Celebrating the National Trails System
This webinar is based on Bob and Martha Manning's books, Walking Distance: Extraordinary Hikes for Ordinary People and Walks of a Lifetime: Extraordinary Hikes from Around the World.
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June 22, 2017
10:30 AM to 12:00 AM (Pacific Time) {more time zones}
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History can be read as a millennia-long struggle to free ourselves from the need to walk; it’s easier to ride than walk. But things are changing, as an increasing number of people are now choosing to walk.
Walking can improve our health, stimulate our thinking, contribute to conservation, celebrate our evolutionary heritage, slow our frantic lives, experience the world at a human-pace and scale, and make us happier in the process. Walking is simple, but it can be profound.
In this webinar, Bob and Martha Manning will 1) encourage us to walk more in our everyday lives and consider long-distance walking, 2) outline the history and philosophy of walking, 3) offer guidance on how to prepare for walking, and 4) celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the National Trails System.
The webinar is based on Bob and Martha’s books, Walking Distance: Extraordinary Hikes for Ordinary People and Walks of a Lifetime: Extraordinary Hikes from Around the World. These books offer first-hand descriptions of 60 long-distance and multi-day hikes they’ve walked and present a series of short essays on multiple dimensions of walking. They’ll conclude their presentation with some slides from their walks on a number of US national trails.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Robert Manning is Professor Emeritus in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. He teaches and conducts research on the history, philosophy and management of national parks and wilderness. He is the founding Director of the Park Studies Laboratory which conducts a long-term program of research for the U.S. National Park Service and other agencies, and is the author of several books about the national parks.
Martha Manning, Artist
Martha Manning is an artist who is inspired by the out-of-doors, and her work has appeared in national shows and publications. Bob and Martha have lived, worked, and walked extensively in the national parks.
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