
Hiking pole technique to help knees? - Oregon Hikers
2014年4月29日 · In the last few years, my interest and ambition for hiking has grown and surpassed what my knees are willing to put up with. I have some pain on most hikes now, and can't go beyond 8-10 miles without significant pain, especially when descending. Several people have recommended using hiking poles, so I got some and have been using them all winter.
Ataxia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
2024年1月30日 · Hiking sticks or walkers for walking. Modified utensils for eating. Communication aids for speaking. Therapies. You might benefit from certain therapies, including: Physical therapy to help with coordination and enhance mobility. Occupational therapy to help with daily living tasks, such as feeding yourself.
Trekking poles... 1 or 2? - Oregon Hikers
2011年9月25日 · I've used both. For bushwhacking, like I've done in the rainy, heavy underbrush Cascades, one solid, wood walking stick works well. However, in flat Texas now, I use two called FitnessWalkers, for the exercise I so desperately need. The curved wood fits perfectly in my hands. And I get an upper body workout with these walking sticks.
North Molalla River Trails Loop Hike - Hiking in Portland, Oregon …
Go right here and descend a ridge carpeted with salal. The trail sticks to the Recreation Area boundary here. There’s an overlook to the left. The view over the Molalla River valley and hills patched with clearcuts is partially blocked by Scots broom.
Aneroid Mountain Hike - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and …
Beyond the well-constructed trails at Mount Howard, you’ll be on user trails or heading cross-country, but the route sticks to the open ridge, so you’re not at risk of getting disoriented. Views are spectacular all the way, and from various vantage points you’ll get to see panoramas of the entire Wallowa Mountain range as well as east to ...
Castle Rock Riverfront Hike - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and …
Castle Rock’s paved Riverfront Trail sticks close to the Cowlitz River and offers access to the now forested knoll that gives the town its name. The area became permanently settled by Euro-Americans in 1852 with the arrival of William and Eliza Huntington.
Western Rim National Recreation-Rowley Gulch Trail Junction
A signpost sticks out of a cairn at this point on Summit Ridge. A barely legible sign indicates the Rowley Gulch Trail #1722, which switchbacks down to reach Cow Creek Road in about three miles. The condition of this trail is unknown, but the upper part of the route is clearly visible on Google Earth. Contributors . bobcat (creator) Born2BBrad
Big Eddy (Rogue River) - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington
2023年7月11日 · The Lower Rogue River Trail sticks to the forested slope above the grassy bench at Big Eddy, but a side trail takes you down to the cobbled bar. Cattle do graze here, but you can continue along the bench to the far end, where cow trails will take you back up into a myrtle grove and the Lower Rogue River Trail.
Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington - Oregon Hikers
The trail sticks primarily to old-growth red fir forest but emerges onto open alpine slopes near the Old Ski Bowl Trailhead, the site of a ski area whose chairlift was destroyed by an avalanche in 1978. The route is also historic, the trail blazed in 1884 by Ed Stewart on a G.L.O. (General Lands Office) survey of the mountain.