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dbnm
10-18-2018, 07:34 PM
This is a pretty cool essay

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/travel/biking-the-open-road-in-colorado-with-a-few-bumps-along-the-way.html?nytapp=true
cetuximab
10-18-2018, 09:39 PM
Now I need to talk my wife into coming on this adventure.
dbnm
10-18-2018, 10:19 PM
Anyone read "A Walk in the Woods"?
Hawker
10-22-2018, 11:50 PM
Anyone read "A Walk in the Woods"?

A fantastic read that had me laughing out loud on an airplane. I don't laugh out loud anywhere....but I did that day.
dbnm
10-23-2018, 06:47 AM
More people should read it. It's so good.
alessandro
10-23-2018, 03:43 PM
More people should read it. It's so good.

A Walk in the Woods is a fantastic book.

“But even men far tougher and more attuned to the wilderness than Thoreau were sobered by its strange and palpable menace. Daniel Boone, who not only wrestled bears but tried to date their sisters, described corners of the southern Appalachians as “so wild and horrid that it is impossible to behold them without terror.” When Daniel Boone is uneasy, you know it’s time to watch your step.”
alessandro
10-23-2018, 03:44 PM
This is a pretty cool essay

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/travel/biking-the-open-road-in-colorado-with-a-few-bumps-along-the-way.html?nytapp=true

This was a very cool story, with great pictures, in a general interest newspaper. Ignore the comments from the bike weenies telling the NYT and the author what they did wrong, or what they should have done, in great detail.
Mikej
10-24-2018, 07:58 AM
I need a picture of the bike to truly feel the story.
velofinds
10-24-2018, 01:51 PM
I need a picture of the bike to truly feel the story.

True, it's kind of abstract without it -- but I suspect that was done intentionally.
mjalder2
10-24-2018, 05:05 PM
I need a picture of the bike to truly feel the story.

Agree, but the rest of these photos are breathtaking. I've long been a fan of NYT's site and how they handle photos, but man, these are incredible.
alessandro
10-26-2018, 01:50 PM
^ I love pictures of bikes, but I suspect that with a limited amount of space for pictures, the NYT photo editor said no—only bike people are interested in that, and the other 95% of readers are not.